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...The Chouans by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ... Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ...hou- sand men as immediate reinforcements for the armies then fighting the Austrians in Italy, the Prussians in Germany, and menaced in Switzerland by... ...omparison of ideas. There are no villages. The rickety buildings which the people call homes are sparsely scattered through the wilder- 16 The Chouan... ...nders of the monarchy came to recruit men among these ignorant and violent people they vainly tried to give, for the honor of the white flag, some gra... ...of the four men were finally lost to sight, Captain Merle returned, having executed the commandant’s orders with rapidity. Hulot, with two or three sh... ...o such that truth and light are due. Unjust laws have been promulgated and executed; ar- bitrary acts have threatened the safety of citizens and the l... ...ir guns. Every time the road is shady under the trees I fancy I shall hear firing, and then my heart beats and a new sensation comes over me. It is ne... ...le Breton horse disappeared among the bushes from which he had issued. The firing was heavy at that moment, but the combatants did not come to close q...

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