. Reduction de las letras y arte para enseñar a [h]ablar los mudos . oman of the guard. Pasqmour and President PanoheBoall him an escnyer tranohant, or sqaire who carved at his lordstable; and suoh a squire-valet was the fatherof Gil Blas in his latteryears. With regard to the origin of the word the opinions of thelearned differ. Some sages derive valet from the Hebrow valad, a ohild; others from the same Celtio root with vassal ;while yet other authorities trace it to the Latin baro, or varo,a blookhead, a simpleton, a boor, au oaf. Thns Cornutus, on thePifth Satire of Persiue, ?• Varones di
. Reduction de las letras y arte para enseñar a [h]ablar los mudos . oman of the guard. Pasqmour and President PanoheBoall him an escnyer tranohant, or sqaire who carved at his lordstable; and suoh a squire-valet was the fatherof Gil Blas in his latteryears. With regard to the origin of the word the opinions of thelearned differ. Some sages derive valet from the Hebrow valad, a ohild; others from the same Celtio root with vassal ;while yet other authorities trace it to the Latin baro, or varo,a blookhead, a simpleton, a boor, au oaf. Thns Cornutus, on thePifth Satire of Persiue, ?• Varones diountur servi militum qui utiquestultissimi sunt, servi soilioet stultornm. And so we get thé wordthrough varo, varolus, varolettus, varlet, valet. In conclusión, wamay mention that in one seuse only must a valet wear livery, andbeoome a laokey or flunkey; that ia when he is a valet du pied,hanging on to the footboard, or rnnning by the side of his masterscarriage. Ooherwise plush and hair-powder need not enter into the-valets soul.—Daily Telegraph. Q 4
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