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...Catherine dé Medici by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katherine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...tate Electronic Classics Series Publication Catherine dé Medici by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...e as an electronic transmission, in any way. Catherine dé Medici by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ..., and the Dent du Chat; or (according to some intelligent minds) by Genoa, La Bochetta, and La Scrivia,—an opinion which I share and which Napoleon ad... ...he father of Catherine, married in 1518, for his second wife, Madeleine de la Tour de Boulogne, in Auvergne, and died April 25, 1519, a few days after... ...ander Stuart, brother of James III., king of Scotland, had married Anne de la T our de Boulogne, sister of Madeleine de la Tour de Boulogne, Catherine... ...eligion; but he soon saw that a father who fears for the life of his child pays no heed to shades of reli- gious opinion, but flings himself prone upo... ...t. Cosmo,” said the old man, pointing to his brother, “Cosmo is devout; he pays for masses for the repose of our father’s soul, and he goes to hear th... ... of it!” said Cosmo. “We have given him a helping hand,— whether the queen pays it back to us or not.” Some days after this scene, which struck the ki...

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...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, the famous Greek poet; Jesus; Leonardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abrah...

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...dent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the firs... ...rilliance. Flying fish sprang free. His body was so dark, mine so white...la, the rough of him! Were any other lovers as happy that day? As we stre... ... ban, whistling through his fingers, brandishing a scimitar. My mother had de- scribed such an attack...I could hear her and see her pained face...a t... ... A suffusion of light envelopes the Venus de Milo, revealing the contours and texture of her hair, face, breasts,... ...small residence of Cloux, near the King’s summer palace at Amboise on the Loire River. Leonardo writes of his boyhood, his mother, his friends, his ... ...to be learned. And it is all there, ready to be apprehended. Amore sol la mi fa remirare... love only makes me remember; love gives me pleasure..... ... tions, and he and Papini have put together a song that begins: Amore sol la mi fa remirare, la sol mi fa sollecita. Tomorrow is my birthday. Princ... ...cratic style in an aristocratic mansion? Is it true that John Jacob Aster pays his salary? When I introduced Bancroft to McClellan, he questioned Ma... ...ville—a prison... Libby—a prison. Thousands of men are incarcer- ated. Who pays for these criminal acts? All of us pay. We pay as though we were buyi...

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...A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ... file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ll the “olden time.” The picturesque “coucous” which stood on the Place de la Concorde, encumbering the Cours-la-Reine,—coucous which had flourished f... ...s were easily practised by the coach proprietors, always pleased to “faire la queue” (cheat of their dues) the govern- ment officials, to use the argo... ... to omit certain stoppages along the road,—at Saint-Brice, Moisselles, and La Cave. The hotel du Lion d’Argent occupies a piece of land which is very ... ...tin!” said the inn-keeper. “Can’t you stay and breakfast? The colonel here pays for the wine at fifty sous, and has ordered a bottle of champagne.” “I... ...le has just left to each of us, he has an income of thirty thousand. So he pays his debts, and gives up the law. He hopes to be Marquis de las Florent... ...e extravagance like Oscar can find such ladies as that on every bush—if he pays for them. Some fine morning you’ll find yourself with a load of debt o...

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Excerpt: Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...The Muse of the Department by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Seri... ...ectronic Classics Series Publication The Muse of the Department by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ... electronic transmission, in any way. The Muse of the Department by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring, the Pennsylvania State University, Electron... ...E DEPARTMENT ON THE SKIRTS of Le Berry stands a town which, watered by the Loire, infallibly attracts the traveler’s eye. Sancerre crowns the topmost ... ...n of hills, the last of the range that gives variety to the Nivernais. The Loire floods the flats at the foot of these slopes, leaving a yellow alluvi... ... Marechal de Saxe’s granddaughter. The Superior Woman of Sancerre lived at La Baudraye, a town-house and country-house in one, within ten minutes of t... ...town, and in the village, or, if you will, the suburb of Saint- Satur. The La Baudrayes of the present day have, as is fre- quently the case, thrust t... ...quently the case, thrust themselves in, and are but a substitute for those La Baudrayes whose name, glorious in the Crusades, figured in the chief eve... ...” By opening the game in this tone, Lousteau cut out all excursions in the Pays de T endre, where genuine passion beats the bush so long; he went stra...

