The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo [270]
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Author’s note added to the fifth edition of May 1831: It is with grief mingled with indignation that we hear that there is a project to enlarge, alter, reconstruct—that is, to destroy—this beautiful palace. Modern architects are too clumsy to touch the delicate work of the Renaissance. We still hope that they dare not attempt the task. Besides, the demolition of the Tuileries now would be not only a brutal deed at which a drunken vandal might blush, it would be an act of treason. The Tuileries is not just an artistic masterpiece of the sixteenth century, it is a page in the history of the nineteenth century. This palace no longer belongs to the king, but to the people. Let us leave it as it is. The French revolution has twice marked its brow. In one façade are the bullets of August 10; in the other, the bullets of July 29. It is sacred.
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From the period of the French Revolution, when imitation of antiquity was in vogue.
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Deal out blows and pull out hair (Latin).
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Sluggard’s altar (Latin).
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The guardian of a monstrous herd, and himself more monstrous (Latin).
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A sturdy boy is a naughty boy (Latin).
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Title given to a certain level of priesthood, roughly equivalent to “Reverend.”
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A brawl, resulting directly from too liberal potations (Latin).
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A street of ill-fame, known for its gambling houses.
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Where the world comes to an end (Latin).
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Lawful (Latin).
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Unlawful (Latin).
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Author’s note: Hugo II of Bisuncio, 1326-1332.
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Certain ladies of a high degree may not be turned away without offense (Latin).
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Slang term for foot soldiers.
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Ho! Ho! Claude with the cripple! (Latin).
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The The Abbot of Saint-Martin (Latin).
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Of Predestination and Free Will (Latin); Honorius of Autun was a theologian and philosopher who flourished in the first half of the twelfth century.
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A pun on the word abricotier, French for “apricot tree.”
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Name for a gossip.
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Writing from right to left and back again from left to right.
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The Abbot of Saint-Martin, that is to say the King of France, is canon, according to custom, and has the small benefice which Saint-Venantis had, and shall sit in the seat of the treasurer (Latin).
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Author’s note: This comet, for deliverance from which Pope Calixtus, uncle to Borgia, ordered a public prayer, is the same that reappeared in 1835.
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A dignity to which is attached no little power in dealing with public safety, together with many prerogatives and rights (Latin).
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Author’s note: Crown accounts, 1383.
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Be silent and hope (Latin).
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A strong shield is the safety of the leaders (Latin).
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It is yours (Latin).
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Pray, thou (Latin).
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Song blossom.
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Daisy.
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A deaf man is absurd (Latin).
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Reference to Guillaume de Salluste du Bartas (1544-1590), popular French poet of the sixteenth century.
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A man and a woman alone together do not think about paternosters (Latin); the Lord’s Prayer is also known as the Pater Noster (Our Father).
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Expressions such as “how” and “verily” (Latin).
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Truly these cookshops are wonderful places! (Spanish).
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I breathe; I hope (Latin).
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Whence thence? (Latin). Man is a monster to men (Latin). The stars, a fortress, the name, a wonder (Latin). A great book, great evil (Greek). Dare to be wise (Latin). [The spirit] blows where it wants (Latin).
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Account the Lord of heaven thy ruler upon earth (Latin).
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They tore the robe (Latin).
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It is in Greek, it is not read (Latin).
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The surnames signify Pierre as “the Slaughterer” and Baptiste as “the Rook.”
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He who will not work shall not eat (Latin).
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Against goads, hot blades, torture, shackles, / straps, chains, dungeons, iron collars (Latin).
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Bound naked, you weigh a hundred pounds when you are hung up by the feet (Latin).
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A witch or ghost! (Latin).
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Dialogues upon the Powers and Works of Demons (Latin); written by Byzantine political figure and scholar Michel Psellus (1018-1078).
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There