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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... ...c Classics Series Publication Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...case of the Sieur de Rubempre, whom Rastignac is setting up as a person of consequence,” said du Chatelet to the Secretary-General. “My dear Count,” r... ...ull of contrasts. On coming from the well-lighted regions of the Rue Saint-Honore, the Rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs, and 20 Scenes from a Courtesan’s ... ...t best that the loungers should go where they are to be found? What is the consequence? The gayest parts of the Boulevards, that delightfulest of prom... ...e Baron, Contenson went quietly from the Rue Saint-Lazare to the Rue Saint-Honore, as far as the Cafe David. He looked in through the windows, and saw... ...philanthropical romances; but the thief acts. He is as clear as a fact, as logical as a blow; and then his style! Another thing worth noting: the worl...

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...Catherine dé Medici by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katherine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...Catherine dé Medici by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katherine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...tate Electronic Classics Series Publication Catherine dé Medici by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication Catherine dé Medici by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ... of the future as to the coup d’Etat of the Prince de Polignac himself? In consequence of a whim of Shakespeare—or perhaps it may have been a revenge,... ...al ex- ercises,—which were nearly all the education his brother and he, in consequence of their detention as hostages, had ever received. The prince h... ... will also serve to explain the importance of the Sieur Lecamus, a furrier honored with the custom of two queens, Catherine dé Medici and Mary Stuart,... ...ore, I were forced to ad- mit the presence of God in matter, my voice must logically command the extinction of furnaces kept burning through- out the ... ..., with the forces which pro- duced it, when we cease to breathe.” “You are logical,” said the king, surprised. “But alchemy must therefore be an athei...

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...Excerpt: When, in March, 1832, the first volume of the now famous Contes Drolatiques was published by Gosselin of Paris, Balzac, in a short preface, written in the publisher?s name, replied to those attacks which he anticipated certain critics would make upon his hardy experiment....

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...Droll Stories Volume I: The First T en T ales by Honore de Balzac Droll Stories Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine A Penn... ...Droll Stories Volume I: The First T en T ales by Honore de Balzac Droll Stories Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine A Penn State ... ...Droll Stories Volume I: The First T en T ales by Honore de Balzac Droll Stories Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine A Penn State Ele... ...sics Series Publication Droll Stories, Volume One: The First Ten Tales by Honore de Balzac is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. T... ...ries Publication Droll Stories, Volume One: The First Ten Tales by Honore de Balzac is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Por... ...s Publication Droll Stories, Volume One: The First Ten Tales by Honore de Balzac is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portab... ...he good wine of Suresne. They went along, disputing about a thousand theo- logical subjects which got very much mixed up, and finished by rolling quie... ...osi- tion, who wished asked the king pardon for her husband, the which, in consequence of this adventure, she obtained. Nicole Beaupertuys having led ... ...ble’s wife. One morning Monsieur d’Armagnac having lots of leisure time in consequence of the flight of the Duke of Burgundy, who was quitting Lagny, ...

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...Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series ... ... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tr... ...er in almond-paste, eau-de-Portu- gal, and hair-oil, and was only too much honored when my only daughter was married to the son of Monsieur le Baron H... ...arneffe had just said concerning Lisbeth Fischer they had come to know, in consequence, partly, of the loneliness of the neighborhood, and of the alli... ...itious married courtesans who from the first accept depravity with all its consequences, and determine to make a fortune while taking their pleasure, ... ...rything for my sake?” asked the Brazilian. This South American born, being logical, as men are who 164 Cousin Betty have lived the life of nature, at... ...uld leave me alone on condition of being head- clerk. It is abominable—but logical.” “Valerie, do you love me?” “In the state in which I am, my dear, ...

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...Eve and David by Honoré de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series... ...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Eve and David by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication Eve and David by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Eve and David by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...d by Charles IX. on the day of Saint- Bartholomew. He lived to be rich and honored in his old age, and lectured on the ‘Science of Earths,’ as he call... ...n she began to speak. But Lucien, to the joy and surprise of his old love, honored her with inattention; her words fell unheeded on his ears; he sat l... ...ed a mere trifle of her. He was very careful besides to say nothing of the consequences of that trifle. She was only to carry a letter and a message, ... ...; the second is the suicide of despair; and the third the suicide based on logical argument. Despair and deductive reasoning had brought Lucien to thi... ...e protest, “but we do not wish to be obliged to pay cash for everything in consequence of slanders that shake our credit; THAT would bring us to a sta...

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...Excerpt: The Comte De Fontaine, head of one of the oldest families in Poitou, had served the Bourbon cause with intelligence and bravery during the war in La Vendee against the Republic. After having escaped all the dangers which threatened the...

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...The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac Translated by Clara Bell A Penn State Electronic Classics Series ... ...The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac Translated by Clara Bell A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pub... ...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell, the Pennsylvania State University, Ele... ...ontaine an appointment as administrator in the office of Crown lands. As a consequence of the intelligent at- tention with which he listened to his ro... ...when his two elder girls were married, had smarted under Emilie’s sarcasm. Logical readers will be surprised to see the old Royalist be- stowing his e...

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...The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Serie... ...age A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...fts, I will make you richer, more powerful, and of more 26 The Magic Skin consequence than a constitutional king.” The young man thought that the old... ...e is a great man; let us say no more about him.” “You are all drunk!” “The consequence of a Constitution is the immediate stul- tification of intellec... ...ong of songs that obscure genius is for ever singing; I want to come, in a logical manner, by the reason of the frequent successes of mediocrity. Alas... ...the standing of everybody, and uses every one for his own benefit. Is this logical, or am I a madman after all? Haven’t you there all the moral of the...

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Excerpt: Two Poets by Honore de Balzac, translated by Ellen Marriage.

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...Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Two Poets by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...e A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Two Poets by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Two Poets by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...nt or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Two Poets by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University,... ...or the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Two Poets by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- ... ...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Two Poets by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tro... ...haunted the cathedral; they cul- tivated the society of the clergy; and in consequence, when books of devotion were once more in demand, Cointet Broth... ...ng becomes impossible. Here this close sympathy was lacking, and Lucien in consequence was in the position of an angel who should endeavor to sing of ... ...bamboo. The Abbe Grozier had a Chinese book, an iconographical and techno- logical work, with a great many pictures in it, illustrating all the differ...

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...Ferragus Chief of the Devorants by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...Ferragus Chief of the Devorants by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...ic Classics Series Publication Ferragus, Chief of the Devorants by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...Classics Series Publication Ferragus, Chief of the Devorants by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...s epitomized; by night it is a dream of Greece. The rue Traversiere-Saint- Honore—is not that a villainous street? Look at the wretched little houses ... ...on a woman who held in horror all German sentimentalism. The young man, in consequence, distrusted himself, became dreamy, absorbed in his griefs, com... ...ming answer, he said to himself:— “But this man, so profoundly capable, so logical in his ev- ery act, who sees and foresees, who calculates, and even...

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...meley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Juana by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...ey A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Juana by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Juana by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Juana by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...ng that his comrades were blackguards, whose opinion would never be of any consequence to him if by chance they survived the present war, which seemed... ...red all the others: the joyous, girlish kiss of a daughter to a mother, an honored mother, a mother in whom shone all the domestic virtues. 16 Juana ... ...ed! She can have nothing more to lose.” Bitter reflection! rakes alone are logical and will punish a woman for devotion. Man created Satan and Lovelac... ...ermaster, rich as he was, was allowed no place in public life, and society logically refused him that to which he pretended in its midst. Finally, to ... ...r to fall upon her head. She judged her husband incapable of rising to the honored ranks of the social order, and she felt that he would one day desce...