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...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication An Old Maid by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Old Maid by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ersity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac An Old Maid by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley Dedication To Monsieur... ...scott Wormeley Dedication To Monsieur Eugene-Auguste-Georges-Louis Midy de la Greneraye Surville, Royal Engineer of the Ponts at Chausses. As a testim... ...ourges had emigrated; he of T ouraine hid himself; he of Alencon fought in La V endee and “chouanized” somewhat. The youth of the latter was spend in ... ...es. Messieurs de Lenoncourt, de Navarreins, de V erneuil, de Fontaine, and La Billardiere, to whom he was known, he said, obtained for him, from the k... ...mon’s face and bosom, which, released from the corset, overflowed like the Loire in flood. The poor woman opened her eyes, saw du Bousquier, and gave ... ...r saddened by constant fog. The place is solitary. In the provinces no one pays much 101 Balzac attention to a fine view, either because provincials ...

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...The T wo Brothers by Honore de Balzac T ranlated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...d saved his colonel’s life. The Emperor named him captain at the battle of La Fere-Champenoise, and took him on his staff. Inspired by such promotion,... ...o be near Marshal Davoust at Saint-Denis, and was not with the army of the Loire. In consequence of this, and through Davoust’s intercession, his cros... ...lecting what he had better do,—like a wily law- yer planning some trick “a la Maitre Gonin”; words cost him nothing, and he said as many as he could t... ... to fill in, from a shop called the “Pere de Famille,”—an employment which pays about twenty sous a day. Notwith- standing Agathe’s silence on the sub... ... gone, the dear love,” cried the old gambler; “but it shall all be his; he pays his own money.” Unhappily, Joseph did not know the way to any of the l... ...l paid up. By the glimmer of the street lamp and the lights of the cafe de la Rotonde, Joseph examined these tickets to see if, by chance, any of them...

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...Excerpt: ENVOI. Felix de Vandenesse to Madame la Comtesse Natalie de Manerville: I yield to your wishes. It is the privilege of the women whom we love more than they love us to make the men who love them ignore the ordinary rules of common-sense. ...

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...The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...y of the Valley THE LILY OF THE VALLEY ENVOI Felix de Vandenesse to Madame la Comtesse Natalie de Manerville: I yield to your wishes. It is the privil... ...e had gone to Azay in the morning but would soon return, and that Ma- dame la comtesse was at home. My companion looked at me. I fairly trembled lest ... ... with a gesture full of childlike gaiety. “Don’t forget to call her Madame la duchesse, and to speak to her in the third person. The young people of t... ...hat woman. Hitherto I had yielded to the count’s despotism as the smuggler pays his fine; henceforth I was a voluntary vic- tim that I might come the ... ...n of care and vigilance is everywhere in propor- tion to profits. Each man pays his debt in his own way. When our poor toiler at the Rhetoriere comes ... ...ey can stifle a moan, often a natural one, with the will of a huntsman who pays no heed to a wound in the ardor of the chase. Without ever speaking of...

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...ley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...niversity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Beatrix Beatrix by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley NOTE It is somewhat rem... ...d cares about herself only. The immense product of her salt-marshes, which pays a tax of not less than a million to the T reasury, is chiefly managed ... ...e Guenics. The Baron du Guenic had started from Guerande the mo- ment that La Vendee and Brittany took arms; he fought through the war with Charette, ... ...tany took arms; he fought through the war with Charette, with Cathelineau, La Rochejaquelein, d’Elbee, Bonchamps, and the Prince de Loudon. Before sta... ...cent marks attesting the fact that the Baron had recently joined Madame in La Vendee. To-day that fact may be ad- mitted. These hands were a living co... ...e winters at Nantes, and the sum- mers at their estate on the banks of the Loire below l’Indret. She was supposed to be ready to leave her fortune and... ... “Calyste strikes me as half-crazy,” replied Mademoiselle de Pen-Hoel. “He pays Charlotte no more attention than if she were a paludiere.” Remembering...

