more skilful to double and escape, than the Proteus of fable; it is only at the cost of struggle th...
2011-12-13
The Hidden Masterpiece by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley CHAPTER I O...
terrestrial space, "if we have not sinned against thy divine commandments, if we have not offended ...
conforming to her friend's action, looked at the sight and was silent. A single look, one of those ...
ignorant of coquetry; a look was given the instant it was asked for, the soft rays from the eyes of...
"And I," replied Etienne, "can _I_ go on the seashore after sundown?" The double meaning of this sp...
sign to Gabrielle, which told her he had something to whisper to her. Gabrielle understood him, and...
retain without appearing extraordinary at a period when educated women were thought phenomenal. The...
of the heavy atmosphere produced by the breath of many persons in a closed hall. His senses, accust...
Guard. The Marechal d'Ancre takes care of my lad, and our gracious Queen Marie thinks of allying hi...
On the great bed, where happiness never came, he looked for his beloved, and scarcely found her, so...
hands, white as those of a woman, were remarkably handsome. The habit of meditation had taught him ...
one! Like me, you are alone on earth." She sighed and wept. The graceful pose of her child lying on...
words uttered by the bonesetter, with an almost frenzied motion, and came to him with uplifted dagg...
panes, the old servitor had gone to the embrasure of a window and stood leaning against a corner of...