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found1 under every 2 disguise, and in every country. -scholars, physicians, merchants, serving-men; in 5 the hostile court of Sweden, in the old manor-houses of Cheshire, among the hovels of Connaught; arguing, instructing, consoling, stealing away the hearts of the young, animating the courage of the timid, holding up the crucifix before the eyes of the dying.

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Nor was it less their office to plot against the thrones and lives of apostate kings, to spread evil 8 rumours, to raise tumults, to inflame 10 civil wars, to arm the hand 12 of the assassin. Inflexible in nothing but in 13 their fidelity to the church, they were equally ready to appeal 14 in her cause 15 to the spirit of loyalty and to the spirit of freedom.16 Extreme doctrines of obedience and extreme doctrines of liberty-the right of rulers to misgovern the people, the right of every one of the people 17 to plunge his knife in the heart of a bad ruler-were inculcated by the same man, according as he addressed himself to the subject of Philip or to the subject of Elizabeth.

MACAULAY,

"Essay on Ranke's History of the Popes."

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Mention has been made 18 once or twice in the

1 Were to be found, se trouvaient-2 see note ", p. 82-3 scholars, hommes de lettres—4 serving-men, hommes de peine-5 in, à nor was it less their office to, et ce n'était pas moins (see note ", p. 5) leur mission de (or: il n'entrait pas moins dans leur sphère de) thrones and lives, singular-8 evil, sinistres to raise tumults, de fomenter le désordre- 10 inflame, allumer—11 wars, sing.-12"the arm". -13 inflexible in nothing but in, il n'y avait chez eux d'inflexible que-14 appeal, faire appel-15 they were... in her cause, et pour servir sa cause, ils étaient..... 16 freedom, indépendance-17 one of the people, citoyen.

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course of this history of the Grey Friars School,where the Colonel, and Clive, and I had1 been brought up,-an 2 ancient foundation of the time of James I., still subsisting in the heart of London city. The death-day of the founder of the place is still kept 5 solemnly by Cistercians. In their chapel, where assemble the boys of the school, and the fourscore old men of the hospital, the founder's tomb stands a huge edifice, emblazoned with heraldic decorations, and clumsy, carved allegories. There is an old hall, a beautiful specimen of the architecture of James's time; an old hall ?-many old halls; old staircases, old passages, old chambers decorated with old portraits, walking in the midst of which, we walk as it were in the early seventeenth century. To 10 others than Cistercians, Grey Friars is a dreary place possibly. Nevertheless, the pupils educated there love to revisit it; and the oldest of us 11 grow young again 12 for an hour or two as we come back into 14 those scenes of 15 childhood.

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The custom of the school is,16 that on the 12th December, the founder's day, the head gown-boy ́shall recite 17 a Latin oration in praise Fundatoris Nostri, and upon other subjects; and a goodly company 18 of old Cistercians is generally brought together 19 to attend this oration; after which 20 we go to

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chapel and1 hear a sermon; after which we adjourn to a great dinner, where old condisciples meet, old toasts are given, and speeches are made. Before marching from the oration-hall to chapel, the stewards of the day's dinner, according to old-fashioned rite, have wands put into their hands, walk to church at the head of the procession, and sit there in places of honour. The boys are already in their seats,7 with smug fresh faces, and shining white collars; the old black-gowned pensioners are on 10 their benches; the chapel is lighted, and Founder's Tomb, with its grotesque carvings, monsters, heraldries, darkles and shines with the most wonderful shadows and lights.11 There he lies,12 Fundator Noster, in his ruff and gown, awaiting the great Examination-day. We oldsters, 18 be we ever so old,14 become boys again as we look at that familiar old tomb,15 and think how 16 the seats are altered since we were here, and how 17 the doctornot the present doctor, the doctor of our time-used to sit 18 yonder, and his awful eye used to frighten us shuddering boys,19 on whom it lighted; 20 and how the boy next us would kick our shins 21 during service time, and how the monitor would cane us afterwards

