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...s to glance at his costume, which was rather more ornate than the rules of French taste allow. He pulled down his collar and his black velvet waistcoa... ...drea Marcosini had been welcomed in Paris with the cordiality, essentially French, that a man always finds there, when he has a pleasant wit, a soundi... ...Paris life; but they may be reminded that Count Andrea Marcosini was not a Frenchman. Brought up by two abbes, who, in obedience to a very pious fathe... ..., and he was still open to those sudden but deep impressions against which French education and manners are so strong a protection. In southern lands ... ... conceive that I am gifted with the organs needful for the appreciation of French music. If you were dead, monsieur, and Beethoven had composed the ma... ...he does not want to be cured.” Six years after this, in January 1837, such artists as were so unlucky as to damage their wind or stringed instruments,...

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...RIANA }neighbors and friends to the Widow. Lords, Officers, Soldiers, &c., French and Florentine. (First Lord:) ... ...n your cheek; and your vir- ginity, your old virginity, is like one of our French withered pears, it looks ill, it eats drily; marry, tis a withered ... .... Farewell, young lords; Whether I live or die, be you the sons Of worthy Frenchmen: let higher Italy, Those bated that inherit but the fall Of the... ...our majesty! KING: Those girls of Italy, take heed of them: They say, our French lack language to deny, If they demand: beware of being captives, Be... ...? Clown: As fit as ten groats is for the hand of an 29 attorney, as your French crown for your taffeta punk, as Tib s rush for Tom s forefinger, as ... ...our latter times. BERTRAM: And so tis. LAFEU: To be relinquish d of the artists, 31 PAROLLES: So I say. LAFEU: Both of Galen and Paracelsus. PA...

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...pinesses which a rigid mother denied to the Eugenie of these pages. Though Frenchmen are taxed with incon- stancy, you will find me Italian in faithfu... ... with blue velvet of that tender shade, with shimmering reflections, which French industry has lately learned to fabricate. Over the doors and windows... ...hangings, the work of one of those upholsterers who have just missed being artists. A silver lamp studded with tur- quoise, and suspended by chains of... ..., the daughter of the Comte de Granville, one of the greatest names in the French magistracy,—a man who be- came peer of France after the revolution o... ... maid taught them drawing. A worthy priest instructed them in grammar, the French language, history, geography, and the very little arithmetic it was ... ...rrounded by dangerous relations and intimate enemies. Every one knows that French literature at that particular period was endeavoring to defend itsel... ... Comtesse de Montcornet, a charming little woman, who received illustrious artists, leading financial personages, dis- tinguished writers; but only af... ... consummate corruption, Florine added a lively wit, which intercourse with artists had developed and practice sharpened day by day. Wit is thought to ... ...ts, and apparently will rest forever, on a criticism made against dramatic artists,—namely, that their personal sentiments are destroyed by the plasti...

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...oubt. Sergei Petrovitch has had no education: of course he does not speak French, still, say what you like, he is an agree- able man.” “Yes, he is al... ...able man.” “Yes, he is always ready to kiss your hands. He does not speak French—that’s no great loss. I am not over strong in the French lingo mysel... ...“Yes, indeed, yes, indeed. They do say, you know that she associates with artists and musicians, and as the saying is, with strange creatures of all ... ...after his own fashion, over his son’s education. Vladimir Nikolaitch spoke French very well, English well, and Ger- man badly; that is the proper thin... ...Chemnitz in Saxony. His parents were poor musicians. His father played the French horn, his mother the harp; he himself was practising on three differ... ...home in poverty from Russia, that great Russia which is a mine of gold for artists; he decided to remain and try his luck. For twenty years the poor G... ...rned it upon the profits of sugar-boiling, on which he had lately read two French pamphlets, and with modest composure undertook to expound their cont...

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...ts, women purely spiritual or purely material; just as there are soldiers, artists, artisans, mathematicians, poets, merchants, men who un- derstand m... ...s; few officials have not conceived the like; but among officials as among artists there are more mis- carriages than births; which is tantamount to B... ...- ing that “Genius is patience.” Placed in a position where he could study French adminis- tration and observe its mechanism, Rabourdin worked in the ... ...overnment offices but idlers, incapables, or fools. Thus the mediocrity of French administration has slowly come about. Bureaucracy, made up entirely ... ...y, he was much liked in the world of actors and actresses, journalists and artists. For one thing, they had the same vices and the same indo- lence as... ...ed, and where Madame Rabourdin, dressed with that natural simplicity which artists alone attain, gave the impression of a woman accustomed to such ele... ...ash his hands with good cleansing soap; not to swear, to speak her kind of French, to wear boots instead of shoes, cotton shirts instead of sacking, a... ...dera (his crown of course); de Saint-Cloud partira; en nauf (that’s an old French word for skiff, vessel, felucca, corvette, any- thing you like) erre... ...ision (in which his great acquirements were not less useful than the truly French affability of his manners) for the express purpose of con- ciliating...

