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21 19 ce que c'est que la vanité: the construction will be clear if a second est is supplied after vanité, 'what vanity is', cf. note to 72 21. 21 22 fit: = dit There are many examples of this usage in this book. 22 12 fit ... effroyable: 'gave Tartarin-Quixote a terrible grilling'.
'has not given of his news since. 65 15 Qu'est devenu: 'what has become of? lit. 'what has become? Cf. note to 93 7. 65 23 Tombouctou: 'Timbuktu, the most famous city of central Africa, a French possession since 1893, in Tartarin's time only three Europeans had ever reached it, and one of these was killed two days after he left the city. 65 24 garde: subjunctive.
What so white is yonder by the greenwood? Is it really snow, or white swans resting?
LORD HOLLAND There was one part of the noble Duke's speech which had given him the greatest pleasure and which reflected the highest credit upon the noble Duke. He need hardly say that he alluded to the temper, the manliness and generosity with which the noble Duke had animadverted upon what had fallen from the noble marquis with regard to prince de Talleyrand.
Should you, my lord, while you peruse my song, Wonder from whence my love of Freedom sprung, Whence flow the wishes for the common good, By feeling hearts alone best understood, I, young in life, by seeming cruel fate Was snatch'd from Afric's fancy'd happy seat: What pangs excruciating must molest, What sorrows labor in my patents' breast?
Van Baerle was ignorant of what had happened at Harlem and supposed he was being taken to the place of execution.
What is it?... La Côte Saint-André, 25 juillet 1832.
90 2 marseillais: 'dialect of Marseilles. Not only did she know French, but even Tartarin's own dialect. The Provençal language comprises many dialects; that of Tarascon does not differ greatly from that of Marseilles. 90 3 Quand je vous disais: 'what did I tell you about ...? 90 9 s'est ... sac: 'let himself be caught red-handed'; cf. note to 7 25.
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