...The Hated Son by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Hated Son by Honoré de Balzac is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Porta... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Hated Son by Honoré de Balzac is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Hated Son by Honoré de Balzac, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, J... ...gels; and columns of the same wood, supporting the tester were carved with mythological allegories, the explanation of which could have been found eit... ...sently, in a brief lull of the storm, the countess heard the gallop of two horses which seemed to fly across the sandy dunes by which the castle was s... ...owed by her nurse on foot, her father on his mule, and a valet who led two horses laden with baggage, started for the castle of Herouville, where the ...

...The Country Doctor by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell A Penn State Electro... ...The Country Doctor by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell A Penn State Electronic... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Country Doctor by Honoré de Balzad, trans. Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell is a publication of the Pen... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac The Country Doctor by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage... ...to the Theatre Francais that evening, to see the celebrated actress in her mythological role, concerning which he gained some information from his nei... ... of head-gear in common use in this country. As there was room for several horses, this worthy individual, after inquiring whether Genestas had come t... ...here was the same peculiar air of sleek content about M. Benassis’ pair of horses that distin- guished the cure’s horse from all the rest of his tribe...

...A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic... ...A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Cl... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...ate Electronic Classics Series Publication A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...rmant faculties. Women are fond of using Bluebeard’s bloody key, that fine mythological idea for which we are indebted to Perrault. The dramatist—who ... ...ency is too much. I can’t stand that Jupiter Olympian air of his,—the only mythological charac- ter exempt, they say, from ill-luck.” “Madame,” cried ... ...ant discussion and rushed to Madame d’Espard’s house in the faubourg Saint-Honore. Beholding Rastignac’s elegant cabriolet enter the court-yard while ... ...here as a prince of the press. He employed a whole week in search- ing for horses, a phantom and a suitable tiger, and in con- vincing his partners of... ...as dirty, defaced, and scratched; and its keys, worn like the teeth of old horses, were yellowed with the fuliginous colors of the pipe. On the desk, ...

...The Muse of the Department by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Seri... ...The Muse of the Department by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series ... ...ectronic Classics Series Publication The Muse of the Department by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...ronic Classics Series Publication The Muse of the Department by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ... scrape. The country gentleman, lodging at the Hotel de Mayence, Rue Saint-Honore, near the Place Vendome, one morning received a visit from a confide... ...o understand that this significant sign would be obeyed. In the street two horses were waiting; we each mounted one. My Spaniard took my bridle, held ... ... fam- ily coaches, some in wagonettes, and a few bachelors on hired saddle horses. By about seven o’clock this provincial com- pany had made a more or... ...row; his practice required his return. What woman, short of having Cupid’s mythological dart in her heart, could decide in so short a time? These litt... ...es in which we live, is conceiv- able; but I, my dear fellow, have not the mythological ban- dage over my eyes.—Well, then consider your position. For...

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...Massimilla Doni by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Clara Bell and James Waring A Penn State Electroni... ...Massimilla Doni by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Clara Bell and James Waring A Penn State Electronic C... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Massimilla Doni by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell and James Waring is a publication of the Penns... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication Massimilla Doni by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell and James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...between them. Massimilla, young as she was, had the majestic bearing which mythological tradition ascribes to Juno, the only goddess to whom it does n... ... certain that her great nobleman is not my husband,” said the Duchess. The horses were ordered, and the Duchess set out at once for V enice, to be pre...

...Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...tate Electronic Classics Series Publication Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...in the park, which has four gates, each superb in style, you feel that our mythological Arcadias are flat and stale. Arcadia is in Burgundy, not in Gr... ...me particular interest attaches us, as it did in Blondet’s case, to scenes honored by the steps and lighted by the eyes of a certain person, one would... ...e, truant!” cried the general, coming out on the terrace when he heard the horses. “Here he is; don’t be uneasy!” he called back to his wife, whose li... ...le comte would only take him in his stables and let him learn to groom the horses, the boy will be mighty pleased, for though I’ve taught him to fear ...

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...A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Class... ...A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Ser... ...A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series... ...on A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ... A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...and a tight-fitting jacket, evidently he was about to mount one of the two horses held by a hop- o’-my-thumb of a tiger. A young man who went past dre... ... into an improvised Longchamp on Sunday afternoons in summer. The splendid horses, the toilettes, and liveries bewildered him; he went fur- ther and f... ...ne hand, and in the other a flaming sword. An angel, something akin to the mythological ab- straction which lives at the bottom of a well, and to the ... ... himself, like his manner of life, was in grotesque contrast with the airy mythological look of his rooms; and it may be remarked that the most eccent...

...Excerpt: PART I. Mme. De Bargeton and Lucien de Rubempre had left Angouleme behind, and were traveling together upon the road to Paris. Not one of the party who made that journey alluded to it afterwards; but it may be believed that an infatuated ...

...The T wo Brothers by Honore de Balzac T ranlated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic... ...The T wo Brothers by Honore de Balzac T ranlated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Cl... ...y A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of th... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...tate Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...or the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania Stat... ...kissing it. When Philippe was placed, in full dress, on one of those straw horses, all saddled, which Joseph had hired for the occasion, Agathe, feari... ...d up, and held in place by a species of comb made to comb out the tails of horses. Her pretty tanned bosom, and her neck, scarcely covered by a ragged... ...ll in love with 137 Balzac him at first sight. Her heart was cleft by the mythological arrow,—admirable description of an effect of nature which the ...

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...Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series ... ... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tr... ...er in almond-paste, eau-de-Portu- gal, and hair-oil, and was only too much honored when my only daughter was married to the son of Monsieur le Baron H... ...fumer, successor to Cesar Birotteau at the /Queen of the Roses/, Rue Saint-Honore,” added Crevel, in mocking tones. “Deputy-mayor, captain in the Nati... ...nd hastily vanished, as though the Baron’s face had affected them like the mythological head of Medusa. “It would seem that they know me,” thought the... ...widowers who were fond of their daughters, that it paid better to job your horses than to have a stable of your own. At the same time, if the reader r... ... Hulot d’Ervy was supposed to have sown his wild oats, to have “put up his horses,” to quote the expression used by Louis XV.’s head surgeon, and yet ...