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...ENCE'S BELL by Florentin Smarandache (non-standard haiku poems, translated from Romanian by Stefan Benea, and refined by the author) THE SPRING Time o... ...nning under the bell of the sunrise. Tender snowdrops draw up the spring from under the snow. Through deep ploughings the field opens its mouth. Z... ...n the wing. Acacias are bursting into laughters of buds. The breeze blows from the Eastern side of my heart. Maggots are buzzing a lot about a thou... ... to catch by its hand the time. Worries start to teem on the street with people in the mouth. Irrational pains slap my unbeing. In front of the mir... ... that the Romanian readers in particular would not be found among the last people to learn of the activity of a compatriot so productive in some segme... ...985­1986). Finally he lost his job, earning his living by preparing school­people and students (1986­1988). From this short sequence of didactic activ... ...iterary anthologies and appeared in Craiova (1980), Caen, Puymeras, Paris, Bordeaux (1989, 1990, 1991), New York, Colorado (1991, 1992), and Seoul (19...

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... You will groom him promptly at five o’clock each evening, while the hands from the stables are caring for your own animals. You will provide his ... ...o a stand and then bending one leg to bow. I sighed as I brushed out my hair from its practical braid. My hair was not long, just to my shoulder bla... ... be seen, but I wanted the audience to focus on the horse. As I turned away from the glass, I noticed the rose. Its long stem was wrapped in black s... ...tion as a town where fine wines were made. He could have chosen the Alsace, Bordeaux or any other area, but he came to our village. The first time I... ...eautiful things,” he whispered. “Of course,” I responded in surprise. “Most people do.” “Then how can you bear to look on me,” he responded, still wh... ... my words, mademoiselle; when the twenty years for this permit is gone, the people of Paris will demand that this eyesore be razed to the ground.” We... ... chose to buy nothing, walking around looking at the goods and watching the people was very entertaining for me. The nights that Erik did not come t...

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... paper, which, in fact, represent an “artificial poem”: deformed, resulted from a translation by the observant of the observed, and by translation o... ...h”, as an intellectual breathing, were superb springs. The “No” and “Anti” from my paradoxist manifestos had a creative character, not all nihilistic... ...tos had a creative character, not all nihilistic (C. M. Popa). The passage from paradoxes to paradoxism was documetarily described by Titu Popescu i... ...f “poetry” and its derivates have become od-fashioned in this century, and people laught at them in disregard. I’m ashamed to afirm that I create ly... ... disregard. I’m ashamed to afirm that I create lyrical texts, I hide them. People neither read nor listen to lyrical texts anymore, but they will re... ...eline Thevoz, “<Antichambres, antipoesies, bizarreries>”, în “L’Ésquirou”, Bordeaux, Fran ţa, N5. 5 mai-iulie 1989, pp. 115-116. 38. Maguy Thiry-Th... ..... All were, and still are – except Constantin Dinc ă and me, non-literary people. They did not want either to read or to write anything! And yet,...

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... paper, which, in fact, represent an “artificial poem”: deformed, resulted from a translation by the observant of the observed, and by translation o... ...h”, as an intellectual breathing, were superb springs. The “No” and “Anti” from my paradoxist manifestos had a creative character, not all nihilistic... ...tos had a creative character, not all nihilistic (C. M. Popa). The passage from paradoxes to paradoxism was documetarily described by Titu Popescu i... ...f “poetry” and its derivates have become od-fashioned in this century, and people laught at them in disregard. I’m ashamed to afirm that I create ly... ... disregard. I’m ashamed to afirm that I create lyrical texts, I hide them. People neither read nor listen to lyrical texts anymore, but they will re... ...eline Thevoz, “<Antichambres, antipoesies, bizarreries>”, în “L’Ésquirou”, Bordeaux, Fran ţa, N5. 5 mai-iulie 1989, pp. 115-116. 38. Maguy Thiry-Th... ..... All were, and still are – except Constantin Dinc ă and me, non-literary people. They did not want either to read or to write anything! And yet,...

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...ocrates maketh his soule to moove, with a naturall and common motion. Thus saith a plaine Country-man, and thus a seely Woman: Hee never hath other people in his mouth than Coach-makers, Joyners, Coblers, and Masons....

