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"Le Petit Chose," his first long work, had been begun in 1866 during his stay in Provence; it was published in 1868. The first part, which is of great interest, is largely autobiographical and covers the childhood and youth of the writer up to his first years in Paris; the second part is a colorless romance of no particular merit.
31 23 hommes d'équipe: 'station hands' An équipe is a gang of men engaged on a particular piece of work. 31 25 cloche: the large bell which announced the approach of the train. On words for 'bell' cf. note to 29 10. 31 31 monta dans un wagon: 'got into a car' Monter is always followed by dans when used in this sense, cf. entrer dans une maison 'to enter a house' cf. note to 94 9.
Our ulterior purpose is to transmit the portrait to the speakers of our Congress, and to request for it place in the library of that body, as a permanent memorial of the profound respect which we entertain for your personal character and intellectual trophies, and, in particular, of the gratitude which all Americans should feel for your liberal agency in exhibiting anew to Europe the true nature of their Revolution and the distinctive preeminence of its hero.
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, by HUGH BLAIR, one of the Ministers of the High Church, and Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University of Edinburgh, 3 vols. W. Creech. Edinburgh, 1803. Sermons chiefly on Particular Occasions, by ARCHIBALD ALISON, Minister of the Episcopal Chapel, Cowgate, Edinburgh, Archibald Constable. Edinburgh, 1820, 2 vols.
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