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...mary Donnelly Listen With Your Heart 5 Prologue The Victoria Theatre, Dayton, Ohio, 1866 He’s out! Finished. ... ...ght, his audience would clamor for a refund. And the shame of the Victoria Theatre presenting a magician who could not pull a scarf out of his sleev... ...Halverson’s new minstrel show which folded two nights after opening, of the musical pantomime Schwann had in rehearsal lampooning Boss Tweed and Tam... ...opers. As it turns out, we met years ago in Ohio.” “Dayton. The Victoria Theatre,” Morgan nodded, relaxing, surprised and delighted with his effo... ... the daylight hours, ruled over by Anya’s iron hand and her defiant lack of English. He had not had the patience to make himself understood enough ... ... learned for sure was that her name was Anya and that she spoke very little English. Just what language was her native tongue remained a mystery. ... ...t the kind of patriotic hokum the audience eats up. There must be a lot of actresses out there who could do well by the part. Hell, with a little ... ..., it’s the only sensible thing to do. But why me? There must be a hundred actresses out there who could play the part.” “Funny, Cully said almost... ...ner had never once told her the reason. He was wanted for the murder of an English landlord. Whether or not he was guilty of that crime, he had not...

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...h his magazine, "Revealing Babes," which lay at his side. The title was in English but the nude women and what little writing there was within it were... ...mulous cloud. Only the storms, the headlines of the masses that he read in English from the Bangkok Post, would get his attention. A female beggar on ... ... minute of temporary derangement that was quite natural in life, a game of musical chairs in which the chairs also moved. He further averred that a mo... ...yboy, was appealing enough to be referred to as "Naughty Nawin" with those English words in their headings proving that he had not turned into mushy a... ...le cell of the brain, that it was in his best interest to leave his toilet theatre of one and loiter in the aisle of bunks. There he might wait for an... ...spite a few strange caprices that blew in here and there. "Supermodels and actresses are considered universally beautiful but I don't think it has muc... ...nd the normal range for most men to find in a partner that supermodels and actresses are depicted and believed as some type of a universal beauty. The...

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...nce. The Universal symbols of Birth and Infinity are semantically correct in English, and in Mathematics, and in Gender. When you use logic organi... ...ines of mammals contain 24 vertebrae. This is why there are twelve notes on a musical scale. This is also why there are twelve meridians of the h... ...roperties of both waves and particles. This is why the main vibration of any musical note exists only as a whole, a half, and a third. This is why... ...e exists only as a whole, a half, and a third. This is why the totality of a musical octave contains twelve notes. This is why the Earth’s Crust ha... ...gration from the Portuguese to the Spanish to the Africans to the Dutch to the English is matched with a tectonic plate arriving in the exact same hi... ...ved in the exact same locations where the first Portuguese, Spanish Dutch and English colonies were founded. This is definitely not a coincidence… ... ...e of cleanliness? Affluent people who keep their homes spotless, go to movie theatres where they slop all of their food and drink containers onto th... ...ition of puppeteers outlasted all other Greek traditions? Why has the puppet theatre been the only ancient Greek tradition that has been handed down... ...m than a joke. They have orchestrated the unbroken preservation of puppet theatres for over 2,750 years… as a sly, secret, ironic joke. Becaus...

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...ions begin with a bustle before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no deputy from Arcis in the Chamber....

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ovinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Ba... ...triple itself. Into that land, now without luxury, where homes are barren, English comfort will penetrate, money will obtain that rapid circulation wh... ... the triumph or the defeat of the Emperor Napoleon, whose adversaries, the English generals, used to say in Spain: “The town is taken; now get out you... ... Mademoiselle Mars. By calling to mind the most charming Celimene that the Theatre-Francais ever had, an excellent idea of Severine Grevin’s appearanc... ...nt the servant threw open the door and announced dinner. After dinner, the theatre was proposed; that is one of the amusements that Parisians miss the... ...ial life, he still continued the legal adviser of artists, men of letters, actresses, courtesans, and elegant bohemians like Maxime de T railles, beca... ...Luigia said,— “I hope you were satisfied with your humble servant.” “Y our musical powers did not surprise me, for those I knew already; but those tra...

