faces, as in those of the Countess and his friend Martial, the secrets of their agitation; and then...
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impotence more keenly. At last the Baron had found a seat by Madame de Soulanges. His eyes stole a...
ensconced yourself." "Oh, my dear, good Leon," said she in a coaxing tone, "I could not resist the...
Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage To the great and illustrious Geoff...
"Come, come, Celestine," said Rabourdin; "mix up ideas as much as you please, and make fun of them,...
"At last I find the husband of my dreams!" she cried. "My ignorance of your real merit has saved yo...
he read with amazement and stupefaction a deed of purchase which seemed wafted to him from the clou...
and the great world do not restrain them. You would hardly believe, however, how the injudicious co...
so doing you'll play the game of all the big people, and help the minister, the court, the clergy,-...
ministries; their accounts to be kept in future at the Treasury. Saillard is rich and does not need...
coachman. "Hi, Jean!" he called out to him; "Monseigneur has gone with the minister of war; they a...
Talleyrand was supposed to hail all events of whatever kind with a bon mot, so in these days of the...
Fleury [leaving the room]. "I don't care; I am offered a place as responsible editor. I shall have ...
paltry salary as mine any longer; I shall deprive the government of my co-operation." [Departs amid...
paid him. He stood very well with des Lupeaulx, whom he thought his friend, and they often breakfas...