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...r costly fantasies, worn out by devouring genius, hungry for pleasure, the artists of Paris would all regain by excessive labor what they have lost by... ...l, cries from the height of her tops, with the voice of her scientists and artists: “Onward, advance! Follow me!” She carries a huge crew, which delig... ...to his putative son; a generosity which did not cost Lord Dudley too dear. French funds were worth at that time seventeen francs, fifty centimes. The ... ...beneath external traits as seductive as ever the old painters, those naive artists, had given to the serpent in the terrestrial paradise? Nor was that... ...e, Don Hijos, Marquis de San-Real, who, since the oc- cupation of Spain by French troops, had taken up his abode in Paris, and lived in the Rue St. La... ... corvette built for speed, which rushes down upon the merchant vessel with French impetuosity, which grapples with her and sinks her at the same time.... ...th other houses. The porter is an old Spaniard, who never speaks a word of French, but peers at people as Vidocq might, to see if they are not thieves... ...ndent used; moreover, all the implements and stamps necessary to affix the French and English postmarks. He wrote the following letter, to which he ga...

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...ach us the true Parisian pronunciation, and a retired Mejor-General of the French service to put us through the exercise.” Of this incongruous family ... ...scended to examine her upon leeterature, and tried her with his three best French quo- tations. Y oung Stubble went about from man to man whisper- ing... ...e had been at the battle. “Pas si bete”—such an answer and sentiment as no Frenchman would own to—was his reply. But, on the other hand, the postilion... ... was as intense as that more frantic enthusiasm with which at one time the French regarded Napoleon), the country seemed in so perfect a state of orde... ...’Dowd said that her “Glorvina was not afraid of any man alive, let alone a Frenchman,” and tossed off a glass of beer with a wink which expressed her ... ...s studio. Lords come up to my door with stars and garters, instead of poor artists with screws of to- bacco in their pockets. I have a gentleman for m...

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...hat object that he went every winter to Moscow. Nikolai Artemyevitch spoke French fairly, and passed for being a philosopher, because he was not a rak... ... people, young and old, of high and low degree, Italian models and Russian artists. He would not hear of the Academy, and recognised no one as a teach... ...f a good Parisian family, a kind- hearted and clever woman, had taught him French thor- oughly and had toiled and thought for him day and night. She w... ...er talk of nightingales and roses, youthful eyes and smiles.’ ‘Yes; and of French novels, and of feminine frills and fal- lals,’ Elena went on. ‘Fal-l... ... after him. ‘He’s an artist,’ observed Bersenyev with a quiet smile. ‘ All artists are like that. One must forgive them their caprices. That is their ... ...r,— and all because I’m an artist. What luckless, God-forsaken wretches we artists are after that! Y ou, for instance, I am ready 46 On the Eve to ad... ...tate him, but it spurred him on to playing antics. ‘What a fidget you are, Frenchman!’ Bersenyev said twice to him. ‘Yes, I am French, half French,’ S... ...otes of invitation, written by Zoya, the first in Russian, the sec- ond in French; Anna Vassilyevna herself was busy over the dresses of the young lad... ...ou have absolutely no such degrading ten- dencies to which, unhappily, our artists have such a frequent bent. You have simply libelled yourself.’ ‘Do ...

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... studied mathematics.” “Stuff! I dare say you have.” “I can read and write French and German.” “Hum!” He reflected a moment, then opening a drawer in ... ...mething that may enable you to earn your board and lodging: since you know French and German, I will take you as second clerk to manage the for- eign ... ...ide of the fireplace; having glanced at my translations—he could read both French and German—he went out again in silence. CHAPTER III I SERVED EDWARD... ...d periodicals, I ran my eye along the shelves of the book-case nearest me. French and German works predominated, the old French dramatists, sundry mod... ...t! without money?” “You must travel in search of money, man. You can speak French—with a vile English accent, no doubt—still, you can speak it. Go on ... ...egle, une belle brune.” “Exactly.” “Lovely creatures all of them—heads for artists; what a group they would make, taken together! Eulalie (I know thei...