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...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Louis Lambert by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell and James Waring is a publication of the Penns... ... file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Louis Lambert by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell and James Waring, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...sity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac Louis Lambert by Honoré de Balzac Translated by Clara Bell and James Waring Dedication “Et nunc et ... ... his maternal uncle, the parish priest of Mer, an- other small town on the Loire, not far from Blois. This ar- rangement at once satisfied Louis’ pass... ... certain of their establish- ments—the colleges of Vendome, of Tournon, of la Fleche, Pont-Levoy, Sorreze, and Juilly. That at Vendome, like the other... ...that establishment. Standing in the heart of the town, on the little river Loire which flows under its walls, the college possesses extensive precinct... ...hile Lambert looked at the master in some bewilderment. “What would Madame la Baronne de Stael say if she could know that you make such nonsense of a ... ...ions of every faculty is not valued here. The State might pay talent as it pays the bayonet; but it is afraid of being taken in by mere cleverness, as... ...aps a result of my isola- tion, one of the torments of a lonely soul which pays for its hidden treasures with groans and unknown suffering. Those who ...

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... or so of peasants and a large number of citizens, who had left Fougeres in the morning on their way to Mayenne, were going up the little mountain of La Pelerine, half-way between Fougeres and Ernee, a small town where travelers along that road are in the habit of resting....

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...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ersity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac The Chouans by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley Dedication T o Monsieu... ... the morning on their way to Mayenne, were going up the little mountain of La Pelerine, half-way between Fougeres and Ernee, a small town where travel... ...es. About a dozen of them wore the republican jacket known by the name of “la carmagnole.” Others, well-to-do mechanics, no doubt, were clothed from h... ... of France. The 7 Balzac departments of the West, known under the name of La Vendee, Brittany, and a portion of Lower Normandy, which had been tranqu... ...es of the depart- ments,—Sarthe, Orne, Mayenne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan, Loire-Inferieure, and Maine-et-Loire. “These legions,” said the law, “will ... ...he added, “it is a fair subject of conversation, like the weather when one pays a visit. You shall find that I have neither false modesty nor petty fe... ...de of pitch in the re- gion between the villages of Amorique and the Upper Loire, and still used beyond Amboise in the Vendomois districts. Barbette d...

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...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Eve and David by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Eve and David by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...sity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac Eve and David by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage NOTE: Eve and David is part three o... ...aste on their walls, the histories of The Wandering Jew, Robert the Devil, La Belle Maguelonne and sundry miracles. Eve sent Kolb out as a hawker. Cer... ...but what can you expect? He deserted her and insulted her. She is now Mme. la Comtesse Sixte du Chatelet, to her own great regret, for she loved Lucie... ...he girl was brought up in my mother’s house; she is the Mlle. Francoise de la Haye in whom Mme. de Senoches takes an interest; she is her godmother in... ... and at Tours it will be no harder than at Poitiers. The quicksands of the Loire never give up their prey—” “No, father,” said Lucien; “I have settled... ... begin with, is almost a sinecure, and a jailer is a kind of innkeeper who pays no rent and lives very well, while his prisoners fare very ill; for, l...

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...Droll Stories Volume II: The Second T en T ales by Honore de Balzac Droll Stories Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine A Penn State ... ...lectronic Classics Series Publication Droll Stories: Volume Two by Honore de Balzac is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Por... ...n electronic transmission, in any way. Droll Stories: Volume Two by Honore de Balzac, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, J... ... for the landlord,” said the one from Anjou. “In our fauborg of Notre-dame la Riche, in which this inn is situated, there lived a beautiful girl, who ... ...t into the chamber. At sight of him the prisoner then exclaimed— “Baron de la Ville-aux-Dames! God grant you joys like to mine! I like my jail! By’r l... ...?” said the King. “Sire, it was my wife.” This was the origin of Larray de la Ville-aux-Dames in our country, since from corruption of the names, that... ...stained life, and drank at his will and his discretion of the water of the Loire. This wholesome and prudent diet, besides being good for his doubloon... ...ound, gave him a clear understanding and a warm heart for the water of the Loire is of all syrups the most strengthening, because having its course af... ...and go, foot- men, stablemen, cooks, musicians, buffoons, where every- one pays compliments and makes a noise. In short, so great was the delight that...