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...going student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Co... ...sibly can: his chief places of resort are, the streets, the taverns, and the theatres. In the streets at evening time, out and out young gentlemen hav... ...oung Gentlemen by Charles Dickens 18 he tremble a little! And then, at the Theatre at night, when the performances are by command of Colonel Fitz So... ...call out ‘Very well, Mr. Felix,’ and trip into the passage with a laugh more musical than any flute that was ever played. Felix is rather prim in his ... ... garden, Drury Lane the lane, the Victoria the vic, and the Olympic the pic. Actresses, too, are always designated by their sur names only, as Taylor... ...rley, and old Braham. He has a great knowledge of the private proceedings of actresses, especially of their get ting married, and can tell you in a b... ...rence for all that is connected with the stage department of the differ ent theatres. He would, at any time, prefer going a street or two out of his ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... that time they had never been to a play; the churches of Paris were their theatre. Their education in their mother’s house had been as rigorous as it... ...dies, was spent in needlework done for the poor, or in walks like those an Englishwoman allows herself on Sunday, saying, apparently, “Not so fast, or... ...e. Such was Schmucke, formerly chapel-master to the Margrave of Anspach; a musical genius, who was now exam- ined by a council of devotes, and asked i... ...ticism of their home, they flung themselves into the diffi- culties of the musical art, and spent themselves upon it. Melody, harmony, and composition... ...eir mother and sisters, but after that the count took them off to museums, theatres, restaurants, or, during the summer season, into the country. Exce... ...rs and comments upon them, who waltzes with a dozen young men, goes to the theatre, devours novels, cares nothing for religion, and makes her own ethi... ...e well-fitting clothes, had a charming “desinvoltura,” and was a votary of English nicety, to which, in earlier days, Lady Dudley had trained him. Mar... ...te indifference, in the utter laisser-aller of such a life? Schmucke was a musical Diogenes, and he felt no shame whatever in his untidiness; in fact,...

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... themes I have now in my mind, without inter ruption: and while I keep my English audience within speak ing distance, extend my knowledge of a noble... ...h the first chapter of a Middle Aged novel is usually attained—but when an English travelling carriage of considerable proportions, fresh from the sha... ... Meurice in the Rue Rivoli at Paris. I am no more bound to explain why the English family travelling by this carriage, inside and out, should be start... ...e shoe makers. The whole place looks as if it were the stage of some great theatre, and the curtain had just run up, for a picturesque ballet. And the... ... from the heat of the fire, and where the brave Courier plays all sorts of musical instruments of his own manufacture, all the evening long. A mighty ... ...t of Faith, are very commonly seen walking in the streets. There are three theatres in the city, besides an old one now rarely opened. The most import... ...: the opera house of Genoa—is a very splendid, commodi ous, and beautiful theatre. A company of comedians were acting there, when we arrived: and soo... ...y by the Jura mountains, sprinkled with snow, and lighted by the moon, and musical with falling water, was delightful; or how, below the windows of th... ... of skeletons, helmets of guards and warriors; little household bells, yet musical with their old domestic tones. The least among these objects, lends...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...cy) a deeper feeling of communion, and their days there had been like some musical prelude, where the instruments, breathing low, seem to hold back th... ...devotion, set apart for some inevitable hour; and the last evening, at the theatre, between the overshadowing Marquise and the unsuspicious Owen, they... ...ersons with tastes and perceptions like his own, to whom an evening at the theatre was an unat- tainable indulgence. There floated through his mind an... ... gentleman who, on the strength of a week’s stay at Folkestone, translated English fiction for the provincial press, a lady from Wichita, Kansas, who ... ...lition of the corset, a clergyman’s widow from Torquay who had written an “English Ladies’ Guide to Foreign Galleries” and a Russian sculptor who live... ...almost certainly” an anarchist. It was this nucleus, and its outer ring of musical, architectural and other American students, which posed successivel... ....” Some kind of reply would be certain to reach him on his return from the theatre, and he would then know definitely whether Mrs. Leath meant to writ... ...y survey his past progress and projected endeavour. At one time he had had musical and literary yearnings, visions of desultory artistic indulgence; b...