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Le Passage d'Annibal, 1842. Hannibal's Crossing. 'Dans ces monts sourcilleux dont la neigeuse aigrette [?] Semble un front chenu de géant. Pour se faire un chemin, Annibal triumphant Mit les Alpes en vinaigrette'. (Les Occidentales de M. Quinet). Hannibal looking at a jar of gherkins, leaning against a barrel marked 'Bonum vinaigrum d'orleanus' (fine vinegar of Orleans). 'In these lofty mountains whose snowy crest resembles a giant's hoary brow, Triumphant Hannibal, in order to forge a road, Put the Alps in vinaigrette'. (The Occidentals of Mr. Quinet). Series: L'Histoire ancienne; Periodical: Le Charivari, 6 October 1842.