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...and as to Hunsden, you fan- cied there was pleasure to be derived from his society—he! he! how did you like the taste you had of him last night? was i... ...hat they 48 The Professor said—yet French, in the mouths of Frenchmen, or Belgians (I was not then sensible of the horrors of the Belgian accent) was... ...!” said I. “But,” asked he, “do you understand French well enough to teach Belgian boys English?” Fortunately I could answer this question in the affi... ...ch circumstance, all who are in any degree acquainted with the ongoings of Belgian schools, and who know the relation in which professors and pupils t... ...al history of their ancestors. Pelet’s school was merely an epitome of the Belgian nation. CHAPTER VIII AND PELET HIMSELF? How did I continue to like ... ...tentious assumption of superiority. I fear, however, two poor, hard-worked Belgian ushers in the estab- lishment could not have said as much; to them ... ...sparing; but he seldom gave himself that trouble. Madame Pelet had her own society, her own circle of cho- sen visitors, whom, however, I seldom saw, ... ...ave seen: these girls belonged to what are called the respectable ranks of society; they had all been carefully brought up, yet was the mass of them m... ...thorn cudgel; I never had a smile for his raillery, never a moment for his society; his invi- tations to take coffee with him in his parlour were inva...

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...ed. “There’s not a regiment in the service where you’ll find a more united society nor a more agreeable mess-room. There’s no quarrelling, bickering, ... ...could only speak English, Dobbin procured for Jos’s party a swarthy little Belgian servant who could speak no language at all; but who, by his bustlin... ...om those damned vulgar women. But this vulgarity of being ashamed of one’s society is much more common among men than women (except very great ladies ... ...to his wife, whom he could leave alone with less scruple when she had this society. “But what a comfort it is that Rebecca’s come: you will have her f... ...he least deceived), and consigning his wife to soli- tude or her brother’s society, passed his evenings in the Crawleys’ company; losing money to the ... ...mmand of the little colony at Brussels, with Amelia invalided, Isidor, his Belgian servant, and 49 Thackeray the bonne, who was maid-of-all-work for ... ...t to meet the Emperor Napoleon. This lover was a native of Brussels, and a Belgian hussar. The troops of his nation signalised themselves in this war ... ...d) had at length an opportunity of coming to close quarters with the brave Belgians before them; who preferred to encounter the British rather than th... ... British army by this time. Ney destroyed each regiment as it came up. The Belgians in vain interposed to prevent the butchery of the En- glish. The B...

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...ral mysteries. Legion is the name of the haunted German students, in whose society we draw yet nearer to the fire, while the schoolboy in the corner o... ... courageous fellows were invited to come forward and enrol themselves in a Society for mak- ing a set against him. The President of the Society was Fi... ... his candle, and his hands before his face, crying. But no mem- ber of the Society could pity him, even if he felt in- clined, because the President s... ..., and he suffered from them con- stantly. He never told about it, that the Society could find out; but he got no credit for that, because the Presiden... ...d showed the letter to Jane. Jane was Old Cheeseman’s friend. The more the Society went against him, the more Jane stood by him. She used to give him ... ... little what his name was. Let us call him Legion. If you were ever in the Belgian villages near the field of Waterloo, you will have seen, in some qu...

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... carried the pic- ture to Elie Magus. Elie Magus, a sort of Dutch-Flemish- Belgian, had three reasons for being what he became,—rich and avaricious. C... ...e Fougeres obtained his benefit of 13 Balzac the fatal principle to which society owes the wretched medi- ocrities to whom are intrusted in these day...

