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...ions begin with a bustle before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no deputy from Arcis in the Chamber....

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...ovinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Ba... ... Mademoiselle Mars. By calling to mind the most charming Celimene that the Theatre-Francais ever had, an excellent idea of Severine Grevin’s appearanc... ...nt the servant threw open the door and announced dinner. After dinner, the theatre was proposed; that is one of the amusements that Parisians miss the... ...t divert his mind a little.” V 243 Balzac CHILDREN ON HIS RETURN from the theatre Monsieur Octave de Camps declared that it would be long before they... ...ating this treaty in order that she shall make her first appearance at his theatre.” 294 The Deputy of Arcis “Well, adieu, my dear fellow; a pleasant... ...urmuring. Left alone, the signora rapidly resumed her usual dress, and the directors’ carriage took her back to the hotel where she had stayed since a...

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..., looking at the fashions, or reading 4 Men’s Wives Cumberland’s “British Theatre.” The Sunday Times was her paper, for she voted the Dispatch, that ... ...ry one of the roulades, flourishes, and ornaments as she heard them at the theatres by Mrs. Humby, Mrs. Waylett, or Madame V estris. The girl had a fi... ... and, if the truth must be known, had appeared many and many a time at the theatre in Catherine Street, in minor parts first, and then in Little Pickl... ...slightingly of him, for he had no literary tastes, and had never been at a theatre since he took his bride from one. He was valet to Lord Slapper at t... ...poor girl for doing so. Her locks were her pride; she acted at the private theatre “hair parts,” where she could appear on purpose to show them in a d... ...nies invented, but to place thou- sands in the pockets of shareholders and directors? Into these commercial pursuits the gallant Captain now plunged w... ...rise in the City as a capitalist, and might be seen in the printed list of directors of many excellent and philanthropic schemes, of which there is ne...

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... spindling golden legs, and they began to talk. Condy had taken her to the theatre the Monday night of that week, as had been his custom ever since he... ...tionality goes in San Francisco); during the season Rivers took her to the theatres Monday nights, and called regularly Wednesdays and Sundays. Then t... ...e concealed about your person.” 23 Frank Norris “Huh! no, it all goes for theatre tickets, and flowers, and boxes of candy for a certain girl I know.... ...h young Sargeant to have supper together that night, and perhaps go to the theatre after- ward. And now at the sight of Sargeant in the “round window”... ...s Condy’s salary. The two had sup- per together, and Sargeant proposed the theatre. “No, no; I’ve got to work to-night,” asserted Condy. After dinner,... ...y aliases. He told them of his meeting with Billy Isham, one of the club’s directors, and of the happy-go-lucky, reckless, unpractical char- acter of ...

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...fter the manner of a pantomime trick, the strings being always pulled by the directors of the com pany to which the machine belonged. The quicksilver... ...ne belonged. The quicksilver was so ingeniously placed, that when the acting directors held shares in their pockets, figures denoting very small expen... ... expenses and very large returns appeared upon the glass; but the moment the directors parted with these pieces of paper, the estimate of needful expe... ...tion by de tailing the plot of this portion of the pantomime not of the theatre, but of life. The Honourable Captain Fitz Whisker Fiercy, attende... ...mime, that we hardly know which to select as the proper fellow of him of the theatres. At one time we were disposed to think that the harlequin was ne... ...been objected that by ex hibiting gratuitously through the country when the theatre is closed, they reduce themselves to the level of mounte Mudfog ...

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... when Mr. James, to crown all, said he had no doubt that his friends, the Directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, would make Mr. Titmarsh ... ...tirement at Putney; but mainly, to give him an opportunity of thanking the Directors of the Company in question for a delightful excursion. It was one... ... despise such a homely ornament. I have got a map with squares, fountains, theatres, public gar- dens, and Places d’Othon marked out; but they only ex... ...ty which will only bear to be looked at from a distance, like a scene in a theatre. What is the most beautiful nose in the world, if it be covered wit... ... gauze curtains lifted away, one by one, before a great fairy scene at the theatre. This will give idea enough of the fog; the difficulty is to descri... ...h Constantinople produces on the mind. But if you were never affected by a theatre, no words can work upon your fancy, and typographi- cal attempts to... ...a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo Makri—cheerful old desolate village—theatre by the beautiful sea-shore—great fertility, oleanders—a palm-tree i...

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...NTHONY was expecting them in London. It was now winter, and the season for theatres; so, to show his brother- in-law the fun of a theatre was one part... ... lit a cigar and puffed at it fretfully. “Will you come and try one of the theatres for an hour?” he asked. She rose submissively, afraid to say that ... ...re bailiff never ran, nor duns obscured the firmament. And then there were theatres here—huge extravagant places! Algernon went over to an entrance of... ...I’m much obliged. These chaps get tickets given ‘m, and grow as cocky in a theatre as men who pay. He never had such wine in him as I’ve got. That I’d... ...ing accomplished, he took some hasty puffs of tobacco, and returned to the theatre, in the hope that the dark girl Rhoda was to be seen there; for now... ...fallen, from no worse an incitement than curiosity. Cold curiosity, as the directors of our human constitution tell us, is, in the colder condition of...

