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43 5 chasseurs d'Afrique: French light cavalry serving in Algeria; transl. 'Africa cavalry. In 1871 about 11,000 natives of Alsace-Lorraine were granted land in Algeria. Daudet visited Algeria in 1861, before the Alsatians immigrated in large numbers. 43 8 spahis: 'spahis, native cavalry in the French service, commanded by French officers.
The sympathy of Daudet, the man, was unfailing; his pity For the weak, his love for his family and friends, his hatred of villainy, were boundless. He delighted in little acts of charity the source of which remained unknown to the world and even to the recipient.
28 24 vinaigre des quatre-voleurs: 'thieves' vinegar, a kind of aromatic vinegar, formerly used as a disinfectant. The name is derived from the fact that this concoction was popularly supposed to have rendered immune from contagion certain thieves who were pillaging the city of Toulouse during a severe plague .
It is interesting, however, to read a letter of hers touching this point, for it shows, apart from other things, what opinion her contemporaries had of her masterpiece. As for me, I am flattered at being suspected, and I think I should acknowledge the book if I were sure that the author would never claim it of me.
MERCUTIO. Quand l'amour est aveugle, il ne peut toucher le but . Roméo, je te souhaite une bonne nuit; moi, je vais gagner mon alcôve. Ce lit de camp est trop froid pour que j'y puisse dormir. Eh bien! partons-nous? O Roméo, that she were, ah that she were An open et cætera, thou a propin pear.
If the rich Carrack, that creeps o'er the tide, Pisombo, Pisombo! were offered to me My own loved bark, would I take her for thee?
That the English were much dissatisfied with that mischievous trade the French and Dutch have had and still continue, by selling guns, powder and shot to all the Indians, which rendered them insolent, etc.
That to make war with the Mohawks, would expose the Indians, who were neighbours to the English, some of whom professed christianity, etc.
Daudet's love for his native land was intense. Its images were ever present to him; its poetry haunted him throughout his life. He urged young men ambitious of literary laurels to remain in their native provinces, to draw their inspiration from the soil, confident that something great and beautiful would result. Why did he not take for himself the counsel he so incessantly offered to others?
After the breaking-up of the Hôtel de Rambouillet, there were formed various smaller coteries, among which that of Mme. de La Fayette was by no means the least important. From her little circle of précieuses, Mme. de La Fayette was drawn to the Court of Louis XIV. chiefly through the friendship of "Madame," the Princess Henrietta of England.
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