Paris, Plon-Nourrit.

NOURRITURE, f., aliments; substances dont on se nourrit.

VIANDE, f., chair des animaux, etc., dont on se nourrit.

et quelle oeuvre éphémère! L'ambition, branlant ses têtes de chimère, Sous leur crâne brumeux, fétide et sans clarté, Nourrit la pourriture et la stérilité; Ce qu'ils font est néant et cendre; une hydre allaite, Dans leur âme nocturne et profonde, un squelette.

The celebrated Nourrit said to him: "I have given you my vote for the first prize, and my children shall have no singing-master but you.

I do not believe, moreover, that either Nourrit or Dupré authorized by their example a habit so contrary to the rules of French versification, so disagreeable to the well-trained ear and so opposed to good taste.

The defeated youth walked slowly away, dragging at his heels all the sorrow of his discomfiture, when two persons approached him; one was the famous Marie Malibran, the other the brilliant tenor, Adolph Nourrit.

"My friend," added Nourrit, "it was I who cast my vote for you: to my mind, you are an incomparable singer.

" These were the words of Adolphe Nourrit.

The praises of Malibran and Nourrit gave Delsarte courage, revived his hopes, and decided him to follow implicitly the promptings of his genius.