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...reprinted in 1910 and 1924." Additional material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the Everyman's Library edition of 1910. Content unique to this presen... ..., and how a received law should not easily be changed XXIII. Divers events from one selfsame counsell XXIV. Of Pedantisme XXV. Of the Institution and ... ... collecting; and this was to Montaigne like Bacchus, closed in, or loosed from his great Iupiters thigh) I the indulgent father invited two right Hon... ...d by no meanes be appeased, nor by the wailefull out-cries ofall sorts of people (as of men, women, and children) be moved to any pittty, they prost... ...ts atchieved by him, and with a fierce and arrogant manner upbraiding the people with them, had not the heart so much as to take their lots into his... ...utly defending themselves, covenanted to receive them as friends unto the people of Rome, and to enter their Citie as a place confederate, removing ... ...that lieth on this side Clery, with two Masters of Arts, traveling toward Bordeaux, about fiftie paces one from another; far off behind them, I descr...

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... consisting in the concomitance of the opposites, which gives it a real specificity. The paradox is of the nature of an explosive nucleus resulting from the fusion of satisfaction and anxiety. The first situation, during an instant, is derived from the appearance of something with a convincing meaning; the second one, that comes immediately, is the perception of someth...

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...2 Titu Popescu THE AESTHETICS OF PARADOXISM (second edition) Translated from Romanian by P. Georgelin, F. Smarandache, and L. Popescu American Res... ...rch Press Rehoboth 2002 3 This book can be ordered in microfilm format from: Bell and Howell Co. (University of Microfilm International) ... ... I received at the redaction office of “Curentul” in Munich a letter sent from the Istanbul camp for political refugees. A small writing, nervous and... ...cks! The notion of literature has become out of mode in this century and people laugh at it. I am ashamed to affirm that I create lyric and dramati... ...ed to affirm that I create lyric and dramatic texts. I dissimulate them. People don’t even read them, don’t listen to them. Anyway a paradoxist mo... ...e, comprised in that “Jeremiah’s lamentation, a great reproach to a whole people who let themselves to be driven imbecile”. The professor does not... ...eived the adherent card at the Center of Poetic Researches and Studies in Bordeaux. He is a member of the Writers and Artists International Associati... ...hevoz, Jaqueline, Antichambres, Antipoesies, Bizarreries, in “L’Esquirou”, Bordeaux, France, Mai-July 1989, no.5, pp115-116. Delperier, Annie, La ... ...o-Poemes, in “Annales de l’Academie des Lettres et des Arts du Perigord”, Bordeaux, France, July - September 1990, no.71, p.40. Popa, Constantin M....

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...rles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...cument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...University is an equal opportunity University. 3 Charles Dickens Pictures From Italy by Charles Dickens THE READER’S PASSPORT IF THE READERS OF T... ...ions—mere shadows in the water—of places to which the imaginations of most people are attracted in a greater or less degree, on which mine had dwelt f... ...nd touch it. For it is something to touch a carriage that has held so many people. It is a legacy to leave one’s children. The rooms are on the first ... ...y good sort of leath ern bottle, filled to the throat with the best light Bordeaux wine in the house. He never pays the bill till this bottle is full... ..., in white; with canvassed stalls; and fluttering merchandise. The country people are grouped about, with their clean baskets before them. Here, the l...

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...y James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publi... ...document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring, the Penns... ...ania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring Not... ...; for, to young wives who come merely to say, “I have seen it,” to country people, to inexperienced youths, and to foreigners, the opera house must on... ...easure; the fashion of rats so completely went out, that in these days few people knew anything of this detail of fashionable life before the Restora-... ...esterday, this letter of release is dated to-day. You see how powerful the people are who take an interest in Lucien.” At the sight of this document E... ...g for Spain, had gone as far as Tours. He had sent the chaise on as far as Bordeaux, with a servant inside, engaged to play the part of master, and to... ...servant inside, engaged to play the part of master, and to wait for him at Bordeaux. Then, returning by diligence, dressed as a commercial traveler, h... ... to the lawyer, “we shall set out this very afternoon for Angouleme by the Bordeaux coach, which goes quite as fast as the mail; and we shall not need...

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...Excerpt: Landfall and departure mark the rhythmical swing of a seaman?s life and of a ship?s career. From land to land is the most concise definition of a ship?s earthly fate. A ?Departure? is not what a vain people of landsmen may think. The term ?Landfall? is more easily understood; you fall in with the land, and it is a m...

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...imes, the only recreation-ground of the ladies and play-place of the young people. Dunbar Castle, standing on steep rocks above the North Sea, was not... ...eep rocks above the North Sea, was not only inaccessible on that side, but from its donjon tower commanded a magnificent view, both of the expanse of ... ...nded a magnificent view, both of the expanse of waves, taking purple tints from the shad- ows of the clouds, with here and there a sail fleeting befor... ... now playing at ball with Jamie when in comes a lay-brother, with a letter from Sir Patrick to say that he is coming the night to crave permission fro... ... face of north- ern nature, and it was hardly to be wondered at that young people, inheritors of the cultivated instincts of James I. and of the Plant... ...nd their dignity, and drive them into some strange behaviour that the good people of Berwick would never forget. They rode in, however, very upright a... ... Isabel and Beata spent their younger days, the one at Rouen, the other at Bordeaux, and have learned many young ladies in the true speaking of the Fr... ... Chronicles, the same that the good Canon had presented to King Richard of Bordeaux. Jean cast a careless glance at the illuminations, and ex- claimed...

