4332 ([return])
[ "Correspondence," by Métra, XVII, 87 (August 20, 1784).]
4333 ([return])
[ "Belisarious," is from 1780, and the "Oath of the Horatii," from 1783.]
4334 ([return])
[ Geffroy, "Gustave II et la cour de France." "Paris, with its republican spirit, generally applauds whatever fails at Fontainebleau." (A letter by Madame de Staël, Sept. 17, 1786).]
4335 ([return])
[ Taine uses the French term "passe-droit", meaning both passing over, slight, unjust promotion over the heads of others, a special favour, or privilege. (SR.)]
4336 ([return])
[ Sainte-Beuve, "Causeries du Lundi," II. 24, in the article on Barnave.]