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...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...ity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage To Monsieur Savary, Member of Le Ac... ...at mournful face an abandonment of wretchedness more bitter than his own. “La carita! la carita!” The stranger threw the coins to the old man and the ... ...away from the present till the valet de chambre comes in and says, “Madame la comtesse answers that she is expecting monsieur.” All the wonders which ... ...e. Your name was not in the jail- ers’ registers at the St. Pelagie nor at La Force! Government departments, cafes, libraries, lists of prefects’ name... ...e way before me; I brag and am believed; I incur debts which somebody else pays! Dissipation, dear boy, is a methodical policy. The life of a man who ... ...arthing, and should have no money till the evening came. How dearly a poet pays for the intellec- tual prowess that method and toil have brought him, ... ... the need of absolute repose? Because Excess is a sort of toll that genius pays to pain? “Look at all great men; nature made them pleasure-loving or b...

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............................................... 75 Chapter 3.2.IV . The Loser pays. ........................................................................ .................................................. 92 Chapter 3.2.VIII. Place de la Revolution. ............................................................ ............................................... 92 Chapter 3.2.VIII. Place de la Revolution. ............................................................... ......................................................... 250 Chapter 3.7.II. La Cabarus. .................................................................. ...foreign Despots; crowds towards Townhalls and Election Committee-rooms, to de- fend itself from domestic Aristocrats. Let the Reader con- ceive well t... ... daring that threat- ens to outherod Herod,—the Galleries, ‘especially the La- dies, never done with applauding. ’ (Moore’s Journal, i. 85.) Addresses... ...rt can be received and an- swered, in the hearing of all France: the Salle de Manege is still useful as a place of proclamation. For which use, in- de... ...nishment, should be this Question of King Louis. Chapter 3.2.IV. The Loser pays. The Sixth of November, 1792, was a great day for the Re- public: outw... ...e bar?—For, alas, O Patriotism! add we, it was from of old said, The loser pays! It is he who has to pay all scores, run up by whomsoever; on him must...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Marseilles -- The Arrival. On the 24th of February, 1810, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d?If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgion and Rion island. Immedia...

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... — The Arrival. ON THE 24TH OF F EBRUARY, 1810, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, a... ...The Arrival. ON THE 24TH OF F EBRUARY, 1810, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and ... ...d to be pulled alongside the Pharaon, which he reached as she rounded into La Reserve basin. When the young man on board saw this person approach, he ... ... and sat down in the stern sheets, with the order that he be put ashore at La Canebiere. The two oarsmen bent to their work, and the little boat glide... ...nd follow Dantes, who, after having tra- versed La Canebiere, took the Rue de Noailles, and entering a small house, on the left of the Allees de Meill... ...and fierce air, whom she calls cousin.” “Really; and you think this cousin pays her attentions?” “I only suppose so. What else can a strapping chap of... ...sfortune should occur to you, I would ascend the highest point of the Cape de Morgion and cast myself headlong from it.” Fernand became deadly pale. “... ... pay the more, that’s all, I see plainly enough. At Drake’s or Aaron’s one pays twenty-five lire for common days, and thirty or thirty-five lire a day... ...my, was slightly wounded at Waterloo, and retired with the army beyond the Loire.” “But that is the history of the Hundred Days, M. Bertuccio,” said t...

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...unsatisfied by that epitome of civiliza- tion which stretches from the Arc de Triomphe to the Gymnase theatre. It had already been intimated to the au... ...he author of these light pages that there are many good things in the doux pays de France of which you get no hint in a walk between those ornaments o... ...thor of these light pages that there are many good things in the doux pays de France of which you get no hint in a walk between those ornaments of the... ...f a spinning-top. I may add that I discovered no dark secrets at the Hotel de l’Univers; for it is not a secret to any traveller today that the obliga... ...her tradition desig- nates the chamber in which the author of “Le Lys dans la Vallee” opened his eyes into a world in which he was to see and to imagi... ...ave been detached. There is a charming description, in his little tale of “La Grenadiere,” of the view of the opposite side of the Loire as you have i... ...f the melancholy museum, a rather clever, coarse bust. The description in “La Grenadiere,” of which I just spoke, is too long to quote; neither have I... ... under its influence. “C’est inoui, mon- sieur, l’argent qu’il y a dans ce pays. Des gens a qui la 118 A Little Tour in France vente de leur vin rapp... ... I discovered symptoms of the purity of feature for which the women of the pays d’Arles are renowned. The Arlesian headdress, was visible in the stree...