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... we now call ?Empire.? Rain had refreshed the earth during the month of October, so that the trees were still green and leafy in November. The French people were beginning to put faith in a secret understanding between the skies and Bonaparte, then declared Consul for life,--a belief in which that man owes part of his prestige; strange to say, on the day the sun failed him...

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...scott Wormeley Dedication To Monsieur de Margone. In grateful remembrance, from his guest at the Chateau de Sache. De Balzac. PART I CHAPTER I JUDAS T... ...ober, so that the trees were still green and leafy in November. The French people were beginning to put faith in a secret understanding between the sk... ...f the accoutrements which denote either departure for a hunt or the return from it; and two women sitting near were looking at him as though beset by ... ...owever, that it overhung the rest of the features. The ears, well detached from the head, had the sort of mobility which we find in those of wild anim... ...the qui-vive. The mouth, half-open, as the custom usually is among country-people, showed teeth that were strong and white as almonds, but irregular. ... ...s place as keeper, was regarded as a Brutus by excited demagogues; but the people of the neighborhood 9 Balzac ceased to recognize him after this act... ...r to some one who asked why the Prince showed such hostility to the Duc de Bordeaux, “The Pretender is too young!” 186 An Historical Mystery “Singula...

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...Certain persons have reproached the Author for knowing no more about the language of the olden times than hares do of telling stories. Formerly these people would have been vilified, called cannibals, churls, and sycophants, and Gomorrah would have been hinted at as their natal place. But the Author consents to spare them the flowery epithets of ancient criticism; he conte...

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...ume II: The Second T en T ales by Honore de Balzac Droll Stories Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publica... ...lzac Droll Stories Volume T wo by Honore de Balzac Droll Stories Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine VOLUME II: The Second T en T ales PROLOGUE CERT... ...nguage of the olden times than hares do of telling stories. Formerly these people would have been vilified, called cannibals, churls, and sycophants, ... ...ge the hyperbolic title of your bud- get. You will never finish it.” These people are neither mis- anthropes nor cannibals; whether they are ruffians ... ...and in the hour of extreme unction, all their worth will be known. If such people would only keep these sad kindnesses; but they will not. When their ... ...e their minds easy, assures them that he has, legally protected and exempt from seizure, seventy droll stories, in that reservoir of nature, his brain... ...ved the idea of a relay of sweethearts, so that when he went from Paris to Bordeaux, every time he unsettled his nag he found ready for him a good mea...

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...at 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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...d. 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. Disc... ...f of filling the empty spaces on either side of the fireplace with benches from the antechamber, disregarding the baldness of their velvet covers whic... ...ld get out a word.” “And yet, my dear father,” said Simon Giguet, entering from the smaller salon, “you really must make that effort for me; for if th... ...ing the T error to the famous Malin de l’Aube, the repre- sentative of the people, in order to hold possession of the estate of Gondreville. [See “ An... ...arles Keller,—a par- liamentary arrangement which renders the elect of the people subject to re-election. When Simon Giguet sounded the old notary Gre... ...the Comte de Gondreville, then senator, and formerly representative of the people, who had despoiled the Cinq-Cygne family of their property. [See “An... ...stance: Why does the candidate prefer the wine of Champagne to the wine of Bordeaux? At Bordeaux, where wine is a religion, this pref- erence implies ...

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...e middle of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o?clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-entered the city by the bridge, without producing any other effect upon the passengers of the quay beyond a first movement o...

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...e Bragelonne. V olume I. CHAPTER 1 The Letter. TOWARDS THE MIDDLE of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o’clock in the morning, when the sun,... ...assengers of the quay beyond a first movement of the hand to the head, as a salute, and a second movement of the tongue to ex- press, in the purest Fr... ...the tongue to ex- press, in the purest French then spoken in France: “There is Monsieur returning from hunting.” And that was all. Whilst, however, th... ...wered Haarlem tapestry; in the center of this table was a long-necked stone bottle, in which were irises and lilies of the valley; at each end of this... ...mte de Bragelonne.” “Ah, very well! Introduce him, Saint-Remy — introduce him.” And when he had let fall these words, with his accus- tomed gravity, M... ...e prince, every maneuver of her august husband. Raoul, impassible, and a little disengaged by the atten- tion of his hosts, looked from his place thro... ... and sixty thousand livres.” “That is written.” “Upon Lyons —— “ The cardinal appeared to hesitate. “Upon Lyons,” repeated Bernouin. “Three millions n... ...le consequence to me, since none of these millions are mine.” “These millions are the king’s; it is the king’s money I am reckoning. Well, what were w... ...s go on, monsieur. Do you see any inconvenience in having an army at the end of a year, instead of two regiments? Do you not see that your garrison of...

