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928 d�s longtemps, in prose _depuis longtemps_. See l. 75 N.
934 en, see App. V, ii. C.
935 se resserre = "is wrung."
938 ne le conna�tre pas. This position of _pas_, after the infinitive,
is elegant and emphatic.
946 cro�tre is transitive only in poetry.
955 Suspendez = "A truce to. . . ."
956 puissent is so frequently used to express an exclamative wish, that
it usually drops the _que_, which here however is retained.
962 encore, i.e., in addition to that fear.
992 riche is the subst.--_Sous la loi_ goes closely after _g�misse_.
1008 For servir de, see l. 259, N.
1012 camp = "host."
1021 For the virtual superlative _si sage_, cf. l. 541.
1024 Dussiez-vous, = _quand m�me vous devriez_. This elegant use of
the imperf. subj. with subject pronoun inverted (= _quand m�me_ and the
conditional) is generally confined to the auxiliaries, or
pseudo-auxiliaries, such as _savoir_, _pouvoir_, _falloir_, etc. In
the third person sing. however, where the verb-forms are less
unwieldly, other verbs may be so used: it is a matter of euphony.--For
the previous offer, see l. 660.
1039 aurait puise. Note this conditional past of hypothetical
statement. It always implies that the speaker is unwilling to indorse
the statement on his own responsibility.
Jour means: 1. "day;" 2. "day-light;" 3. any "light,"; physical (as in
_un abat-jour_) or figurative, e.g., l. 1136; 4. "birth," cf. l. 1277;
5. in plural, "life."
1047 contr�e, always = "region."
1050 Here begins a magnificent passage where elevation of language
almost reaches inspiration.
1053 qu'on outrage--an adj., "oppressed."
1059 See 2 Kings, xvii. 5-23. Shalmaneser, in 718 B.C., took captive
the kingdom of Israel, and Nebuchadnezzar II., the kingdom of Juda in
606. The captivity of the Jews under the Assyrians lasted 70 years,
606-536 B.C., when they obtained leave from Cyrus to return to
Palestine. See Introd., section 4, Chron. Table.
1062-3 Isaiah xlv. 1-3: "Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I
will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the
gates will not be shut, I will go before thee, and make the rugged
places plain: I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in
sunder the bars of iron; and I will give thee the treasures of
darkness, and hidden riches of secret places." For the Persian kings
of these times, see Introd. section 4. Cyrus reigned about 560-530 B.C.
1068 son temple d�truit, another Latin construction.--Nebuchadnezzar
II. destroyed the temple of Jerusalem after his capture of the city in
587 B.C.
1073 sortait, a most instructive use of the imperfect; the narrative
pauses in the succession of _events_, to lay stress on the happy
_state_ now prevailing. See App. II, ii. A.
1075 son fils, Cambyses (reigned 529-522 B.C.).
1077 vous, on the assumption that Ahasuerus is Darius (reigned 521-485
B.C.).
1082 en. See App. V, ii. C.
1086 La Thrace, near enough to Macedonia for the queen's oratorical
purposes. Thracia (now N. E. Roumelia), like Scythia (l. 1096), was
then a remote and almost unknown region, whose inhabitants were all
"barbarians."
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