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...in the chapel of the Palais Royal,* so they will never ruin me, as they long to do, and whilst they shout, `Down with Mazarin!’ I, unknown, and unperc... ...shouting out, Down with all the people I have mentioned, each in his turn. * It is said that Mazarin, who, though a cardinal, had not taken such vows ... ... taken place between the two contending parties On the seventh of January between seven and eight hun- dred tradesmen had assembled in Paris to discus... ...s— that he would see what could be done; and in accordance with that intention a council of state was assembled and the superintendent of finance was ... ...at composure, which he attributed to the habit of meeting danger; but none the less he conceived for the officer under whose orders he had for the mom... ... constable appears, only to return to their diversion the instant his back is turned. So they have picked up the word and the insurrectionists are cal... ...do you mean, monsieur?” “Nothing else than I say—search.” “Alas, I look around me in vain! I have no influence with any one. Monsieur is, as usual, le... ...der, are similar to those that I have heard described at Chambord.” At this moment one of those heavy wagons, drawn by bullocks, which carry the wood ... ...rious Mazarinist.” “Phew!” whistled Planchet. “What do you mean by that?” “Nothing, my lord; Monsieur d’Artagnan belongs to the service; Monsieur d’Ar...

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...over Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Dum... ...he bridge of Blois, and that consequently I shall hear it when my services are required by Madame. What annoys you, my child, is that I laugh while yo... ... hour, you have only traced the words Mon- sieur Raoul. Now, you are right, my dear Louise, because after these words, ‘Monsieur Raoul,’ others may be... ...es with his oar. “Ah, Monsieur le Vicomte! Y ou at Blois!” cried he. “Well, that is a wonder. Good-day to you — good-day, Monsieur Raoul.” “I offer yo... ...s eyes, with an 23 Dumas expression of constraint. Montalais, on her part, laughed aloud. “Well, I have no parents!” said she. “You are acquainted, w... ...unted, and set off as if he had had Monsieur’s guards at his heels. CHAPTER 4 Father and Son. RAOUL FOLLOWED the well-known road, so dear to his memor... ...same means.” “But your rents, — do you lay them by?” “What do you think of a chest concealed in a wall?” “I never made use of such a thing.” “Then you... ...is pleasure in. The tenant has given the name of M. Godard. That is either a false name or a real name; if true, he is a canon; if false, he is some u... ...ugh! A hundred thousand crowns per month, during two years. Corbleu! it is I that pay, Gourville, and I know my figures.” Gourville laughed in a silen...

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...rt for the women and children. The second or central car, it turned out, was de- voted to men travelling alone, and the third to the Chinese. The offi... ... Pompeii is all in a bustle with visitors, and its antiquity and strangeness de- ceive the imagination; but this town had plainly not been built above... ...business transactions upon each other’s worthless paper. Pedro the penniless pays you with an I O U from the equally penniless Miguel. It is a sort of... ...tion of their real life was nearly lost; and the petrified legend of the Vie de Boheme had become a sort of gospel, and still gave the cue to zealous ... ...s in the age of fermentation, enamoured of eccentricities. “Il faut faire de la peinture nouvelle,” was his watchword; but if time and experience had ... ...memory, looms too near at hand. But the next day, in a certain hamlet called La Jussiere, he stopped to drink a glass of syrup in a very poor, bare dr... ... a short stage through the green plain upon the Berry side, to Chatillon-sur-Loire. It was the first day of the shoot- ing; and the air rang with the ... ...o await the Cigarette’s arrival, in sublime inac- tion, by the margin of the Loire. Fired by these ideas, he pushed the more rapidly forward, and came... ... vais vous dire ce que vous etes. Vous etes allemand et vous venez chanter a la foire.. (Well, then, I will tell you what you are. You are a German an...

