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trouva found
le ciron the flesh-worm
trop petit, too small,
se croyant, believing
herself,
pour elle, for her own
part,

un colosse. a colossus.
Jupin Jupiter
les renvoya sent them
away
s'étant censurés tous.
all having criticised
each other.
Du reste But still
contents d'eux. pleased
with themselves.

Mais parmi

amongst

But

les plus fous the most Le fabricateur souve

foolish

notre espèce our species
excella; excelled;

car for
tous tant

sommes,

que nous

every one
of us (all as many as
we are)
linx linxes
envers towards
nos pareils, our fellows,
et taupes and moles
envers nous, towards
ourselves,

rain The Sovereign

Maker

nous créa created us besaciers wallet-bearers tous all

de même manière, in

the same way,
tant ceux as well those
du temps passé of for-
mer time

que du temps as of the
time
d'aujourd'hui:
day;

nous nous pardonnons il fit he made
tout we forgive our-la
selves for everything
et aux autres hommes

and other men
rien: (for) nothing.
on se voit one sees one-
self

d'un autre œil with an
other eye
qu'on ne voit son pro-

chain. than that with
which one sees one's
neighbour.

of this

poche de derrière
the hind pocket
pour nos défauts for
our faults

et celle de devant and
that of the front (the
front one)
pour les défauts for
the faults
d'autrui. of others.

FIRST CONJUGATION.-VERBS IN ER.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB FLATTER (TO FLATTER).

I flatter, do flatter, or am flattering

Flatt ant.

Flatt é.

INDICATIVE.

J'ai flatt é
Tu as flatt é

thou flatterest

Il a flatt é

2. PAST INDEFINITE.

Nous avons flatt é
Vous avez flatt é
Ils ont flatt é

J'avais flatt é
Tu avais flatt é
Il avait flatt é

Nous avions flatt é
Vous aviez flatt é
Ils avaient flatt é

I have flattered
thou hast flattered
he has flattered
we have flattered
you have flattered
they have flattered.

4. PLUPERFECT.
I had flattered
thou hadst flattered
he had flattered
we had flattered
you had flattered
they had flattered.

6. PAST ANTERIOR.

I had flattered
thou hadst flattered
he had flattered

Il flatt erait Nous flatt erions we would, could, or should flatter you would, could, or should flatter

he would, could, or should flatter

Il aurait

10. PAST.

or j'eusse flatt é

or tu eusses flatt é or

or il eût flatt é

Nous aurions or nous eussions flatt é

Vous flatt eriez

Vous auriez

or vous eussiez flatt é

I would, could, or should have flattered thou wouldst, couldst, shouldst have flattered he would, could, or should have flattered we would, could, or should have flattered you would, could, or should have flattered they would, could, or should have flattered

FIRST CONJUGATION.-VERBS IN ER.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB FLATTER (TO FLATTER).

Flatt é, flatt ée, flatt és, flatt ées, flattered.

19. COMPOUND PARTICIPLE.

Ayant flatt é having flattered.

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