nor a good father. He had observed that we are never so tenderly loved as by women to whom we scarc...
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circumstance that enabled them to hide the dolorous spectacle of the funeral from the sorrowing Bar...
enameled like a meadow, sent up a soft murmur through the quiet night. Then the great doors of the ...
The Firm of Nucingen by Honore de Balzac Translated by James Waring TO MADAME ZULMA CARRAUD To w...
The Elixir of Life by Honore de Balzac Translated by Clara Bell and James Waring TO THE READER A...
whenever the bell rang; to estimate the drain of life when a carriage rolled past without stopping,...
and self-examination found nothing but selfishness in all his thoughts and motives, in the answers ...
accent, an urbane courtesy, and an ease of manner that could change in a moment to insolence, a sup...
ourselves. Has the Duchess surrendered? If so, I have nothing more to say. Come, give me your confi...
ventured to bring her face to face with herself. She has played with many a man, no doubt; I will a...
true; but, for my own part, I do not blame you. You are two centuries behind the times with your fa...
there is no merit in yielding oneself to bliss that is foreseen and ardently desired. Alas, my frie...
gave you my heart; that was not enough; you demanded, brutally, that I should give my person----" ...
"M. de Montriveau's prophecy has shaken my nerves," she said. "It was a joke, but still I will see ...
neighbour; and, in a word, the interests of all honest people personified. There, my friend, just b...