Bataille de dames
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[Footnote 121: #c'en est fait#, it's all over with that.]
[Footnote 122: #Horace#, Horatius, the hero of Corneille's tragedy
Horace, one of three brothers who fought for Rome against the Alban
brothers Curiatii, who were their relatives by marriage. In speaking to
his brother-in-law of the approaching fight Horace uses the words (Act
II., Scene 3):
_Albe vous a nommé, je ne vous connais plus,_
a verse which is here parodied. For the story of the Horatii, see any
classical dictionary.]
[Footnote 123: #un peu long# because its former half has, when
pronounced according to the rules of French prosody, seven syllables,
while an alexandrine hemistich should have but six, as this will have if
bonapartiste is spoken without the final e.]
[Footnote 124: #Corneille# (1606-1684) was the first of the great
French classical dramatists, and in the opinion of many the greatest
French tragic poet.]
[Footnote 125: #Ah! çà#, By the way. Cp. p. 16, note 2.]