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But no mortal man is living, how strong so e'er in his youth, who shall lightly hale it elsewhere, since a mighty wonder forsooth is wrought in that fashioned bedstead, and I wrought it, and I alone.
8 1 il allait se passer: 'there was going to happen'; cf. note to 4 23. quelque chose de grand: 'something great'; note the de Cf. quelque chose d'informe 35 21, quelque chose de noir 45 18. 8 6 bis: Latin, 'twice, indicating that a thing is to be repeated. 8 9 A vous, Tartarin: 'your turn, Tartarin! 8 13 en bon Méridional: 'like a true Southerner'; cf. note to 5 20.
You will best know the course which is likely to succeed, and I am sure that you cannot render a greater service to Spain and to the public interest. Correspondance entre M. Guizot, ministre des affaires étrangères, et M. Casimir Périer, chargé d'affaires
5 1 de sa nature: 'by nature' qu'il mange: que for bien que to avoid repetition of 6 1, 24 16, 69 9 hirondelles en salmis 'stewed swallows' From time immemorial the swallow has been recogmzed as the friend of man; the superstition that to kill one brings bad luck is very old and almost umversal.
25 18 le: 'it, that is, victime, omit in translation cf.59 13, 84 3. 26 2 ne faisait plus foi: 'was no longer regarded as unimpeachable'.
In the "Lettres de mon moulin" the writer is still in sympathy with his native land, while in the earliest of the "Tartarin" series, "Tartarin de Tarascon," there is already a spirit of disdainful raillery which Daudet learned in Paris. Tarascon was piqued when "Tartarin de Tarascon" appeared. Indeed, there is more than a little in the book that may well offend local pride.
That to make war with the Mohawks, would expose the Indians, who were neighbours to the English, some of whom professed christianity, etc.
Do not make the mistake of thinking Tartarin a lunatic. Just as his immortal predecessor Don Quixote was thoroughly sane except in that which touched the realm of chivalry, so Tartarin is a normal Frenchman except when he is under the influence of the southern mirage.
The picture I was doing for the Salon is not yet finished. You may well understand that I can have no pleasure in sending something that is not entirely good, at least that is as good as I may do. I am flattered by the admiration of B.... you find her intelligent; she is so, but when you know her better you will see that the first days she looks more that she is in reality.
One by one the Arabs gesticulated and laughed like madmen. 6. Tartarin clung to the hump and collapsed on it. 7. They had to give up the camel. 8. Out of consideration for Tartarin the prince wandered from plain to plain for nearly a month. 10. However bizarre their mount was, they felt that it was picturesque.
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