1 And, to be left out-2 we adjourn, nous nous rendons-3 given, portés- old-fashioned, antique-5 have......put into their hands, reçoivent......6 sit there in places, y occupent des siéges-7 in their seats, à leurs places-8 "smug and fresh"-9 and shining white collars, et leurs cols éclatants de blancheur-10 on, à—11 darkles, etc......lights, présente les plus merveilleux contrastes d'ombre et de lumière-12 there he lies, c'est là qu'il repose-13 we oldsters, nous autres anciens (see note, p. 69)-14 be we ever so old, si vieux que nous soyons-15 "in looking at that old tomb which is so familiar to us"-16 and think how, et nous songeons combien17 and how, et comme quoi-18 used to sit, s'asseyait-19 shuddering boys, "and made us shudder "-20 on whom it lighted, lorsque son vif regard tombait sur nous-21 the boy next us would kick our shins, notre voisin nous donnait malgré tout des coups de pied dans les jambes.

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because our shins were kicked. Yonder sit forty cherry-cheeked boys, thinking about home and holidays to-morrow.1 Yonder sit some threescore 2 old gentlemen, pensioners of the hospital, listening to the prayers and psalms. You hear them coughing feebly in the twilight-the old reverend black-gowns. Is Codd Ajax alive, you wonder? 3-the Cistercian lads called the old gentlemen Codds, I know not wherefore-I know not wherefore-but is old Codd Ajax alive, I wonder? 5 or Codd Soldier? or kind old Codd Gentleman? or has the grave closed over them? A plenty of candles light up this chapel, and this scene of age and youth, and early memories,7 and pompous death. How solemn the well-remembered prayers are,8 here uttered again in the place where in childhood we used to hear them! How beautiful and decorous the rite; how noble the ancient words of the supplications which the priest utters, and to which generations of fresh children and troops of bygone seniors have cried Amen! under those arches.

THACKERAY, "The Newcomes."

ALARIC BEFORE ROME (A.D. 409).

The last resource of the Romans was in the clemency, or at least in the moderation, of the King of the Goths. The senate, who in this emergency as

1 Thinking about home and holidays to-morrow, qui pensent au foyer paternel et aux vacances de demain-2 some threescore, une soixantaine de-3 is C. A. alive, you wonder? vous vous demandez si C. A. vit encore- old, le vieux-5 I wonder, je voudrais bien le savoir-6 has......closed over, ......s'est-elle fermée sur 7 early memories, souvenirs d'enfance-8 how solemn the well-remembered .......are, qu'elles sont solennelles, ces......que nous nous rappelous si bien- cried, répondu.

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sumed the supreme powers of government,1 appointed two ambassadors to negotiate with the enemy. This important trust was delegated to Basilius, a senator, of Spanish extraction, and already conspicuous in the administration of provinces; and to John, the first tribune of the notaries, who was peculiarly qualified, by his dexterity in business, as well as by 5 his former intimacy with the Gothic prince. When they were introduced into his presence, they declared, perhaps in a more lofty style than became 7 their abject condition, that the Romans were resolved to maintain their dignity, either in peace or war; and that, if Alaric refused them a fair and honourable capi tulation, he might sound his trumpets, and prepare to give battle to an innumerable people, exercised in arms and animated by despair. "The thicker the hay, the easier it is mowed," 10 was the concise reply of the barbarian; and this rustic metaphor was accompanied by a loud and 11 insulting laugh, expressive 12 of his contempt for the menaces of an unwarlike 13 populace, enervated by luxury before they were 14 emaciated by famine. He then condescended to fix the ransom which he would accept as the price of his retreat from the walls of Rome: all the gold and silver in 15 the city, whether it were 16 the property of the State, or 17 of individuals; all the rich and pre

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10 the easier it is mowed, plus il est facile à faucher-11 by a loud and, d'un gros-12 expressive, expression-13 unwarlike, efféminée 14 before they were, avant d'être-15 in, de-16 whether it were, que ce fût-17 or, ou celle.