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...s, the Lieutenant-General prayed Colonel Esmond so urgently to be his aide-de-camp and military secretary, that Esmond could not resist his kind patro... ... Imperial Generalissimo never forgot the slight put by Lewis upon the Abbe de Savoie; and in the hu- miliation or ruin of his most Christian Majesty, ... ... reviewed us, riding along our lines with his fine suite of prancing aides-de-camp and gen- erals, stopping here and there to thank an officer with th... ...e fellow’s tongue had first wagged on the banks of the Liffey, and not the Loire; and the poor soldier—a de- serter probably—did not like to venture v... ... There’s a horrid Irish wretch who never misses a Sunday at Court, and who pays me compli- ments there, the horrible man; and if you want to know what... ...per, and runs up to her mother and performs a variety of embraces with her la- dyship, saying as plain as eyes could speak to Mr. Esmond— ”There, sir:... ... myself, and so give my woes the slip. But now we are bankrupts: Tom Trett pays as many shillings in the pound as he can; his wife has a little cottag... ... beloved, our most gouty and pletho- ric Queen, and Defender of the Faith, la bonne cause triomphera. A la sante de la bonne cause! Everything good co... ...rom the next chamber of the august sleeper, just waking, calling out:—”Eh, La-Fleur, un verre d’eau!” His Majesty came out yawning:—”A pest,” says he,...

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...d dishes, and, in five cases out of ten, either brings some dainties with him, or privately pays the steward for extra rations, the difference in pric... ...d with gusto like a man who enjoyed his own sententiousness. He was a dry, quick, pertinent de- bater, speaking with a small voice, and swinging on hi... ...al bellyful of corn and steam-engines. It may be argued that these opinions spring from the de- fect of culture; that a narrow and pinching way of lif... ...of the decadence of England. ‘They say they send us beef from America,’ he argued; ‘but who pays for it? All the money in the world’s in England.’ The... ... dubbed Tommy, with that transcen- dental appropriateness that defies analysis. One day the De- vonian was lying for warmth in the upper stoke-hole, w... ...I think you will admit… . CHAPTER III—AN AUTUMN EFFECT—1875 ‘Nous ne decrivons jamais mieux la nature que lorsque nous nous efforcons d’exprimer sobre... ...eigneur,’ says the old for- mula, ‘enferme ses manants comme sous porte et gonds, du ciel a la terre. Tout est a lui, foret chenue, oiseau dans l’air,... ...ui, foret chenue, oiseau dans l’air, poisson dans l’eau, bete an buisson, l’onde qui coule, la cloche dont le son au loin roule.’ Such was his old sta... ... WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES.’ LE MONASTIER is the chief place of a hilly canton in Haute Loire, the ancient Velay. As the name betokens, the town i...

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...p him? People of quality disguise themselves as tavern-waiters. The Maitre de Poste, with a broad oath, orders his Postilion, “Va bon train; thou art ... ...ith a broad oath, orders his Postilion, “Va bon train; thou art driving M. de Voltaire.” At Paris his carriage is “the nucleus of a comet, whose train... ...istinction and ep- och in Human Beliefs; a great landmark in the religious de- velopment of Mankind. Man first puts himself in relation with Nature an... ... not gradually, but at once from the Artillery Lieutenancy in the Regiment La Fere. Burns, still only in his twenty-seventh year, is no longer even a ... ...e twenty, he is married, settled as an altogether grave and quiet man. “He pays back what money he had won at gam- bling,” says the story;—he does not... ...g with it,— a faith. And did he not interpret the dim purport of it well? “La carriere ouverte aux talens, The implements to him who can handle them:”... ... consulship, Emperorship, victory over Europe;—till the poor Lieutenant of La Fere, not unnaturally, might seem to him- self the greatest of all men t... ...w true from false now when he looked at them,—the fearfulest penalty a man pays for yielding to untruth of heart. Self and false ambition had now beco... ...n, the fiercer would the world’s recoil against him be, one day. Injustice pays itself with frightful compound-interest. I am not sure but he had bett...

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.................................................. 99 Chapter 1.5.II. Mercury de Breze. .................................................................... ............................................ 180 Chapter 2.1.II. In the Salle de Manege. ................................................................... .............................................. 406 Chapter 3.2.IV . The Loser pays. ........................................................................ ................................................. 418 Chapter 3.2.VIII. Place de la Revolution. ............................................................ .............................................. 418 Chapter 3.2.VIII. Place de la Revolution. ............................................................... .......................................................... 526 Chapter 3.7.II.La Cabarus. .................................................................. ...illon, some years ago; covered, as we said, with meal; nay with worse. For La Chalotais, the Breton Parlementeer, accused him not only of poltroonery ... ...Chateau-Vieux, which indeed is a kind of French Swiss, from Geneva and the Pays de Vaud, are under- stood to have declined. Deserters glided over; Roy... ...sh- ment, should be this Question of King Louis. Chapter 3.2.IV. The Loser pays. The Sixth of November, 1792, was a great day for the Repub- lic: outw...

