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Van Baerle was ignorant of what had happened at Harlem and supposed he was being taken to the place of execution.
86 16 la bohème des gens de loi: 'the legal Bohemia. Gypsies were supposed to have come from Bohemia; consequently any persons who lead an irregular life are called Bohemians. Thus, for example, the Latin Quarter of Paris, inhabited largely by artists and students, is called the "Bohemian Quarter." 86 18 sauterelles: cf. note to 24 23. Timbre-poste, masculine, = 'postage stamp.
After lord Londonderry's attack on M. de Talleyrand, Lord Goderich said in the course of his speech: Another part of his noble friend's speech to which he desired to advert, was that which related to prince de Talleyrand, whom his noble friend had supposed to have great influence upon the councils of this country, and whom, proceeding on that supposition and upon certain parts of that illustrious person's past life, this noble friend has thought he was justified in pursuing with the most acrimonious animadversion although an ambassador from a friendly power.
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