barking of the watch-dog, a servant came to meet us, saying that Monsieur le comte had gone to Azay...
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those who imagine the ideal of art without knowing anything of its practice. To reach the chateau ...
dwell on that pure time of youth when the mouth is innocent of falsehood; when the glance of the ey...
rich and flatter the strong of my division. My heart rose against either of these meannesses, which...
The Lily of the Valley by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION ...
"You have some very strong-minded people here," said Gaudissart, leaning against the door-post and ...
aspect of our work. We insure debtors by another scheme of policies and premiums. We offer annuitie...
him a sign to sit down, and said, "Let us converse, Monsieur." The two women went into Madame Marga...
the landlord, betook himself to the knave of Vouvray, the jovial merry-maker, the comic man of the ...
ever got the better of Gaudissart, the illustrious Gaudissart, and nobody ever will. Yes, I say it!...
pocket-handkerchiefs." Perhaps in course of time we may have an Exchange for thought; in fact, even...
The Illustrious Gaudissart by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATI...
light? Why, she breathes! That bosom,--see! Ah! who would not worship it on bended knee? The flesh ...
"It came there, and yet I love thee," he said, with a sort of contrition. "Am I, then, a wretch?" ...
figures changed position the shady places would not be wiped off, and would remain dark spots which...