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Cheer'd with the news, his Captains all as one, In humble manner do address the throne, And press the King to give them his commission To join the English in this Expedition. To their request the cheerful King assents.
39 17 tourmentait: 'tormented, 'twisted and turned. 39 23 barbaresque: 'Barbary. La Barbarie ('Barbary') =
The wreck of the Empire brought to his mind a vision of the dethroned monarchs whom he had seen spending their exile in Paris: the Duke of Brunswick, the blind King of Hanover and the devoted Princess Frederica, Queen Isabella of Spain, and others. "This is the work which cost me most effort," Daudet says, and the reason is not far to seek.
Reliques of Robert Burns, consisting Chiefly of original letters, poems and critical observations on Scottish Songs. Collected and Published by R. H. CROMEK, fourth edition. London, Cadell and Davies, 1817.
L'anglais dit: C'est moi allume the fire and cook the perdrix. Et il se mit
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character. Charles Rogers, Traits and Stories of the Scottish People. Baxton Hood.
Leipzig, Tauchnitz. THACKERAY. The English Humourists, by William Makepeace Thackeray. London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1878. VILLON. OEuvres complètes de François Villon.
71 13 grosse comme le poing: 'as big as your fist. 71 14 haute de cinq doigts: cf. notes to 26 5 and 42 23. serviette: a kind of 'portfolio' widely used in France by public officials, professors, and others, for carrying papers and books. 71 15 notaire: the position of the French notaire is more dignified than that of our 'notary', he performs some of the functions of the American lawyer.
The women themselves were somewhat reassured by his resolute attitude and approached the cage. 10. Say no more.
After creating several new species, he set to work to create a black tulip, for which the Horticultural Society of Harlem had offered a prize of 100,000 florins. In the house adjoining that of van Baerle, lived another tulip-grower, named Boxtel, who had not the wealth of van Baerle, and could not attain the same success. He became envious of his more fortunate rival.
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