him a sign to sit down, and said, "Let us converse, Monsieur." The two women went into Madame Marga...
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barking of the watch-dog, a servant came to meet us, saying that Monsieur le comte had gone to Azay...
light? Why, she breathes! That bosom,--see! Ah! who would not worship it on bended knee? The flesh ...
conforming to her friend's action, looked at the sight and was silent. A single look, one of those ...
The Illustrious Gaudissart by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATI...
terrestrial space, "if we have not sinned against thy divine commandments, if we have not offended ...
pocket-handkerchiefs." Perhaps in course of time we may have an Exchange for thought; in fact, even...
The Hidden Masterpiece by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley CHAPTER I O...
ever got the better of Gaudissart, the illustrious Gaudissart, and nobody ever will. Yes, I say it!...
more skilful to double and escape, than the Proteus of fable; it is only at the cost of struggle th...
figures changed position the shady places would not be wiped off, and would remain dark spots which...
"It came there, and yet I love thee," he said, with a sort of contrition. "Am I, then, a wretch?" ...
On the great bed, where happiness never came, he looked for his beloved, and scarcely found her, so...
Guard. The Marechal d'Ancre takes care of my lad, and our gracious Queen Marie thinks of allying hi...
of the heavy atmosphere produced by the breath of many persons in a closed hall. His senses, accust...