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52 29 cité: 'city. This term, in English as well as in French, is applied in some cases to the oldest portion of a city, eg 'the City' of London, 'the City' of Paris. 53 3 janissaires: 'janizaries, the standing army of Turkey till 1826; a corps of most turbulent history, full of lawless arrogance toward civilians and Christians.
Si, au contraire, en imaginant que ne se fût pas développée cette grandiose épopée coloniale, qui, sans détourner une proportion excessive de nos forces continentales, nous a valu une immense extension territoriale et un indéniable relèvement de notre situation morale, de notre crédit européen, de notre «standing», comme disent les Anglais; si l'on est amené par l'examen de cette hypothèse
At last he will come and stand before him. 2. They are face to face. 3. They looked at each other. 4. Both were standing, Tartarin on one side, the lion on the other. 5. Up to that time he had not yawned in his face. 6. He rose with an air of supreme contempt. 7. At first he was stupefied, but after a moment he rushed toward the door. 8. Do not stir. 9.
Since the minaret is high and from the top the muezzin has a view of the roofs of the houses where the Mohammedan women spend a great deal of the time, blind men are sought for this office découpant ... dans: 'his white shadow standing out against. 63 6 chantant la gloire d'Allah: cf. note to 92 1. 63 chapter heading On ... Tarascon. 'our Tarascon correspondent writes us.
He explains that the idea of the work occured to him one October evening when, standing in the Place du Carrousel, he was contemplating the ruins of the Tuileries.
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