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...ces on the hangings, where they were caught back by ropes of pearl. A warm Belgian carpet, thick as turf, of a gray ground with blue posies, covered t... ... occasionally kissing, the hand of her sister, Madame Felix de Vandenesse. Society added the baptismal name to the sur- name, in order to distinguish ... ... am covered with diamonds when I go to court; I wear the richest jewels in society, but I have not one farthing I can use. Madame du Tillet, who, they... ... where all things were redo- lent of aristocracy, but where the varnish of society did not impede the ease and “laisser-aller” which young and loving ... ...hings of life; he initiated her slowly into the mysteries of the high- est society; he taught her the genealogies of noble families; he showed her the... ...omething so infantine about 25 Balzac it that it ought to be excused; but society is not more indul- gent than the God of Genesis. Madame de Vandenes...

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...et others, in London. Moving with her artist friends in different kinds of society, Gudrun had al- ready come to know a good many people of repute and... ..., a medium for the culture of ideas. With all that was highest, whether in society or in thought or in public action, or even in art, she was at one, ... ...how do you propose to begin? I suppose you mean, reform the whole order of society?’ he asked. Birkin had a slight, tense frown between the brows. He ... ...the business of production, held men together. It was mechanical, but then society was a mechanism. Apart from work they were isolated, free to do as ... ...a of Gerald. ‘She is both,’ said Gerald. ‘She is a social being, as far as society is concerned. But for her own private self, she is a free agent, it... ... of dawn began. There were several people in the compartment, large florid Belgian business-men with long brown beards, talking incessantly in an ugly... ...only he could call a world into being, that should be their own world! The Belgians left, the train ran on, through Luxembourg, through Alsace-Lorrain...

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...ent of Nina Almayer’s story. The then secretary of the London Shipmasters’ Society, with its modest rooms in Fenchurch Street, was a man of indefati- ... ...m in the way of employment? Captain Froud did not see why the Shipmasters’ Society, be- sides its general guardianship of our interests, should not be... ...me to us for their men. There is nothing of a trade-union spirit about our society, and I really don’t see why they should not,” he said once to me. “... ...ll things being equal, they ought to give preference to the members of the society. In my position I can generally find for them what they want among ... ...it were really a matter of keep- ing up the reputation of the Shipmasters’ Society I would con- sider it. But the consideration was just for form’s sa... ...t interesting spot through the upsetting of a canoe. The first was a young Belgian officer, but the acci- dent happened some months before my time, an...

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...ty louis in all. You need only think of your dress. A woman moving in good society could not well do less; and if you mean to obtain a Receiver-Genera... ... The Marquis d’Espard had with- drawn himself without apparent reason from society, and ceased to take any active interest in affairs, political or do... ... his ideas as to provincial life in the course of it. His horizon widened; society assumed different proportions. There were fair Parisiennes in fresh... ...work; Paris was the cause. Life had widened out before the poet’s eyes, as society came to wear a new aspect for Louise. Nothing but an accident now w... ...perly dressed, her relative would very easily acquire the tone of Parisian society. If Mme. de Bargeton needed polish, on the other hand she possessed... ...y a Liberal if it was well reviewed by the Opposition papers; but then the Belgian pirated editions were not as yet. The preparatory attacks made by L...

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...me to us for their men. There is nothing of a trade-union spirit about our society, and I really don’t see why they should not,” he said once to me. “... ...all things being equal they ought to give preference to the members of the society. In my position I can gener- ally find for them what they want amon... ...it were really a matter of keeping up the repu- tation of the Shipmasters’ Society, I would consider it. But the consideration was just for form’s sak... ...interesting spot through the upset- ting of a canoe. The first was a young Belgian of- ficer, but the accident happened some months be- fore my time, ... ...y modernist review, edited by the very young and patronised by the highest society. But it never touched upon “Almayer’s Folly,” and next morning, in ...

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...es has been brought to a close by the award of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, to whose arbitration the question was referred by the parties. T... ...d and liberal policy of the Tycoon, designed to bring the country into the society of nations. It is hoped, al- though not with entire confidence, th... ...tant movements have also occurred during the year to the effect of molding society for durability in the Union. Al- though short of complete success,...