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ustice—is to create a peerage as a national insti- tution analogous to the English peerage. T o realize this grand idea we need years—and millions.—No... ...ed to hear of discov- eries in science or art, or the latest pieces at the theatres, the newest poems, and by airing the cant words of the day she mad... ...ame de Stael. Those who only once heard the round of tunes emitted by this musical snuff-box went away amazed, and told such wonders of Dinah as made ... ...ant effects produced by defying the Muse under pretext of adapting German, English, and Romanesque mannerisms. The poem began with this ballad: 32 Th... ..., a moustache, a pistol, and a peaked hat—if the manager of the Vaudeville Theatre were but bold enough to pay for a few newspaper articles, that woul... ...give her one day more, and the lov- ers parted after the manner of certain theatres, which give 108 The Muse of the Department ten last performances ... ...eads is not unpleasing. Blue-stockings, begin- ners in every walk of life, actresses at the outset or the close 109 Balzac of a career, publishers an... ... God gives her life, if you amend your ways, if you give up courtesans and actresses, we will find you a better match than a Felicie Cardot.” The two ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ay. When my piercing gaze attracted her notice, when she asked me (in that musical voice of hers, with more volume in it, as it seemed to me, than all... ...f the good old times when the Gray Musketeers were the terror of the Paris theatres, when they horsewhipped the watch and drubbed servers of writs, an... ...his linen, his clothes, gloves, and perfumery from Paris. He wanted a good English saddle-horse, a tilbury, and a second horse. M. du Croisier had a t... ...antage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger—” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in Fra... ...fact, the opera girl is an almost mythical being. As things are now at the theatres, dancers and actresses are about as amusing as a declaration of th... ...s an almost mythical being. As things are now at the theatres, dancers and actresses are about as amusing as a declaration of the rights of woman, the... ... together, but this was early in fine summer mornings. Society, balls, the theatre, and gaiety filled the Count’s evening hours. Ev- erywhere Victurni...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...play of luxury, a review of self-con- ceits in full dress, is one of those English inventions which tend to mechanize other nations. England seems ben... ...aud. Such refined hypocrisy is as good as virtue.—I am not speaking to you Englishwomen, my lady,” said the Minister, suavely, addressing Lady Barimor... ...which the observer emeritus distin- guishes them—women are such consummate actresses; but they are glaring in the eyes of Parisians: hooks ill fastene... ... eyes, the forms which her bodice scarcely revealed in the morning. At the theatre she never mounts higher than the second tier, excepting at the Ital... ...e of trifles, the practice of manoeuvring, the important small things, the musical tones and harmony of coloring, the angelic bedevilments and innocen...

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...g student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ublic that ‘Six individuals would meet with all the comforts of a cheerful musical home in a select private family, residing within ten min- utes’ wal... ... Mr. Hicks and the ladies discoursed most eloquently about poetry, and the theatres, and Lord Chesterfield’s Letters; and Mr. Calton followed up what ... .... Tibbs’s boarders have, during that period, sang, and danced, and gone to theatres and exhibitions, to- gether, as ladies and gentlemen, wherever the... ... and how that disap- pointed young gentleman rails against England and the English, and vows there is no virtue or fine feeling ex- tant, ‘except in I... ... a fat man in black tights and cloudy Berlins. ‘Mrs. Tippin, of the London theatres, ’ replied Belinda, referring to the programme of the concert. The... ... the view of be- coming acquainted with high life, polished etiquette, and English refinement?—No, he had not a foreign ac- cent. Was he a surgeon, a ... ...hall be able to dance quadrilles all day; and then, whoever we know that’s musical, you know, why they’ll make themselves useful and agreeable; and—an... ...ed Mrs. Taunton, ‘I did myself the pleasure of bringing the captain, whose musical talents I knew would be a great acquisition. ’ ‘In the name of the ...

