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33* — 11. eonsidérable. The English meaning is hère given to this Word.

12. à un œntime près, <'to a farthing." (The centime is wortU about one fifth of a cent.)

25. eonune an nègre d'horloge, " like a pendulum"; a référence to those docks in which tbe pendulum is in the shape of a negro's head.

34. — 2. Temple-Bar, the Temple, a building where a large number of lawjers hare tbeir offices, is probably meant hère. Temple Bar was a barrier across Fleet Street, near the Temple. It was removed about ten jears ago.

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