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...aint-Denis, almost at the corner of the Rue du Petit-Lion, there stood formerly one of those delightful houses which enable historians to reconstruct old Paris by analogy. The threatening walls of this tumbledown abode seemed to have been decorated with hieroglyphics....

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...At the Sign of the Cat and Racket by Honoré de Balzac Translated by Clara Bell A Penn State Electronic Classics Series ... ...At the Sign of the Cat and Racket by Honoré de Balzac Translated by Clara Bell A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pub... ...c Classics Series Publication At the Sign of the Cat and Racket by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...lassics Series Publication At the Sign of the Cat and Racket by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...erly one of those delightful houses which enable historians to reconstruct old Paris by analogy. The threatening walls of this tumbledown abode seemed... ...ris. This covering, warped by the extremes of the Paris climate, projected three feet over the roadway, as much to protect the threshold from the rain... ...fully wrapped in his cloak, stood under the awning of a shop opposite this old house, which he was studying with the enthusiasm of an antiquary. In po... ...he loft was suddenly flung open, that he did not observe the apparition of three laughing faces, pink and white and chubby, but as vulgar as the face ... ...le green eyes, that might have been pierced with a gimlet, flashed beneath arches faintly tinged with red in the place of eyebrows. Anxieties had wrin...

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... other. Middelburg, the chief town in the island, destined to become so famous in the annals of Protestantism, at that time only numbered some two or three hundred hearths; and the prosperous town of Ostend was an obscure haven, a straggling village where pirates dwelt in security among the fishermen and the few poor merchants who lived in the place....

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...Excerpt: The Rue Du Tourniquet-Saint-Jean, formerly one of the darkest and most tortuous of the streets about the Hotel de Ville, zigzagged round the little gardens of the Paris Prefecture, and ended at the Rue Martroi, exactly at the angle of an old wall now pulled down. Here stood the turnstile to which the street owed its name; it was not r...

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...s, however complying she may be, he ended by crossing the threshold and asking if Maitre Francois Porbus were within. At the affirmative answer of an old woman who was sweeping out one of the lower rooms the young man slowly mounted the stairway, stopping from time to time and hesitating, like a newly fledged courier doubtful as to what sort of reception the king might gra...

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...The Hidden Masterpiece by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...The Hidden Masterpiece by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication The Hidden Masterpiece by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...lectronic Classics Series Publication The Hidden Masterpiece by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...ing if Maitre Francois Porbus were within. At the affirmative answer of an old woman who was sweeping out one of the lower rooms the young man slowly ... ...enry IV., if chance had not thrown an unexpected assistance in his way. An old man mounted the spiral stairway. The odd- ity of his dress, the magnifi... ...shes, and the eyebrows were scarcely 5 Balzac traced along the projecting arches where they belonged. Imag- ine such a head upon a lean and feeble bo... ... man cast a look upon the youth which was full of sagacity; then he rapped three times upon the door, and said, when it was opened by a man in feeble ... ...rested on an easel in the middle of the room, and which bore, as yet, only three or four chalk lines. The light thus concentrated did not reach the da...

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Excerpt: Scenes from a Courtesan?s Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by James Waring.

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Excerpt: Ursula by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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Excerpt: The Vicar of Tours by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...The Collection of Antiquities by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Ser... ...The Collection of Antiquities by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series... ...ronic Classics Series Publication The Collection of Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ... “Hotel d’Esgrignon” was nothing more nor less than the house in which the old Marquis lived; or, in the style of ancient documents, Charles Marie Vic... ...hat d’Esgrignons lost their heads on the scaffold during the troubles. The old blood showed itself proud and high even in 1789. The Marquis of that da... ...on to bear the name of the d’Esgrignons. The old Marquis— he was but fifty-three, but adversity and sharp distress had added months to every year—the ... ... proved already, was simply unbounded for the great house now re- duced to three persons; although he accepted all their ideas, and thought them nothi... ...nt disease. It was a plain-looking house, built of brick, with brick- work arches above the windows, and bright green Venetian shutters to make it gay... ... the farther side, opposite the house, stood a shed, a roof over two brick arches. A little wicket-gate gave entrance into the gloomy place (made gloo...

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...Maitre Cornelius by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...Maitre Cornelius by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication Maitre Cornelius by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...Irregularly shed among a forest of columns and arcades which supported the three naves of the cathedral, the gleam of these masses of candles barely l... ...astic forms which increased the darkness that already wrapped in gloom the arches, the vaulted ceilings, and the lateral chapels, always sombre, even ... ...g chests of the intoning clergy, sent a murmuring echo through the distant arches, and the hushed assembly were awaiting the beneficent words of the a... ...sed the same thought,—a caustic, jeering thought, a silent slan- der. T wo old women shook their heads, and gave each other a glance that seemed to di... ...nce left for a moment the vellum page of the prayer-book and turned to the old man whom the young man had designated. What terrible complicity was in ... ...l in being near you, in hearing you speak to me. I have made plans,—two or three plans,—and now that I see you all seems accomplished.” “But I am lost...

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...s, near the ruins of a house recently pulled down, at the point where in our day the wing begins which was intended to unite the chateau of Catherine de Medici with the Louvre of the Valois....

