XI. made a sign. Marie appeared, followed by her old husband, who allowed her to pass in first. "G...
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that of nightmare, and he could not move a limb. Nay, the man himself was the nightmare; his presen...
"Are all those persons to take part in the inquiry?" he said to the king. Louis XI. could not help...
"You know me too well to believe it," Castanier retorted. Aquilina was benumbed by his coolness. "...
You might fear any one but me." "Ah, sire!" cried Cornelius, flinging himself at the king's feet, "...
Melmoth Reconciled by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage To Monsieur le General Baron ...
coloring of the long oval face, indicated quite as plainly as the cut of his clothes that the man w...
way. "Sire, I would willingly pay a thousand gold crowns if I could have a moment's talk with you;...
"My dear uncle, I am your nephew; isn't that as good as saying that I had dipped into the capital l...
Maitre Cornelius by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION To Mon...
believe in this excuse; but he suspected some treachery and he resolved to watch his treasure more ...
Observing the outline of the houses occupied respectively by Maitre Cornelius and by the Comte de P...
Madame Firmiani by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION To my d...
"Was he frightened?" asked the barber. "Misers are afraid of only one thing," replied the king. "My...
(from the answers to his inquiries) have had equal reason to suppose her a widow or wife, silly or ...