On Liberty — Page 7
Taylor lived with her daughter in a lodging in the country; but in 1851 her husband died, and then Mill made her his wife.
Taylor vivait avec sa fille dans un logement à la campagne ; mais en 1851 son mari mourut, et alors Mill en fit sa femme.
Opinions were widely divergent as to her merits; but every one agreed that up to the time of her death, in 1858, Mill was wholly lost to his friends.
Les opinions étaient très divergentes quant à ses mérites ; mais tout le monde s'accordait à dire que jusqu'au moment de sa mort, en 1858, Mill était entièrement perdu pour ses amis.
George Mill, one of Mill's younger brothers, gave it as his opinion that she was a clever and remarkable woman, but "nothing like what John took her to be."
George Mill, l'un des frères cadets de Mill, donna son opinion qu'elle était une femme intelligente et remarquable, mais « rien de comparable à ce que John croyait qu'elle était ».
Carlyle, in his reminiscences, described her with ambiguous epithets.
Carlyle, dans ses souvenirs, la décrivit avec des épithètes ambiguës.
She was "vivid," "iridescent," "pale and passionate and sad-looking, a living-romance heroine of the royalist volition and questionable destiny."
Elle était « vive », « irrisée », « pâle et passionnée et d'aspect triste, une héroïne de roman vivant à la volonté royaliste et au destin douteux ».
It is not possible to make much of a judgment like this, but we get on more certain ground when we discover that Mrs. Carlyle said on one occasion that "she is thought to be dangerous," and that Carlyle added that she was worse than dangerous, she was patronising.
Il n'est pas possible de tirer grand-chose d'un jugement comme celui-ci, mais nous nous trouvons sur un terrain plus sûr lorsque nous découvrons que Mme Carlyle dit en une occasion qu'« elle est considérée comme dangereuse », et que Carlyle ajouta qu'elle était pire que dangereuse, elle était condescendante.
The occasion when Mill and his wife were brought into close contact with the Carlyles is well known.
L'occasion où Mill et sa femme furent mis en contact étroit avec les Carlyle est bien connue.
The manuscript of the first volume of the _French Revolution_ had been lent to Mill, and was accidentally burnt by Mrs. Mill's servant.
Le manuscrit du premier volume de la _Révolution française_ avait été prêté à Mill, et fut accidentellement brûlé par la servante de Mme Mill.
Mill and his wife drove up to Carlyle's door, the wife speechless, the husband so full of conversation that he detained Carlyle with desperate attempts at loquacity for two hours.
Mill et sa femme se rendirent en voiture à la porte de Carlyle, la femme sans voix, le mari tellement bavard qu'il retint Carlyle avec des tentatives désespérées de loquacité pendant deux heures.
But Dr.
Mais Dr.
Vocabulary
- vivait
- Was living, resided (imperfect tense of vivre)
- avec
- With, together with someone or something
- sa
- His, her, its (feminine possessive adjective)
- fille
- Girl, daughter of a parent
- dans
- In, inside, within a place or time
- un
- A, an (masculine indefinite article)
- logement
- Housing, lodging, place where someone lives
- à
- At, to, in (common preposition)
- la
- The (feminine definite article)
- campagne
- Countryside, rural area outside the city
- mais
- But, however, expressing contrast or opposition
- en
- In, on (preposition indicating time or place)
- son
- His, her, its (masculine possessive adjective)
- mari
- Husband, a woman's male spouse
- mourut
- Died (simple past tense of mourir)
- et
- And, connecting words or clauses together
- alors
- Then, at that time, so consequently
- fit
- Made, did (simple past tense of faire)
- femme
- Woman, wife, female person
- Les
- The (plural definite article for all genders)
- opinions
- Opinions, views, personal judgments or beliefs
- étaient
- Were (imperfect tense of être, plural)
- très
- Very, extremely (intensifying adverb)
- divergentes
- Divergent, differing, going in different directions
- quant
- As for, regarding (used in quant à)
- ses
- His, her, its (plural possessive adjective)
- mérites
- Merits, qualities deserving praise or recognition
- tout
- All, every, whole (adjective or pronoun)
- le
- The (masculine definite article)
- monde
- World; tout le monde means everyone
- s'accordait
- Agreed, was in agreement (reflexive imperfect)
- dire
- To say, to tell, to speak
- que
- That, which, what (conjunction or pronoun)
- jusqu'au
- Until, up to (contraction of jusqu'à le)
- moment
- Moment, point in time, instant
- de
- Of, from (very common French preposition)
- mort
- Death, the end of life
- était
- Was (imperfect tense of être, singular)
- entièrement
- Entirely, completely, wholly, fully
- perdu
- Lost, no longer available or accessible
- pour
- For, in order to (preposition)
- amis
- Friends, people one has close relationships with
- l'un
- One of, one (elided form of le un)
- des
- Of the, some (plural partitive or article)
- frères
- Brothers, male siblings of a person
- cadets
- Younger brothers, younger male siblings
- donna
- Gave (simple past tense of donner)
- opinion
- Opinion, personal view or judgment expressed