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...rris I I I I I AT EIGHT O’CLOCK in the inner vestibule of the Audito- rium Theatre by the window of the box office, Laura Dearborn, her younger sister... ...ter Page, and their aunt—Aunt Wess’—were still waiting for the rest of the theatre-party to appear. A great, slow-moving press of men and women in eve... ...t succeeded one another in an interminable line before the entrance of the theatre, were swathed to the eyes in furs. The spume and froth froze on the... ...s full of yellow envelopes. From the telephone alcoves came the prolonged, musical rasp of the call bells. In the Western Union booths the keys of the... ...d it was during this lull in the morning’s business that the idiocy of the English ultimatum to the Porte melted away. As inexplicably and as suddenly... ...ons of the vertebrae of his neck. He explained the cause of his delay. His English was without accent, but at times suddenly entangled itself in curio... ...elodrama. She had a taste for the magnificent. She revelled in these great musical “effects” upon her organ, the grandiose eas- ily appealed to her, w... ...you about this morning—five million bushels of it, and I found out from my English agent that I could slam it right into a couple of fellows over ther... ...mmer evening widened, unbroken around her, like a vast calm pool. Only the musical Gregorians of the newsboys chanting the evening’s extras from corne...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ant of a better term, might be called the quality of the Russian soul. The English reader familiar with the works of Dostoieffsky, Turgenev, and Tolst... ...y Gogolian, peculiarly Russian, and distinct from its author’s Spanish and English masters. Still more profound are the contradictions to be seen in t... ... for articles of a smaller nature, such as visiting cards, memorial cards, theatre tick- ets, and things which Chichikov had laid by as souvenirs. Thi... ...ed Nozdrev. “And one for me as well,” added the flaxen-haired man. “At the theatre,” went on Nozdrev, “there was an ac- tress who sang like a canary. ... ...d accompanied the invitation with the kind of bow usually employed only by actresses who are playing the role of queens. Next, she took a seat upon th... ...mber of the Civil Service, has in reality served in the army and run after actresses; wherefore the old man no longer disguised his delight, but calle... ...r luncheon, and how he called for a bottle of wine, and how he went to the theatre in the evening! In short, he did himself thoroughly well. Next, he ... ... for instance?” “For a young man, dancing, the playing of one or an- other musical instrument, and—well, yes, marriage.” “Marriage to whom?” “To some ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...m “one of the worst of men.” Literary Paris had combined with Hume and the English Government to sur- round him—as he supposed—with guards and spies; ... ...ty, I thought everything attainable: I entered with confidence on the vast theatre of the world, which my merit was to capti- vate: at every step I ex... ...st as suddenly as it arrived. Though this mischance had rather dampened my musical ardor, I did not leave off studying my Rameau, and, by re- peated e... ...er- fectly suited his features: the sound of his voice was clear, full and musical; it was an agreeable and expressive bass, which satisfied the ear, ... ...to me, for the hours destined for lessons were passed any- how rather than musically; we breakfasted, chatted, and read new publications, but not a wo... ...tterly undo me. I know not by what whimsicallity I resolved to pass for an Englishman; however, in consequence of that determination I gave my- self o... ... retrenching it; going to the coffee-house but every other day, and to the theatre but twice a week. With respect to the expenses of girls of easy vir... ... regularly dedicated, at Maugis, the evenings on which I did not go to the theatre. I became acquainted with M. de Legal, M. Husson, Philidor, and all...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...as become old-fashioned— was a girl of ten or twelve in the chorus of some theatre, more particularly at the opera, who was trained by young roues to ... ...oumois for the rest of his days. Has he discovered some secret to ruin the English?” “He has done what you will not do in a hurry,” retorted Rastignac... ... natural. I met him by chance, three months ago, at the Porte-Saint-Martin theatre, where I went one day when I had leave, for we had a day a week at ... ...nto my heart, and had so completely changed me, that on my return from the theatre I did not know myself: I had a horror of myself. Lucien would never... ...the herd of mankind the observation recently made on flocks of Spanish and English sheep which, in low meadows where pasture is abundant, feed side by... ... had achieved miracles of true love. She had loved Lucien for six years as actresses love and courtesans—women who, having rolled in mire and impurity... ...cepted T ullia, Florentine, Fanny Beaupre, and Florine—two dancers and two actresses —besides Madame du V al-Noble. Nothing can be more dreary than a ... ...g the same phrase, illustrate to attentive hearers the infinite variety of musical modes. The soul goes out into the voice as it does into the eyes; i...