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.................................................................. 27 Charlie French ....................................................................... ...l for me: “Taken from the evil to come.” 28 Spoon River Anthology Charlie French DID you ever find out Which one of the O’Brien boys it was Who snapp... ...lysees Became a center for all sorts of people, Musicians, poets, dandies, artists, nobles, Where we spoke French and German, Italian, English. I wed ... ...orts of people, Musicians, poets, dandies, artists, nobles, Where we spoke French and German, Italian, English. I wed Count Navigato, native of Genoa.... ...ade a nest in my skull Russian Sonia I, BORN in Weimar Of a mother who was French And German father, a most learned professor, Orphaned at fourteen ye... ...s of Paris, Mistress betimes of sundry dukes and counts, And later of poor artists and of poets. At forty years, passe, I sought New Y ork And met old... ...a nightingale, Lute of the rising moon, and Procne a swallow Oh livers and artists of Hellas centuries gone, Sealing in little thuribles dreams and wi... .... I despised you As the place of my nativity. And there in Rome, among the artists, Speaking Italian, speaking French, I seemed to myself at times to ... ...nativity. And there in Rome, among the artists, Speaking Italian, speaking French, I seemed to myself at times to be free Of every trace of my origin....

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...y himself, he might be regarded as the most aristocratic and fastidious of artists. But who meantime was the victim, to whose abode he was hurrying? F... ...haped. It was now re- membered that Williams had recently borrowed a large French knife of peculiar construction; and accordingly, from a heap of old ... ...s waistcoat, and glued by gore to the lining of its pockets, was found the French knife. Next, it was matter of notoriety to everybody in the inn, tha... .... There went No. 5. Him succeeded a droller fellow than any of the rest. A French book-seller had caused a prose French translation to 77 Thomas de Q... ... in the title page. Our friend, No. 6, getting hold of this as an original French romance, translated it back into English prose, as a satisfactory no... ...au’s name was first published to London, by Prior’ s burlesque of what the French- man had called an ode. This gasconading ode celebrated the passage ... ... terms of his contracts. At least I know of people now-a-days (much better artists) that would execute such contracts, and enter into any penalties fo... ...and Mont Blanc might be improved by a century of chiselling from judicious artists. Such are the works of blind elements, which (poor things!) cannot ... ...h. What more natural? Connected so nearly with the noblest house of scenic artists that ever shook the hearts of nations, nobler than ever raised undy...

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...ses livingly to my imagination. A turn of the market may be a calamity as disastrous as the French retreat from Moscow; but it hardly lends itself to ... ...pected, the quadrille was soon whistled down, and the dancers departed under a cloud. Eight Frenchmen, even eight Englishmen from another rank of soci... ...an in the army.’ Among nations, En- gland was the first; then came France. He respected the French navy and liked the French people; and if he were fo... ... if he were forced to make a new choice in life, ‘by God, he would try 34 Essays of Travel Frenchmen!’ For all his looks and rough, cold manners, I o... ... found them- selves in the same street where they had begun their search, and in front of a French hotel where they had already sought accommodation. ... ... drawing ever nearer the beginning of the wood, you will arrive at last before an inn where artists lodge. T o the door (for I imagine it to be six o’... ...stract the attention, for one thing, and the forest is more itself. It is not bedotted with artists’ sunshades as with unknown mushrooms, nor bestrewn... ...tournaments are organised at chess, draughts, billiards and whist. Once and again wandering artists drop into our mountain valley, com- ing you know n...

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...esides which he had already dipped into 11 Balzac the conspiracies of the French “carbonari”; he had been ar- rested, and released for want of proof;... ...ts, well got up, good paper, engravings from charming sketches by our best artists, actual colored draw- ings of the Indies—will not fade.’ I fired my... ... property because, forsooth, he is pleased to call us great men, painters, artists, poets,—mixing us up gra- tuitously with a set of fools who have ne...

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...e next chapter, will show the reader that duels between boys, for fun, and duels between men in earnest, are very different affairs.] CHAPTER VIII The... ... tions of our day. Since it is always fought in the open air, the combatants are nearly sure to catch cold. M. Paul de Cassagnac, the most inveterate ... ...nd draughts cannot intrude—he will eventually endanger his life. This ought to moderate the talk of those people who are so stubborn in maintaining th... ... the French duel is the most health-giving of recreations because of the open-air exercise it affords. And it ought also to moderate that foolish talk... ...e im- moral. 31 A Tramp Abroad But it is time to get at my subject. As soon as I heard of the late fiery outbreak between M. Gambetta and M. Fourtou ... ...But I did not care, for I had come out for a pedestrian tour anyway. CHAPTER XIV Rafting Down the Neckar WHEN THE LANDLORD LEARNED that I and my agent... ...k out of Heilbronn, but called up Go”tz von Berlichingen’s horse and cab and made us ride. I made a sketch of the turnout. It is not a Work, it is onl... ...longer. I judge so from the fact that hundreds of old gravestones have been removed from the graves and placed against the inner walls of the cemetery... ... as one of my finished works, in fact I do not rank it among my Works at all; it is only a study; it is hardly more than what one might call a sketch....

