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Excerpt: A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic... ...A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Cl... ...cott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a public... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...that the British sell powder and munitions of war to all the world,—Turks, Greeks, and the devil, too, if the devil has money? From Zante we were to s... ...sents,—diamonds, ten thousand talari, one thousand gold coins, a beautiful Greek girl for groom, a little Circassian for a mistress, and an Arab horse... ...ousehold and their own fortune. Confident of his MEANS, she was a thousand leagues from dreaming that this comfortable existence, which had lasted for... ... construct and compose a Register “architriclino-basochien,” of the utmost antiquity , saved from 116 A Start in Life the fires of the Revolution, an...

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...Letters of T wo Brides by Honoré de Balzac Translated by R. S. Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac, trans. R. S. Scott is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac, trans. R. S. Scott, ... ...re it. I mustered all my forces, in accordance with that splendid maxim of antiquity, “Know thyself!” and boundless was my delight in thus making my o... ...oot of a gazelle! My 21 Balzac joints are finely turned, my features of a Greek correctness. It is true, madame, that the flesh tints do not melt int... ...y dress is white muslin, and on my head I wear a garland of white roses in Greek style. I shall put on my Madonna face; I mean to play the simpleton, ... ...acumer has bought in Nivernais. It stands on the banks of the Loire, sixty leagues from Paris. Our servants, with the exception of my maid, were there... ...n the sands or at the hands of natives. Y our desert is, happily, only two leagues from Paris, so I can wish you quite cheerfully, “ A safe journey an...

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...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 ...

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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 Classics Ser... ...on A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by... ...arrier’s blouse, and how shall you recognize the god- like creature of the Greek or Roman chisel? The eyes note and compare before the heart has time ... ...autiful youth come down from the hills of the Latin Quarter. Glorious as a Greek god, Lucien took a cab, and reached the Cafe Servel at a quarter to s... ...ght with patient care in furniture warehouses. There was the el- egance of antiquity about the classic revival as well as its fragile and somewhat ari... ...sitive spot in their heart. Chaboisseau might have en- trenched himself in antiquity as in an impregnable camp. “The man will be an antique to match, ... ... “But even so, you must live and sleep on the way. Even if you walk twelve leagues a day, you will want twenty francs at least.” “I will get them toge...

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...Excerpt: The Rue Du Tourniquet-Saint-Jean, formerly one of the darkest and most tortuous of the streets about the Hotel de Ville, zigzagged round the little gardens of the Paris Prefecture, and ended at the Rue Martroi, exactly at the angle of an old wall now pulled down. Here stood the turnstile to which the street owed its name; it was not r...

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...A Second Home by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Clara Bell A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Second Home by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Second Home by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Second Home by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell, the Penns... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Second Home by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tron... ...night by the watch to secure public safety. This house, remarkable for its antiquity, had been con- structed in a way that bore witness to the unhealt... ... with a smile, “I have three days’ holi- day, and am supposed to be twenty leagues away from Paris.” A FEW DAYS AFTER THIS anniversary of the 6th of M... ...wars of the Em- pire commended to the affections of the Parisians; and the Greek helmets, the Roman crossed daggers, and the shields so dear to milita...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The countryside and the man on a lovely spring morning in the year 1829, a man of fifty or thereabouts was wending his way on horseback along the mountain road that leads to a large village near the Grande Chartreuse. This village is the market town of a populous canton that lies...

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...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... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Country Doctor by Honoré de Balzad, trans. Ellen Marriage a... ...ae- sar was a Roman Consul, or an Emperor, and that Alexander was either a Greek or a Macedonian; he would have con- ceded either quality or origin in... ..., a bare league at most.” The commandant set out, fully persuaded that two leagues remained ahead of him. Yet after all he soon caught a glimpse throu... ...the time we had finished two-thirds of the road, which in all is about two leagues in length, the people had so thoroughly recog- nized its advantages... ...ian princess, so they say, who was the daugh- ter of the Caesars, a man of antiquity whom everybody talks about, not only in our country, where it is ...

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... successfully-- to initiate me into the mysteries of musical knowledge. You have at least taught me what difficulties and what labor genius must bury in those poems which procure us transcendental pleasures. You have also afforded me the satisfaction of laughing more than once at the expense of a self-styled connoisseur....

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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... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Massimilla Doni by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell and Jame... ...r me at Florian’s.” 60 Massimilla Doni “I will.” This dialogue, in modern Greek, with which Vendramin and Emilio were familiar, as many Venetians are... ...t feel a sense of the splendor we are wont to attribute to that monarch of antiquity?” “It is indeed sublime music,” said the Frenchman. “The air Pace... ...to the world, only because it is at a distance of thirty-three millions of leagues. Get nearer to it, and science warns you that it is not really hot ...