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...nd I think of lank and coaly steamships heaving on the grey rollers of the English Channel and darkling streets wet with rain, I recall as if I were b... ... bricks and soldiers by those who write about toys. The praises of the toy theatre have been a common theme for essayists, the planning of the scenes,... ...ink and glory of the performance and the final conflagration. I had such a theatre once, but I never loved it nor hoped for much from it; my bricks an... ...d Wood’s Natural History, a brand-new illustrated Green’s His- tory of the English People, Irving’s Companions of Columbus, a great number of unbound ... ...l are deterred by dark al- lusions, by sinister warnings, from books, from theatres, from worldly conversation, from all the kindly instruments that m... ...ressed up like —”—and had arrested himself and fumbled and decided to say—“actresses, and showin’ their fat arms for every fool to stare at!” Nor woul... ...hy but determined. She had rather open blue eyes, and she spoke in an even musical voice with the gen- tlest of stresses and the ghost of a lisp. And ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...equently not at home her- 24 The Lesser Bourgeoisie self. She went to the theatres, where boxes were sometimes given to her; and she would send word ... ...earsals took half the time that he ought to have been at his desk; but the musical knowl- edge his father had bequeathed to him was sufficiently genu-... ...but final re- hearsals. Thanks to Madame Colleville’s intimacies, both the theatre and the ministry lent themselves kindly to the needs of this indust... ...tremely well; and she had studied the French language, history, geography, English, Italian,— in short, all that constitutes the education of a well-b... ...ere, or at Poissy, in the municipal department; or else as manufacturer of musical instruments—” “Any one of them would suit me.” “Well, then! if that... ...me. Mere Cardinal, who to entertain a neighbor had taken her to the Bobino theatre, recognized in the leading lady her 157 Balzac own daughter, whom ... ...his nature. He had as great a horror for straight courses as the lovers of English gardens show in the lines of their paths. Dutocq, having still a po... ... success- fully put to profit the former connection of Colleville with the musical world, a few artists came to make diversion from bouillotte and bos...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ce; on the other hand it was much bolder than the face of the usual pretty Englishwoman. “Oh, Rachel, how d’you do,” she said, shaking hands. “How are... ...a pale yellow canopy drooping above it. There were the lights of the great theatres, the lights of the long streets, lights that indicated huge square... ...y, eco- nomics, and the Icelandic Sagas. He had turned Persian poetry into English prose, and English prose into Greek iambics; he was an authority up... ... way of any real talent that the pupil might chance to have. Rachel, being musical, was allowed to learn nothing but music; she became a fanatic about... ... fat old German women, come in their stuffy high frocks, and then the dark theatre, and the music beginning, and one couldn’t help sobbing. A kind man... ... judges, professors, states- men, editors, philanthropists, merchants, and actresses; what clubs they belonged to, where they lived, what games they p... ...w figures in the thin white dust to explain how Bach wrote his fugues. “My musical gift was ruined,” he explained, as they walked on after one of thes...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ce then it has passed through many editions, finally receiving an adequate English translation at the hands of Bayle St. John, who has been careful to... ...land, then a refugee in France, had advised the King to give battle to the English fleet. Joined to that of Holland it was very superior to the sea fo... ...ount of the gain it brought, the Italians re- ceived orders to close their theatre and to quit the realm in a month. This affair made a great noise; a... ... the arrival of the King and Queen of England. The King took them into the theatre, where 98 Saint-Simon Destouches’s opera of Isse was very well per... ...es very absent. It happened one evening that, talking with Racine upon the theatre, the King asked why comedy was so much out of fashion. Racine gave ... ... laughed at them. She herself played there Athalie (assisted by actors and actresses) and other pieces several times a week. Whole nights were passed ... ...utterly without sense, and who had had some expe- rience. Without voice or musical knowledge, he used to sing, in private, the passages of the opera p...