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... The thing had come upon an unprepared humanity; it seemed as though human society was to be smashed by its own magnificent gains. For there had been ... ... of civilisation, shattered, it seemed, almost irrepara- bly. He found the Belgian hills swarming with refugees and desolated by cholera; the vestiges... ... fix seed-time and midwinter that go back into the very beginning of human society; and this final rectification had a symbolic value quite beyond its... ... restricting, obstructive obsession with sex. It may be true that sex made society, that the first society was the sex-ce- mented family, the first st...

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...” when he sold his yearly vintage. The four or five louis presented by the Belgian or the Dutchman who purchased the wine were the chief vis- ible sig... ..., you know, have made an agreement to keep up the price; and this year the Belgians won’t get the better of us. Suppose they are sent off empty-handed... ...ut stuttering, “I’ve trapped them all! Our wine is sold! The Dutch and the Belgians have gone. I walked about the market-place in front of their inn, ... ...market-place in front of their inn, pretend- ing to be doing nothing. That Belgian fellow—you know who I mean—came up to me. The owners of all the goo... ...pt back their vintages, intending to wait; well, I didn’t hinder them. The Belgian was in despair; I saw that. In a minute the bargain was made. He ta... ...out emotion the generous interest his aunt and cousin felt in him; he knew society in Paris well enough to feel assured that, placed as he now was, he... ...daughter will be eigh- teen; she will be your companion, your spy. T o you society will be cruel, and your daughter perhaps more cruel still. We have ... ... Nevertheless, Charles was a true child of Paris, taught by the customs of society and by Annette herself to calculate everything; already an old man ... ... his parents had made him too happy, he had received too much adulation in society, to be possessed of noble sentiments. The grain of gold dropped by ...

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...com- parative anatomy is to organized nature. A mosaic tells the tale of a society, as the skeleton of an ichthyosaurus opens up a creative epoch. All... ...Nourho, though the Claes alone had a legal right to it. But the pride of a Belgian burgher was superior to the haughty arrogance of Castile: after the... ... finish his education in Paris, where he acquired excellent manners in the society of Madame d’Egmont, Count Horn, the Prince of Aremberg, the Spanish... ...acted by glory and science than by the vanities of life. He frequented the society of scientific men, particularly Lavoisier, who at that time was bet... ...ake finishing lessons in knowl- edge of life, and learn the usages of good society, which in Europe forms, as it were, one family. The intoxicating dr... ... her at least the knowledge that she needed to appear to advantage in good society: but he was doubtless too late, she had no memory but that of the h... ...eur Conyncks of Bruges is your nearest rela- tive; but he has now become a Belgian. You ought,” contin- ued Pierquin, addressing Balthazar, “to write ...

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... of his own bitterness and with the truest of images when he likened human society to hedgehogs clustering for warmth, and unhappy when either too clo... ...d common cer- emonies, common manners and common formulae; men of the same society dressed in the same fashion, each according to his defined and unde... ...old is abused and made into vessels of dishonour, and abolished from ideal society as though it were the cause in- stead of the instrument of human ba... ...be the study of physical economies, ending in the descriptive treatment of society as an organisation for the conversion of all the available energy i... ...eralised requirements. Wealth was measured by the stan- dards of exchange. Society was regarded as a practically un- limited number of avaricious adul... ...ines of the popular logic. The depopulation of the Congo Free State by the Belgians, the horrible massacres of Chinese by European soldiery during the...

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...had saved seven shil- lings and sixpence, the price of a badly constructed Belgian revolver. Maisie could only contribute half a crown to the syndicat... ...-talk and tobacco after his first experience of an entire day spent in the society of a woman. There was a stronger desire at his heart when there ros... ...un south for fear of catching a storm. So he did his best to knock all the Society Islands out of the water one by one, and I went into the lower deck... ...out both ends at once.’ ‘Three quid a week from me, and the delights of my society. No socks mended. Nothing from Torp ex- cept a nod on the landing n...