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... of this work, lie on its opening pages like a branch of sacred box, taken from an unknown tree, but sanctified by religion, and kept ever fresh and g... ... tures now scarcely discernible, seem too weak to bear the brown clay pots from which springs the heart’s-ease or the rose-bush of some poor working-w... ...odfish and salt, a few bundles of sail-cloth, cordage, copper wire hanging from the joists above, iron hoops for casks ranged along the wall, or a few... ...tly took ineffable delight in gazing upon great masses of gold. Avaricious people gathered proof of this when they looked at the eyes of the good man,... ...ssion on the matter of vines, the talk fell upon Monsieur Grandet, knowing people said: “Le Pere Grandet? le Pere Grandet must have at least five or s... ...the remark. If some Parisian mentioned Rothschild or Monsieur Lafitte, the people of Saumur asked if he were as rich as Monsieur Grandet. When the Par... ...rosperity was rapid and brilliant; and in 1827 Charles Grandet returned to Bordeaux on the “Marie Caroline,” a fine brig belonging to a royalist house... ...rion neglected no means of cap- turing so rich a son-in-law. On landing at Bordeaux in June, 1827, Monsieur, Madame, Mademoiselle d’Aubrion, and Charl... ...est of the sum you were kind enough to lend me. I am expecting a case from Bordeaux which contains a few things which you must allow me to offer you a...

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...nd bewildered by guides, innkeepers, and horse-owners, at this otherwise delightful place, as to become undesirous of further travel. Nor do invalids from distant parts frequent Vernet....

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...hout his reign on the terms of friend rather than of captive, and was absolutely sheltered by this imprisonment throughout his nonage and early youth from the frightful violence and presumption of the nobles of his kingdom....

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...utely sheltered by this imprisonment throughout his nonage and early youth from the frightful violence and pre- sumption of the nobles of his kingdom.... ...aving been himself educated at Paris. The Abbey of Coldingham is described from a local com- pilation of the early part of the century, with an accoun... ... in the widest part of the valley, a sort of plat- form of rock jutted out from the hill-side, and afforded a station for one of those tall, narrow, g... ...e as well as to suffer,’ there was an approach of footsteps, and two young people entered the hall; the first a girl, with a family likeness to Malcol... ...dom hath he? What hope is there of his return? Can he brook to hear of his people’s wretchedness?’ This was the first question at which Sir James atte... ... with blood. Perhaps, both Lilias and old Halbert suggested, some of their people had returned and taken him to the Abbey of Coldingham, and as this w... ...gets on a Roman way. I’ll learn the trick, and have them from Edinburgh to Bordeaux ere ten years are out; and then, what with traffic and converse wi... ...rough France, and how welcome were the English tongues they heard again at Bordeaux, and how when poor Lady Joan saw her brother, the Prince, she clun... ...n unwillingness to go to her husband. But even then the Black Death was in Bordeaux, and being low and mournful at heart, the sweet maid contracted it...

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...: 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. Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort ...

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...ing committed the care of his literary Character and printed Writings to two friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men could the small sum-total of his activities in this world seem more inconsiderable than, in those last solemn days, it did to him. He had burnt much; found much unworthy; looking steadfastly into ...

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...o friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men could the small sum-total of his activities in... ...d by his position as a Churchman, had been led, in editing a Work not free from ecclesiastical heresies, and especially in writing a Life very full of... ...Hebrew Old- clothes;’ wrestling, with impotent impetuosity, to free itself from the baleful imbroglio, as if that had been its one function in life: w... ...it.—Simple peasant laborers, ploughers, house- servants, occasional fisher-people too; and the sight of ships, and crops, and Nature’s doings where Ar... ...dism when they have any character;—for the rest, an innocent good- humored people, who all drink home-brewed beer, and have brown loaves of the most e... ...ing. This is the ordinary Welsh village; but there are excep- tions, where people of more cultivated tastes have been led to settle, and Llanblethian ... ...im and that. CHAPTER V TO MADEIRA Sterling’s dubieties as to continuing at Bordeaux were quickly decided. The cholera in France, the cholera in Nice, ...