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...The Alkahest by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...c Classics Series Publication The Alkahest (The House of Claes) by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormely is a publication of the Pennsy... ...onic transmission, in any way. The Alkahest (The House of Claes) by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormely, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...a greater degree than those of other domiciles, the characteristics of the old Flemish buildings, so naively adapted to the patriar- chal manners and ... ... ish life. English comfort is harsh in tone and arid in color; whereas the old-fashioned Flemish interiors rejoice the eye with their mellow tints, an... ...a it learned the ponderous diplomacy which, to use a popular saying, takes three steps backward to one for- ward; while its trade with India poured in... ... dikes, husbandry , nor revolutions; and they *Flanders was parcelled into three divisions; of which East- ern Flanders, capital Ghent, and Western Fl... ...e longed for a swallow to build her nest in the red coping that roofed the arches of the windows. The precise and immaculate air of this facade, a lit... ...n to them for love, the sentiment that budded into life beneath the gloomy arches of the picture-gallery, beside the stern old abbe, in a still and si...

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Excerpt: Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...Excerpt: IN 1828, at about one o?clock one morning, two persons came out of a large house in the Rue du Faubourg Saint- Honore, near the Elysee-Bourbon. One was the famous doctor, Horace Bianchon; the other was one of the most elegant men in Paris, the Baron de Rastignac; they were friends of long standing. Each had sent away his carriage, and...

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...The Country Doctor by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell A Penn State Electro... ...The Country Doctor by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell A Penn State Electronic... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Country Doctor by Honoré de Balzad, trans. Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell is a publication of the Pen... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac The Country Doctor by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage... ...sy coat of his horse. He held himself firm and erect in the saddle like an old cavalry 5 Balzac officer. Even if his black cravat and doeskin gloves,... ...two years’ pay untouched, and never spent his allowances, like some shrewd old men of business with whom cautious prudence has al- most become a mania... ... were a few stools consisting of rough blocks of beech-wood, each set upon three wooden legs; a hutch for bread, a large wooden dipper, a bucket and s... ...eat up the whole lot of prunes, the madcaps!” Then she seated herself on a three-legged stool, drew the little weakling between her knees, and began t... ...oming out of Spain and on the way to Berlin; well, you would see triumphal arches, and in the sculpture upon them the common soldiers are done every b...

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Excerpt: Seraphita by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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Excerpt: Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...The Lesser Bourgeoisie (The Middle Classes) by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...The Lesser Bourgeoisie (The Middle Classes) by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...lectronic Classics Series Publication The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ... entitled “ A Double Life” (Scenes from Private Life), that naive relic of old Paris, has at the present moment no existence except in our said typogr... ...merchant, but even that house, its last asylum, has been demolished. Alas! old Paris is disap- pearing with frightful rapidity. Here and there, in the... ...locks. Seven windows lighted the gray front of this house which was raised three storeys, end- ing in a mansard roof covered with slate. The porte-coc... ...ocation he had cho- sen in the heart of this well-filled building, exactly three years before the curtain rises on the present domestic drama. The cle... ...sailles; the windows have masks carved as ornaments in the centre of their arches and below their sills. The door, of small panels in the upper half a...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Pro and con monsieur de manerville, the father, was a worthy Norman gentleman, well known to the Marechael de Richelieu, who married him to one of the richest heiresses of Bordeaux in the days when the old duke reigned in Guienne as governor. The...

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...The Marriage Contract by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic... ...The Marriage Contract by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Cl... ...ate Electronic Classic Series Publication The Marriage Contract by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publica- tion of the Pen... ... Electronic Classic Series Publication The Marriage Contract by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publica- tion of the Pennsy... ...rried him to one of the richest heiresses of Bordeaux in the days when the old duke reigned in Guienne as governor. The Norman then sold the estate he... ...through the dissipations of his youth, and, giving them, like many another old man, a higher place than they really hold in life, Monsieur de Manervil... ... the college of Vendome in 1810, lived under close paternal discipline for three years. The tyranny by which the old man of seventy oppressed his heir... ...ort my belongings to Bordeaux into my father’s old mansion, and I’ll spend three months of the year in Paris in this house, which I shall keep.” “Will... ...edding. Ask the intrepid soul why it shivers; why the chill of those black arches enervates it; why the sound of steps startles it; why it notices the...

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...Ferragus Chief of the Devorants by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...Ferragus Chief of the Devorants by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...ic Classics Series Publication Ferragus, Chief of the Devorants by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...Classics Series Publication Ferragus, Chief of the Devorants by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ... Compan- ions, an “Obade,”—a sort of halting-place, kept by a “Mother,” an old woman, half-gypsy, with nothing to lose, knowing everything that happen... ...would be out of place here. The author must, however, add that un- der the old monarchy it was not an unknown thing to find a “T rempe-la-Soupe” ensla... ...e narrow streets exposed to the north, where the sun never comes more than three or four times a year, are the cut-throat streets which murder with im... ...s Paris, ignoble, vulgar, narrow, yellowish in tone, with four storeys and three windows on each floor. The outer blinds of the first floor were close... ...philoso- phers themselves? As we hear it, we think God speaks; the vaulted arches of no church are mere material; they have a voice, they tremble, the...