...a look at Madame Hulot as Tartuffe casts at Elmire—when a provincial actor plays the part and thinks it necessary to emphasize its meaning—at Poitiers... ... monsieur!” “Y es, madame, at our mistresses’,” Crevel repeated in a melo- dramatic tone, and leaving his position to wave his right hand. 13 Balzac ... ...short, as you see me now.—Your daughter? Yes, I regard her as the means of winning you. Yes, I put a spoke in her marriage—and you will not get her ma... ... for the conduct of the populace during revolutions. AT THE TIME when this Drama opens, if Cousin Betty would have allowed herself to be dressed like ... ...s already.” “What a good joke it would be!” cried Crevel, “if I got to the winning post first!” “Good heavens! It is too bad of me to be telling you a... ... ket-gardeners in the neighborhood of Paris, dream of the glo- ries of the desk for their daughters, and look upon a shop- keeper, a jeweler, or a mon... ...This is the reason why the same prize, the same triumph, the same bays are awarded to great poets and to great generals. Wenceslas, by nature a dreame... ...Begin without me; I will join you,” said the Baroness. She sat down to her desk and wrote as follows: “My Dear Monsieur Crevel,—I have to ask a servic... ..., gave rise to a series of over-free jests, to which the Academy could not award the Montyon prize; but among which the name was taken up, to rest the...

...re Popes, who were not a whit 9 Rabelais embarrassed. Even in England the drama went very far for a time, and the comic authors of the reign of Charl... ...93, a French refugee, Peter Antony Motteux, whose English verses and whose plays are not without value, pub- lished in a little octavo volume a reprin... ...mposed an idea which had its whole origin in the rhyme—we might here see a dramatic trace found nowhere else. The name of Pantagruel is mentioned too,... ...tors of all times have been of this nature and disposition, that, upon the winning of a battle, they have chosen rather, for a sign and memorial of th... ...m falling; Who begat Goliah, Who begat Erix, that invented the hocus pocus plays of leg erdemain; Who begat Titius, Who begat Eryon, Who begat Polyphe... ...temon, and that merely out of a spite and spleen for having pronounced his award more veritable than she, upon the question which was merrily proposed... ...ly instanced against him in a certain decree, judgment, or sentence lately awarded, given, and pronounced by him; and that, therefore, he had taken ho... ...a very honest man, careful labourer of the ground, fine singer in a church-desk, of good repute and credit, and older than the most aged of all your w...

...Dorothea, an air of astonished discovery animating her whole person with a dramatic action which she had caught from that very Madame Poincon who wore... ... dreaming along end- less vistas of unwearying companionship, was a little drama which never tired our fathers and mothers, and had been put into all ... ...eature!” She pinched Celia’s chin, being in the mood now to think her very winning and lovely—fit hereafter to be an eternal cherub, 31 George Eliot ... ...covered with books.” “Ah, there you are behind Celia, my dear. Celia, now, plays very prettily, and is always ready to play. However, since Casaubon d... ...town as a gra- cious indication that a more manifest blessing is now to be awarded to my efforts, which have hitherto been much with stood. With regar... ...e form of a professional enthusiasm: he had a youthful belief in his bread-winning work, not to be stifled by that initia- tion in makeshift called hi... ...nd his father. “He is sure not to be long, because he has some work at his desk that must be done this morning. Do you mind staying with me, while I f... ...hey entered the parlor Caleb had thrown down his hat and was seated at his desk. “What! Fred, my boy!” he said, in a tone of mild surprise, holding hi... ...e strength of his mind as well as constitution; and he was not backward in awarding credit to the medical man who had discerned the quality of patient...

...ld bard. In what can I be serviceable to ye, lady?” and to spring from his desk, to smooth his apron, to stand before her the obedient Shop Boy, the P... ... to propose to you, then, is taken from the French, just like the original dramas above mentioned; and, indeed, I found it in the law report of the Na... ...me hesitation, said he had been speculat- ing in railroads, and stated his winnings to have been thirty thousand pounds. He had commenced his speculat... ...e! Her ladyship told me what a sweet gal she was—hamiable, fond of poetry, plays the gitter. Then she hasked me if I liked blond bewties and haubin ha... ... came tumbling in—he took the primmiums by fifties and hundreds a day. His desk was cramd 124 Thackeray full of bank notes: his brane world with igsi... ...er, that the victory was won: he cares not for the empty honors which were awarded to more fortunate men! “We marched after the battle to Delhi, where... ..., a gules wavy, on a saltire reversed of the second: the latter device was awarded for a daring exploit before Ascalon, by the Emperor Maximilian, and... ...every battle in the French history—we will not deprive you of the honor of winning this. Y ou will please to commence the attack with your brigade.” B... ... ing-books and for children; it is needless for the reflecting spirit. The drama of Punch himself is not moral: but that drama has had audiences all o...

... the “News Letter” or the “Grand Cyrus.” My lady used to have boxes of new plays from Lon- don, and Harry was forbidden, under the pain of a whipping,... ...same thing. My clerk Nahum lodges with them—I can never go into my reading-desk and have that fellow so near me. I won’t have that man near me.” “If a... ...er man does to wear a breastplate and jack-boots, or to mount a merchant’s desk, for a livelihood, and from obedience and necessity, rather than from ... ... times al- most, trying her freaks and jealousies, her wayward frolics and winning caresses, upon all that came within her reach; she set her women qu... ...very well in Newgate, and with comforts very different to those which were awarded to the poor wretches there (his insensibility to their misery, thei... ...respect to this young one, it was impossible not to love him, so frank and winning were his manners, his beauty, his gayety, the ring of his laughter,... ...rutal, mean, and de- grading, that yet form by far the greater part of the drama of war? Y ou, gentlemen of England, who live at home at ease, and com... ...ieved glories 256 Henry Esmond and palms incomparably brighter than those awarded to the most splendid earthly conquerors—crowns of immortal light, a... ... young Pretender were blown away; and with that music, too, I may say, the drama of my own life was ended. That happiness, which hath subsequently cro...

...ry, squirrel-like expression of the prin- cess’ pretty face changed into a winning and piteous look of fear. Her beautiful eyes glanced askance at her... ...d plans, the tall glass-fronted bookcases with keys in the locks, the high desk for writing while standing up, on which lay an open exercise book, and... ...go, but he stopped her with a gesture and took an uncut book from the high desk. “Here is some sort of Key to the Mysteries that your Heloise has sent... ... was joyfully received. A thanksgiving service was ar- ranged, Kutuzov was awarded the Grand Cross of Maria Theresa, and the whole army received rewar... ...orts of tempting wares. The Pavlograds held feast after feast, celebrating awards they had received for the campaign, and made expeditions to Olmutz t... ..., gazed at Dolokhov’s hands which held the pack. Much depended on Rostov’s winning or losing on that seven of hearts. On the previous Sunday the old c... ...eened candles, holding a paper in his outstretched hand, and in a somewhat dramatic attitude was reading his manu- script—his “Remarks” as he termed i... ...e is specially applicable. Only unconscious action bears fruit, and he who plays a part in an historic event never under- stands its significance. If ... ...ong as an unseen hand directed his actions. The manager having brought the drama to a close and stripped the actor shows him to us. “See what you beli...