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... the shadows over- charged; the chosen expression, continually forced, may de- generate at length into a grimace; and we have at best some- thing of a... ...ill surpasses them in native power. The old author, breaking with an eclat de voix, out of his tongue- tied century, has not yet been touched on his o... ...ys us, or at least reconciles us to the baseness of his attitude. Fat Peg (La Grosse Margot) is typical of much; it is a piece of experience that has ... ... be known to those who have waded in the chronicles. Excepting Comines and La Salle and Villon, I have read no author who did not appal me by his torp... ...APTER I – VICTOR HUGO’S ROMANCES Apres le roman pittoresque mais prosaique de Walter Scott il lestera un autre roman a creer, plus beau et plus comple... ...an a creer, plus beau et plus complet encore selon nous. C’est le roman, a la fois drame et epopee, pittoresque mais poetique, reel mais ideal, vrai m... ...h, but for what we are capable of being.” “A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting all the virtues from us, and who can ap... ...m, in summer 1461, alas! he is once more in durance: this time at Meun-sur-Loire, in the prisons of Thibault d’Aussigny, Bishop of Orleans. He had bee...

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...it; and what then it wrought From Var unto the Rhine, saw Isere’s flood, Saw Loire and Seine, and every vale, that fills The torrent Rhone. What after... ...ence the rib Was ta’en to fashion that fair cheek, whose taste All the world pays for, and in that, which pierc’d By the keen lance, both after and be... ... hadst then, formed me.” v. 125. Through sluggishness.] Perch’ a risponder la materia e sorda. So Filicaja, canz. vi. st 9. Perche a risponder la d... ...eable.” Hooker’s Eccl. Polity, b. 5. 9. CANTO II v. 1. In small bark.] Con la barchetta mia cantando in rima Pulci, Morg. Magg. c. xxviii. Io me n... ...hetta mia cantando in rima Pulci, Morg. Magg. c. xxviii. Io me n’andro con la barchetta mia, Quanto l’acqua comporta un picciol legno Ibid. v. 30. ... ...vence: and they rest this assertion chiefly on the fact of a certain Romieu de Villeneuve, who was the contemporary of that prince, having left lar... ...Justinian. v. 17. As might have made one blest amid the flames.] So Giusto de’ Conti, Bella Mano. “Qual salamandra.” Che puommi nelle fiammi far b... ...er was that of a bounteous prince. v. 125. Consult your teacher.] Aristole. De Rep. 1. iii. c. 4. “Since a state is made up of members differing from...

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... untold.] Che’l tacere e bello, So our Poet, in Canzone 14. La vide in parte che’l tacere e bello, Ruccellai, Le Api, 789. C... ...r of Troy. See Virg. Aen. b. viii. 134. as referred to by Dante in treatise “De Monarchia,” lib. ii. “ Electra, scilicet, nata magni nombris regis Atl... ...archia,” lib. ii. “ Electra, scilicet, nata magni nombris regis Atlantis, ut de ambobus testimonium reddit poeta noster in octavoubi Aeneas ad Avandru... ...26. The Soldan fierce.] Saladin or Salaheddin, the rival of Richard coeur de lion. See D’Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. and Knolles’s Hist. of the Turks ... ...y Marino: Che non ha doglia il misero maggiore Che ricordar la giola entro il dolore. Adone, c. xiv. st. 100 And by Fo... ...orld.” Ariosto has imitated Dante: Ch’ al gran verme infernal mette la briglia, E che di lui come a lei par dispone. ... ...it; and what then it wrought From Var unto the Rhine, saw Isere’s flood, Saw Loire and Seine, and every vale, that fills The torrent Rhone. What after... ...ence the rib Was ta’en to fashion that fair cheek, whose taste All the world pays for, and in that, which pierc’d By the keen lance, both after and be...