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... Everard, and his uncle’s friend Stukely Culbrett, expounded the nature of Frenchmen to him, saying that they were un- easy when not periodically thra... ...of our exhi- bition of ourselves in Europe. It looked as if the blustering French Guard were to have it all their own way. And what 9 George Meredith... ...fi- culties to be overcome. As regards his qualifications for ad- dressing Frenchmen, a year of his prae-neptunal time had been spent in their capital... ...nal time had been spent in their capital city for the purpose of acquiring French of Paris, its latest refinements of pronunciation and polish, and th... ...ts of pronunciation and polish, and the art of conversing. He had read the French tragic poets and Moliere; he could even relish the Gallic- classic—’... ... sin, are maundering about schism. There’s another idle army! Then we have artists, authors, lawyers, doctors—the honourable professions! all hanging ... ...ptain Beauchamp have recently been speculating on our becoming a nation of artists, and authori- ties in science and philosophy, by the time our coalf...

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...tern has been formally imposed upon him by the laws of verse. For that is the essence of a prosody. Verse may be rhythmical; it may be merely allitera... ...ready silent in the ears of our next neighbours; for in France the oratorical accent and the pattern of the web have almost or altogether succeeded to... ...Stevenson invita minerva, is to avoid writing verse. So wonderfully far apart have races wandered in spirit, and so hard it is to un- derstand the lit... ... is distinctly better than English; and French verse, above all while Hugo lives, it will not do to place upon one side. What is more to our purpose, ... ...sh, and the cow- ardly are scattered in broad sheets on every table, while the antidote, in small volumes, lies unread upon the shelf. I have spoken o... ...have been conceived from within outwards, and generously nourished from the author’s mind, the moment in which he begins to execute is one of extreme ...

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...spend the treasures of your sensibility—if you have any. In these days the French language has as many idioms and represents as many idiosyncracies as... ... position is that of looking after property in Italy. Madame Firmiani is a Frenchwoman, and spends her money like a Parisian. She has excellent tea. I... ...esh, with sparkling eyes, and dressed in a taste that wrings approval from artists and her bitterest rivals. Have you ever, for your happiness, met a ...

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...ined until 1915. During this period he became acquainted with the eminent French poet, Laurent T ailhade, to whom he showed his early verses, and fro... ...derable encouragement. In 1915, in spite of delicate health, he joined the Artists’ Rifles O.T.C., was gazetted to the Manchester Regiment, and served...

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...the time of its actual duration. Art demands vehement contrasts, wherefore artists usually seek out Nature’s most striking ef- fects, doubtless becaus... ...! wretched woman, why 11 Balzac did you leave the gay life of a frivolous Frenchwoman? why did you devour the goods of God with churchmen, the sub- s... ...of Jesus Christ could be seen in the sand; but in 1793, at the time of the French invasion, the monks carried away this pre- cious relic, that bore wi...

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...d unquestioned law of the musical world re- quired that the German text of French operas sung by Swed- ish artists should be translated into Italian f... ...l world re- quired that the German text of French operas sung by Swed- ish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer un- derstanding o... ...e were nothing peculiar in living above Thirty-fourth Street, or in having French windows that opened like doors instead of sashes that pushed up. Eve... ...ascinated by the foreignness of this arrangement, which recalled scenes in French fiction, and architectural incentives to immorality such as the simp... ...an, and related by pre-revolutionary mar- riages to several members of the French and British aristocracy. The Lannings survived only in the person of... ...ned a volume of the “Contes Drolatiques,” made a wry face over the archaic French, and sighed: “What learned things you read!” “Well—?” he asked, as s... ...omposed Mrs. Archer’s world lay the almost unmapped quarter inhab- ited by artists, musicians and “people who wrote.” These scat- tered fragments of h... ...uthers’s I’ve not met a single artist since I’ve been here.” “What kind of artists? I know one or two painters, very good fellows, that I could bring ... ...ve smile: “That would be charming. But I was re- ally thinking of dramatic artists, singers, actors, musicians. My husband’s house was always full of ...