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The Early Life of Thomas Carlyle, by J. A. FROUDE. The Nineteenth Century. July, 1881. § 3.

Auguste Angellier - Robert Burns: Vol. II., Les Oeuvres

41 12 Zanzibar: capital, since 1832, of the Mohammedan power in East Africa, and place of entry for travelers to Central Africa in the middle of the nineteenth century; hence here representing the idea of an African capital, as Constantinople that of a Turkish capital. 41 13 en plein Tarascon: cf. note to 5 7.

Alphonse Daudet - Tartarin de Tarascon

The Early Life of Thomas Carlyle. The nineteenth Century. The Early Life of Thomas Carlyle.

Auguste Angellier - Robert Burns: Vol. I., La Vie.

57 7 bon: 'good natured, 'kindly, not 'good. 57 11 On but sec: 'they drank hard. Boire sec means to drink pure wine, without the usual admixture of water. 57 12 au Monténégro libre: Montenegrin independence was frequently menaced by Turkey during the nineteenth century.

Alphonse Daudet - Tartarin de Tarascon