absurd superstitions. " 'You are very credulous, Pauline!' " 'The woman whom you will love is goin...
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pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital. Suppose a merchant runs a risk of a million,...
to tell him." "Venture!" said the young man; "then is your master a prince?" "I don't know what he...
for it; and these are the virtues you prescribe to woman. And that is not enough. By way of requiti...
on, after a look at the anxious old man. "I came to see your treasures to while away the time till ...
he threatened to ship me off as a cabin-boy to the Antilles. A dreadful shiver ran through me if I ...
"Very good then, a life of riotous excess for me!" said the stranger, pouncing upon the piece of sh...
was comprised in this 'account rendered,' my future lay in a linen bag with eleven hundred and twel...
Byrons who, having crumpled up their lives like a serviette after dinner, have nothing left to do b...
"What is the name of that young man over there?" said the notary, indicating Raphael. "I thought I ...
moralists and politicians, the laws you set up are always to go before those of nature, and opinion...
crime. The Parisienne was not wanting in all her beauty that consists in an indescribable charm; ar...
"Poor Henriette!" When I returned to Clochegourde, the springtime, the first leaves, the fragrance...
avocations. He is still living. Though Madeleine could see me on the terrace, she did not come down...
intolerable, and causes much cruel anxiety to one who loves you. I have often found the grave of th...