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Excerpt: Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott... ...this letter in the morning, let your mind travel, as you lie in bed, fifty leagues or thereabouts from Paris, along the great mail road which leads to... ... I have found gigantic ivies, wild arabesques which flourish only at fifty leagues from Paris, here where land does not cost enough to make one sparin... ...ck-towers and sundry modern turrets, with galleries and vases more or less Greek. No harmony there, my dear Nathan! These heterogeneous erections are ... ...ing of the battle of Wagram. Though poor, he had kept 16 Sons of the Soil antiquity. His arms are stout and vigorous, his chest deep and broad; his h... ...erests of Blangy, enabled him partially to understand a third idyll in the Greek style, which poor villagers like Tonsard, and middle-aged rich men li... ...acred country what low political intriguers did for money. This patriot of antiquity publicly reproved Gaubertin’s father for his secret treachery, hi...

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...Excerpt: All elections 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...

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...The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...tate Electronic Classics Series Publication The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Presc... ...om they consulted, advised them to give their son for patron a saint whose Greek name might signify the municipality,—for the child was born at a peri... ... that Madame Mollot saw. Maxime had a very handsome forehead, blue eyes, a Greek nose, a pleasant mouth, and a well-cut chin; but the circle of his ey... ...nenum; which means, “In the tail of the serpent is its venom,”—a remark of antiquity which modern science does not admit. Monsieur de l’Estorade was n... ...on the treacherous French boy; on which Monsieur de l’Estorade, a thousand leagues from imagining 246 The Deputy of Arcis the subject of the quarrel,...

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...re to the author before he can foresee what reception the public, our great present judge, will accord to it. Feeling almost certain of your sympathy in my pleasure, I dedicate the book to you. Ought it not to belong to you as the tithe formerly belonged to the Church in memory of God, who makes all things bud and fruit in the fields and in the intellect?...

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...The Lesser Bourgeoisie (The Middle Classes) by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Pr... ...ne marriage for our Felix?” “My dear,” replied Phellion, “the great men of antiquity, Brutus and others, were never fathers when called upon to be cit... ... own name, if we wanted to discuss it, might be said to be a loan from the Greek language.” “Very likely; at any rate we have the advantage of being k... ...on, attracted by the noise of the bell, and attired in a dressing-gown and Greek cap, came out of his study to inquire what was the matter. After a sp... ...refore, in pres- ence of the perilous honor conferred upon him by his col- leagues of the general Council, he sat down terrified by his solitude and h... ...eyes of your fellow-citizens beside the Washingtons and other great men of antiquity.” “I say again, to-morrow, messieurs,” said Thuillier. “I am none...

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Excerpt: Scenes from a Courtesan?s Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by James Waring.

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...Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Seri... ...Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series ... ...onic Classics Series Publication Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Jame... ..., settled in France, with whom he had been dining. The estate lay at eight leagues from Paris in the district of la Brie. Now, the Baron’s coachman ha... ...ss of these horrible vocables, as Charles Nodier would have said. The high antiquity of this kind of slang is also noteworthy. A tenth of the words ar... ...th and fifteenth centuries. The word affe, meaning life, is of the highest antiquity. From affe anything that disturbs life is called affres (a rowing... ...uage of Panurge, a name symbolizing the people, for it is derived from two Greek words signifying All-working. Science is changing the face of the wor...

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...E..................................................................................................................................... 4 PERSEVERANCE IN LOVE.......................................................................................................... 9 CONCERNING A PROVOST WHO DID NOT RECOGNISE THINGS............................. 25 ABOUT THE MONK AMADOR, WHO ...

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...CTED FROM THE ABBEYS OF TOURAINE VOLUME III: THE THIRD TEN TALES by HONORE DE BALZAC THIRD TEN TALES A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicati... ...D FROM THE ABBEYS OF TOURAINE VOLUME III: THE THIRD TEN TALES by HONORE DE BALZAC THIRD TEN TALES A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication ... ...d from the Abbeys of Touraine: Volume Three: The Third Ten Tales by Honore de Balzac is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Porta... ...rom the Abbeys of Touraine: Volume Three: The Third Ten Tales by Honore de Balzac is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...e of any kind. Any person using this docu- ment file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Penn- sylvania State... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Droll Stories Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine: Volume Thr... ...reature, to whom he proved, by various ar- guments, adorned with Latin and Greek quotations, that beauty is impaired by tears and tribulation, and tha... ... hundred years before the com- ing of our divine Saviour, which proves the antiquity of this pleasant occupation, the extravagant prices which the wis... ...r de Chatillon was much talked about. Madame Imperia, who lived only three leagues distant from Montmorency, one day sent her husband out hunting in t...

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...Excerpt: Towards three o?clock in the afternoon of one October day in the year 1844, a man of sixty or thereabouts, whom anybody might have credited with more than his actual age, was walking along the Boulevard des Italians with his head bent down, as if ...

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...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pen... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- ... ...eir ideas, and said the obvious thing, after the manner of a cho- rus in a Greek play. He did not dare to give free play to the artist’s originality, ... ...m of the tour- ists who flock to see so fine and well-preserved a relic of antiquity. At Frankfort the disappointment caused as much talk as a failure... ...owers of the prose writer; Pindar alone could give it forth to humanity in Greek that should rekindle the dying warmth of friendship in the world. Put... ...s trade in the banlieue, which, as everybody knows, extends for some forty leagues round Paris. After fourteen years of business, he had sixty thousan... ... queens and wealthy people. Animal magnetism, one of the great sciences of antiquity, had its origin in occult philosophy; chemistry is the outcome of...