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...ntously in his grave undertones, as if the Mercantile Marine were a secret society. Y ou must understand that I cultivated the Fynes only in the count... ...et—you know”) was of a retiring disposition, shy with strangers, unused to society and very much devoted to his calling, Fyne explained. All the time ... ... a pretty fancy in names: the “Orb” Deposit Bank, the “Sceptre” Mutual Aid Society, the “Thrift and Independence” Association. Y es, a very pretty tas... ...e matter with her then? An extreme distaste for that respectable member of society was depicted in Fyne’s face even as he was telling me of him after ... ...ir intercourse. Captain Anthony was a silent man, completely unused to the society of girls of any sort and so shy in fact that he avoided raising his... ...rash!” 313 Joseph Conrad Mr. Powell gasped at the recollection. “It was a Belgian Green Star liner, the Westland,” he went on, “commanded by one of t...

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...ppearance he seemed far distant from Rome, entangled in the affairs of the Belgians, Suevians, and Britons, in truth he was working craftily by secret... ...Cleopatra’s bold wit, and was afterwards so over- come by the charm of her society, that he made a reconcilia- tion between her and her brother, on co... ...n afforded by the celebration of the mysteries, and in the way of ordinary society. This man went with him in all his military service, and was in gre... ...t thither, and gave a talent to be admitted 753 Plutarch’s Lives into the society of the painters there, not so much to partake of their skill, which...

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...“Beaudenord had a tiger, not a ‘groom,’ as they write that know nothing of society. The tiger, a diminutive Irish page called Paddy, Toby, Joby (which... ...cruel; the rascal never thinks of throwing the proper share of ridicule on society that made the individual what he is; for Nature only makes dull ani... ...ingen “Even then as now the Nucingens lived at the higher end of financial society, and the Baron de Nucingen made it a point of honor to treat the ho... ...e was twenty years old, and Malvina still unmarried. Malvina had gone into society, and in course of time discovered for herself how su- perficial the... ...they all complimented me upon the ending of my tale! “These tradespeople’s society consisted of M. and Mme. Cochin, Mme. Desroches, and a young Popino... ...our- ney to Belgium; he had been arranging, it was said, with a well-known Belgian firm to resume the working of some coal- pits in the Bois de Bossut...

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...chieve once, and might enable her to achieve again—in the realms of London society. Then, in the early spring of 187-, they came back to England, havi... ...t a feeling that a proposition to a bereaved husband to relieve him of the society of an only daughter, was not one which would usually be made to a f... ...that he would be glad to see Mr Finn, but she knew in his present mood the society of any one man to whom he would feel himself called upon to devote ... ... reticence or shame, when she perceived that all the women liked the lad’s society and impudence, and that all the young men were anxious to know him,... ... me it is different. I am an old man, and cannot look for new pleasures in society. It has been the fault of my life to be too much alone. I do not wa... ...occasion there was to be a consid- erable infusion of royal blood,—German, Belgian, French, Spanish, and of native growth. Everybody, who was asked wo...

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...ubs. I do not know, to my shame, any spot in my native land where I should have been so warmly received by the same number of people. We were English ... ...llusions. The nightmare illusion of middle age, the bear’s hug of custom gradually squeezing the life out of a man’s soul, had not yet begun for these... ... came aboard upon us that showery afternoon, was perfumed with nothing less delicate than sweetbrier. I wish our way had always lain among woods. Tree... ...e elements during the whole of the next day, these comfort- able circumstances fell on my heart like sunshine. There was an English fruiterer at dinne... ... sincere desire to please? But then no disgrace is attached in France to saying a thing neatly; whereas in England, to talk like a book is to give in ... ...e death of his saints. It had need to be precious; for it is very costly, when by the stroke, a mother is left desolate, and the peace-maker, and peac... ...ng as you keep in the upper regions, with all the world bowing to you as you go, social arrangements have a very handsome air; but once get under the ... ...w a word or two of English, to have drunk English aff-’n-aff, and perhaps performed in an English music-hall. He is a countryman of mine by profession...