husband's stockings; get back to your needles." Though such speeches showed that the grand provost ...
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When at length it was evidently impossible to borrow any longer, whether because the amount of the ...
XI. made a sign. Marie appeared, followed by her old husband, who allowed her to pass in first. "G...
that of nightmare, and he could not move a limb. Nay, the man himself was the nightmare; his presen...
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 ...
with the skirt of his dalmatian, a species of robe made of black velvet, open in front, with large ...
spite of his sagacity the old Planter was unable to decide whether she turned pale from shame or pl...
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 ...
his coffees. There had been a dispute over each article, the first indication in Gobseck of the chi...