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There also was of course in Adeline That calm patrician polish in the address, Which ne'er can pass the equinoctial line Of any thing which Nature would express: Just as a Mandarin finds nothing fine, At least his manner suffers not to guess That any thing he views can greatly please. Don Juan. C. XIII. stanza 84.

Il est imprimé in-4°, 79 pages, et porte au verso cette note: «This was the first book printed by Ballantyne of Kelso only twelve copies were thrown off and none for saleLe titre exact est: AN A thing of shreds and patches. De même elle fait défaut dans les Tales of Wonder auxquels elle fut destinée.

30 14 en toile blanche: en is used to denote the material of which a thing is made. De also may be used: une table d'acajou, but we find des commodes en acajou 82 7; cf. un sac de cuir 51 4, une serviette en cuir 71 14. 30 17 d'une longueur: for the suppression cf. note to 15 21. 30 22 venaient l

4 32 deuil: faire son deuil d'une chose = 'to go into mourning about a thing, 'to give it up for lost'.

It is very unlikely that I should have intentionally done any thing that could be personally disagreeable to him. You say he mentioned three circumstances with regard to which he seemed to think I had taken a course unnecessarily embarrassing to him, and I will try to explain to you my course upon each occasion.

C'est sur ce mot beggar que porte la plaisanterie de Bolingbroke. Our scene is alter'd from a serious thing, And now chang'd to the Beggar and the king. The beggar était, comme on l'a déj