eut repris. See note to 1. 16, p. i
10— soit jeté. The subjunctive is regularly used after vcrbs 01 *coTn-
manding,' in a subordinate clause introduced by que. ,, — était tombé, ' hadfallen.' A number of intr. verbs are conjugated with êti-e when the resiili of the action is prominent, and with avoir when the action is prominent.
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4. 22— de plus belle. An adverbi?*! phrase with ellipsis of some such Word as manière, façon, 23 — en =de la paix.
I — il viendra, ' there will come.' //is inipersonal, un temps being the logical subject.
3— Qon orgueil, sa fainéantise et sa prodig-aiité. Observe the répétition of the poss. adj. before each noun to which it refers.
8 — son. Soti is possessive adj. referring to on {'one') implied hère
12 and 14 Elle na'appartient . . . elle est à moi. Note
the alternative ways of expressing simple ownership.
13— c'est moi qui l'ai vue le premier, • I saw it first.' This
sentence exemplifîes a common method of denoting emphasis .ù French, A Frenchman could say je fat vue le premier, but Je could not be emphasized as / can in English, so the circumlocution c'est moi qui is used.
Note too the agreenient of the participle vue with its direct object /' {la) whose antécédent is noix,
le premier, compare the Latin: Primas hoc fecit ; il a fait ceci le premier, ' he was the first to do this. ' 15— il s'éleva . . . une violente querelle. See note to
1, I above.
23 — Rosbach or Rossbach. A village in Saxony at which Frédéric
ihe Great, King of Pnissia, defeated the French and Austrians
in 1757 6. II — Charles XIL, king of Sweden, reigned from 1697 to 1718. A
large part of his reign was à struggle with Russia and other
European powers.
i2—&xi=:de piller.
14 — LeipsiC, a city in Saxony. ♦
16 — lui enlever. See note to line 4, p. i. 23 — souviens-toi. Note the change from the forniar vous of line
18 to the more familiar and affectionate 2 sing. 26 — Henri IV., king of France, reigned from 1589 to 1610. His
memory is cherished amongst Frenchmen as that of a wise and
good king, a true father of his people, ,, — s'étant écarté. Translate by ' hâvmg,' etc., and notç that {ûl
reflexive verbs are coniueated with être.
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Y. ' 2 — -j'étaiB venu. Several ,intr. verbs form their compound tenses with être, to be translated as if it were avoir 5— OÙ est le roi, See note to 1. 13. p. 3.
g and 10— sera, auront. The French use the future where we commonly use the présent in subordinate clauses after relatives and conjunctions such as pendant que, lorsque, quand, toutes les fois que, etc. , when future time is implied. 10— la tête nue, ' their heads bare.' The singular is coinmonly used in speaking of an article of clothing or part of the body, which is single even when several persons are referred to. The article is used instead of the po.ss. pronoun in speaking of parts of the body, etc. , when there can be no ambiguity as to the pos.sessor. 15- ayons. The subjunctive is used in relative subordinate clauses f<^U
lowing a négative.
16 — Oharlemagne, the great emperor of the West, began to reign in 771. was crowned Emperor of the Romans at Rome in 800, and died in 814.