- qu'elle
- That she (conjunction que + pronoun elle)
- une
- A, an (feminine indefinite article)
- intelligente
- Intelligent, clever, having great mental ability
- remarquable
- Remarkable, extraordinary, worthy of attention
- rien
- Nothing, not anything at all
- comparable
- Comparable, able to be compared with something
- ce
- This, that (demonstrative pronoun or adjective)
- croyait
- Believed, thought (imperfect tense of croire)
- souvenirs
- Memories, recollections of past events
- décrivit
- Described (simple past tense of décrire)
- épithètes
- Epithets, descriptive words or phrases used characteristically
- ambiguës
- Ambiguous, having multiple possible meanings or interpretations
- Elle
- She (third-person feminine singular pronoun)
- vive
- Vivid, lively, bright and energetic
- pâle
- Pale, light in color, lacking vivid color
- passionnée
- Passionate, intensely enthusiastic or emotionally driven
- d'aspect
- In appearance, of aspect, in outward look
- triste
- Sad, sorrowful, unhappy in mood
- héroïne
- Heroine, female protagonist of a story
- roman
- Novel, a long work of fiction
- vivant
- Living, alive, full of life
- volonté
- Will, determination, strength of purpose
- royaliste
- Royalist, supporter of monarchy or royal cause
- au
- To the, at the (contraction of à le)
- destin
- Destiny, fate, what is meant to happen
- douteux
- Doubtful, uncertain, questionable in nature
- Il
- He, it (masculine third-person singular pronoun)
- n'est
- Is not (negated present tense of être)
- pas
- Not (negation particle used with ne)
- possible
- Possible, able to be done or achieved
- tirer
- To draw, pull, extract something from somewhere
- grand-chose
- Much, a great deal (in negative contexts)
- d'un
- From a, of a (contraction of de un)
- jugement
- Judgment, assessment, evaluation of something
- comme
- Like, as, in the manner of
- celui-ci
- This one, this particular one (demonstrative pronoun)
- nous
- We, us (first-person plural pronoun)
- trouvons
- Find, we find (present tense of trouver)
- sur
- On, upon, about (common preposition)
- terrain
- Ground, terrain, field of activity
- plus
- More, plus (comparative adverb or adjective)
- sûr
- Sure, certain, reliable, safe
- lorsque
- When, at the time that (conjunction)
- découvrons
- Discover, we discover (present tense of découvrir)
- Mme
- Mrs., abbreviation for Madame, married woman
- dit
- Said, told (simple past or present of dire)
- occasion
- Occasion, opportunity, particular moment or event
- elle
- She, her (third-person feminine singular pronoun)
- est
- Is (third-person singular present of être)
- considérée
- Considered, regarded, viewed as something
- dangereuse
- Dangerous, posing a risk or threat
- ajouta
- Added, said additionally (simple past of ajouter)
- pire
- Worse, worst, more bad than something else
- condescendante
- Condescending, showing patronizing superiority toward others
- L'occasion
- The occasion, the circumstance (with elided article)
- où
- Where, when (relative adverb of place/time)
- furent
- Were (simple past tense of être, plural)
- mis
- Put, placed (past participle of mettre)
- contact
- Contact, close connection between people or things
- étroit
- Close, narrow, tight, restricted in space
- les
- The (plural definite article for all genders)
- bien
- Well, good, very (adverb of manner)
- connue
- Known, well-known, famous, recognized by many
- Le
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- manuscrit
- Manuscript, handwritten or typed unpublished document
- du
- Of the (contraction of de le)
- premier
- First, primary, earliest in order or rank
- volume
- Volume, book, part of a larger work
- _Révolution
- Revolution (title word, major political upheaval)
- française_
- French (feminine adjective referring to France)
- avait
- Had (imperfect tense of avoir, singular)
- été
- Been (past participle of être)
- prêté
- Lent, loaned temporarily to someone
- fut
- Was (simple past tense of être, singular)
- accidentellement
- Accidentally, by chance, without intention
- brûlé
- Burned, destroyed by fire
- par
- By, through, via (agent preposition)
- servante
- Maidservant, female domestic servant in a household
- se
- Himself, herself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- rendirent
- Went, made their way (simple past of se rendre)
- voiture
- Car, carriage, vehicle for transportation
- porte
- Door, gate, entrance to a building
- sans
- Without, lacking something or someone
- voix
- Voice, the sound produced when speaking
- tellement
- So much, so very, to such a degree
- bavard
- Talkative, chatty, talking excessively
- qu'il
- That he (conjunction que + pronoun il)
- retint
- Held back, retained (simple past of retenir)
- tentatives
- Attempts, tries, efforts to do something
- désespérées
- Desperate, in a state of extreme despair
- pendant
- During, for (a period of time)
- deux
- Two (the number 2)
- heures
- Hours, units of time equal to 60 minutes
- Mais
- But, however (conjunction showing contrast)
- Dr
- Doctor, abbreviation for a medical or academic doctor
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