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Apart from M. de La Rochefoucauld, La Fontaine was the only one of the many great men of her time with whom Mme. de La Fayette was on terms of friendship. Boileau has left his opinion of our author in a pithy sentence. "Mme. de La Fayette," said he, "est la femme qui écrit le mieux et qui a le plus d'esprit." But this is all.
The war awakened in our sensitive poet a seriousness of purpose which harmonized but little with his native genius. Among his friends he never lost his old-time buoyant gaiety; but his works from now on show only a trace of it. The charming "Belle-Nivernaise" , a few "tarasconades," a gleam here and there in all his works, remind us of our old friend and plead for our sympathy with the new.
52 10 Maugrabine: 'Maghrebi girl' Maghreb is the Arabic name of the western part of the north coast of Africa. 52 13 il n'y a qu'un Tarasconnais ... capable: lit. 'there is only a Tarasconian capable', transl. 'only a Tarasconian would be capable.
It appears essential also that, whatever substitute may be proposed, if any be found, should be considered in the first instance only as an experiment, by which the operation of the treaties in this respect would necessarily be suspended until its success or failure had been manifest.
These established his reputation as a writer of taste, and during the next twenty years he wrote a large number of stories and tales, most of which were originally published in newspapers and reviews. His constant aim was not only to please the reading public, but also to inculcate the principles of sound morality.
He was sent to Paris and in 1559 married Claude, daughter of Henry II. He subsequently took charge of the affairs of his state, and ruled long and peacefully, dying at Nancy, May 14, 1608. COURRE LA BAGUE, "riding at the ring." Courre is an old infinitive of the verb courir, used only in a few expressions, as: courre le cerf.
74 27 Savoyard ... marmotte: the 'marmot' is a rodent inhabiting the Alps, related to the American woodchuck and prairie dog. Savoyards traveling through France with marmots remind one of our Italian organ-grinders with their monkeys. Cf. note to 1 8. 74 28 Le sang ... tour: 'the Tarasconian's blood boiled', lit. 'made only one turn. 75 3 nuit: he was blind.
You are of course aware that it is attributed exclusively to your influence. This is not only the conviction of M. de Salvandy himself and the french government, but I have seen letters from Madrid, from persons entirely unconnected with either, written under the same persuasion.
We have, therefore, only to explain the object and claims of the present work.
2 11: mirifique: a mock-heroic synonym for merveilleux. bien autre: bien in its common intensive use, 'quite. Bien frequently adds to a passage a shade of meaning which can be rendered in English only by a complete remodeling of the sentence, e.g. je veux bien 'I have no objection, 'I consent. When autre is preceded by bien or tout, it usually carries the idea of superiority.
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