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... JOHN DOS PASSOS 1921 1921 1921 1921 1921 “Les contemporains qui souffrent de certaines choses ne peuvent s’en souvenir qu’avec une horreur qui paraly... ...n souvenir qu’avec une horreur qui paralyse tout autre plaisir, meme celui de lire un conte.” —Stendhal P P P P PAR AR AR AR ART ONE: MAKING T ONE: MA... ...ge. I’d stay at home if I had to do that. Man, first class for me, a cabin de lux, when I git rich.” But here he was in this town in the East, where h... ...ler, though. Honest Ah wouldn’t a-wanted to do that.” “That’s the job that pays, a violinist,” said somebody. “No, it don’t,” came a melancholy drawli... ...“You know what that mean—cafard?” “Sure.” “It is only since the war. Avant la guerre on ne savais pas ce 83 John Dos Passos que c’etait le cafard. Th... ...your desire … that was the Queen of Sheba. He whispered the words aloud, “la reine de Saba, la reine de Saba”; and, with a tremor of anticipation of ... .... Some French soldiers who stood in a group round the bar turned round. “V’la un gars qui gaspille le bon vin,” said a tall red-faced man, with long s... ...y rolling uplands, and then at Blois down into the haze of richness of the Loire … . D’you know Vendome? I came by a funny little town from Vendome to... ...y feet … . And what wonderful cold baths I’ve had on the sand banks of the Loire … . No, after a while the rhythm of legs all being made the same leng...

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...small feeling of shame. Taking Harry by the hand as soon as they were both de- scended from their horses, Mr. Holt led him across the court, and under... ...tlewood was at home. The French wit saith that a hero is none to his valet-de- chambre, and it required less quick eyes than my lady’s little page was... ... or twice little Harry acted as their messenger and dis- creet little aide-de-camp. He remembers he was bidden to go into the village with his fishing... ... gentlemen, Captain?” “These articles are only dangerous when worn by your la- 55 Thackeray dyship,” the Captain said, with a low bow, and a mock gri... ...th him; was alone in the midst of them many a time, and passed nights over la- bors, futile perhaps, but in which they could not join him. His dear mi... ...pauv Vicompte est mort. Mort et pontayt—Mon coussin, mon coussin! jay dans la tayste que vous n’estes quung pety Monst—angcy que les Esmonds ong tousj... ...e fellow’s tongue had first wagged on the banks of the Liffey, and not the Loire; and the poor soldier—a de- serter probably—did not like to venture v... ... There’s a horrid Irish wretch who never misses a Sunday at Court, and who pays me compli- ments there, the horrible man; and if you want to know what... ... myself, and so give my woes the slip. But now we are bankrupts: Tom Trett pays as many shillings in the pound as he can; his wife has a little cottag...

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...– Jai recu votre lettre Aujourdhui et comme le jour prochaine est mon jour de naisance je vous ecrit ce lettre. Ma grande gatteaux est arrive il leve ... ...teaux est arrive il leve 12 livres et demi le prix etait 17 shillings. Sur la soiree de Monseigneur Faux il y etait quelques belles feux d’artifice. M... ...arrive il leve 12 livres et demi le prix etait 17 shillings. Sur la soiree de Monseigneur Faux il y etait quelques belles feux d’artifice. Mais les po... ...l; and any night doesn’t mean no night: we’ll be so glad to see you.’ Cest la mere qui parle. I was back there again to-night. There was hymn-sing- in... ... in a quite new place. Memory and you must go hand in hand with (at least) de- cent weather if you wish to cook up a proper dish of soli- tude. It is ... ...RNING, AUGUST 1872. … Last night I was at the theatre and heard Die Judin (La Juive), and was thereby terribly excited. At last, in the middle of the ... ...ink how I did it or why. It is a new form of excess for me; but I think it pays less than any of them. R. L. S. 99 The Letters of R. L. Stevenson: V ... ...tude, and butter and roll expire at the same moment. For this refection he pays ten cents., or five pence sterling (0 pounds, 0s. 5d.). Half an hour l... ...pboards, a back court, a large, large olive yard, cultivated by a resident Paysan, a well, a berceau, a good deal of rockery, a little pine shrub- ber...