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...rris I I I I I AT EIGHT O’CLOCK in the inner vestibule of the Audito- rium Theatre by the window of the box office, Laura Dearborn, her younger sister... ...ter Page, and their aunt—Aunt Wess’—were still waiting for the rest of the theatre-party to appear. A great, slow-moving press of men and women in eve... ...t succeeded one another in an interminable line before the entrance of the theatre, were swathed to the eyes in furs. The spume and froth froze on the... ...at was the concourse of teams, that two blocks 8 The Pit distant from the theatre they were obliged to fall into line, advancing only at intervals, a... ...consulted him, pro- moters sought his friendship, his name on the board of directors of a company was an all-sufficing endorsement; in a word, a “stro... ...colouring and fusing of glass was cited as an authority. He was one of the directors of the new Art Gallery that had taken the place of the old Exposi... ...sted. But from behind the heavy curtains that draped the en- trance to the theatre proper, came a muffled burst of music, followed by a long salvo of ... ...oard of T rade himself, and with him the vice-president and a group of the directors. Evidently it had been these who had called the traders to order....

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...equently not at home her- 24 The Lesser Bourgeoisie self. She went to the theatres, where boxes were sometimes given to her; and she would send word ... ...ssion. The government clerks of his division at the minis- try, the office directors, and even the heads of divisions came to his concerts; now and th... ...but final re- hearsals. Thanks to Madame Colleville’s intimacies, both the theatre and the ministry lent themselves kindly to the needs of this indust... ...me. Mere Cardinal, who to entertain a neighbor had taken her to the Bobino theatre, recognized in the leading lady her 157 Balzac own daughter, whom ... ...nd the leading lady had no doubt jumped across the footlights and left the theatre with the audience, instead of issuing by the stage-door, where Mada... ..., is the natural daughter of the celebrated Mademoiselle Beaumesnil of the Theatre Francais and Peyrade, the com- missary-general of police under the ... ...fortunes of the Odeon, that fatal theatre which, for years, ruined all its directors. Right or wrong, the quarter in which this dramatic impossibility...

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...heart some noble and beautiful being,—not a stage-player, a masquerader, a theatre woman, an author whose business it is to feign sentiments, a creatu... ...g the gentle tenets of her sex. A woman commits a sin in even go- ing to a theatre; but to write the impieties that actors repeat, 50 Balzac to roam ... ...iness it was to engage a stall had taken it quite near to that part of the theatre which is called the avant-scene. As Calyste looked about him during... ...sense of loyalty, the first thought of Sabine’s hus- band was to leave the theatre. As he left the door of the or- chestra stalls, he saw the door of ... ... a woman’s note-paper; it had a perfume of feminine elegance.” “Those club directors are such dandies!” The Vicomte de Portenduere and his wife, forme... ... com- petition, it would be fine; but you buy animals as the manag- ers of theatres trade in artists; you degrade an institution to a gambling game; y...

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...lentin, bankers; Thomas Flanagan, a brewer; and Gauthier Ralph, one of the Directors of the Bank of England—all rich and highly respectable personages... ...cially here in Bundelcund. The whole district north of the Vindhias is the theatre of inces- sant murders and pillage.” “The poor wretch!” exclaimed P... ...then a fourth, until a human monument reaching to the very cornices of the theatre soon arose on top of the noses. This elicited loud applause, in the... ...ng man!” Mr. Fogg, Aouda, and Passepartout passed through the lobby of the theatre to the outside, where they encountered the Honourable Mr. Batulcar,... ...a kind of presentiment, at last led him into the Honourable Mr. Batulcar’s theatre. He certainly would not have recognised Passepartout in the ec- cen... ...as supplied with saloon cars, balcony cars, restaurants, and smoking-cars; theatre cars alone were wanting, and they will have these some day. Book an...

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...ained imagination can by the help of these details obtain some idea of the theatre of the war and of the men who were its instruments. The flowering h... ...r clean sweep of our affairs. Those pentarchs,—puppets, I call them,—those directors have just lost a good blade; Bernadotte has aban- doned them.” “W... ...Europe is against us, and this time she has got the whip hand. While those Directors are fighting together like horses in a stable without any oats, a... ...hink it quite unmeaning. I have met with it every- where, in books, at the theatre, in society,—yes, everywhere, and never have I found in it even a s... ...steps of Mademoiselle de V erneuil were now turned, was destined to be the theatre on which the drama begun at La Vivetiere was to end. There- fore, h... ...ly belonging to a sultana, which she had jestingly brought with her to the theatre of war, as some persons take note- books in which to jot down their...

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... certain companies. People are still such asses that they trust a Board of Directors made up of members of Parliament, and therefore of course members... ... must always be like this with me,’ he said, —and then he went back to the theatres and other ordinary conversation. ‘I suppose you’ve got to the bott... ...pperton had once been Chairman. There was now an- other Chairman and other Directors; but Mr Mills Happerton’s influence had so far remained with the ... ... put the somewhat lengthy pam- phlet into his pocket. ‘Look at the list of Directors. We’ve three members of Parliament, a baronet, and one or two Cit... ...ere, my man. I’ll give a written account of the dealings between us to the Directors. By G—, they shall know their man.’ ‘You’re an ass, Sexty, and al... ...oncerned his word would surely suffice. Mr Hartlepod, backed by two of the Directors, said if the thing was to go on at all, the money must really be ... ...algar Square, and along the Strand, and up some dirty streets by the small theatres, and so on to Holborn and by Bloomsbury Square up to T ottenham Co...

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.... I am a careful watcher of the market. I have friends—brokers and railway Directors. I can rely on them.’ ‘Pray,’ interposed Lady Dunstane, ‘specify—... ...of the requirements of poor English travellers entertained by the Seigneur Directors of the class above them, was that they differed from cattle in st... ...at mine was named, and the rush for allot- ments. She knew a couple of the Directors. They vowed to her that ten per cent. was a trifle; the fortune t... ...when celebrated impressively, it seemed. ‘Tony calls the social world “the theatre of appetites,” as 323 George Meredith we have it at present,’ she ... ...r drencher. But a pretty woman in a right-down ter- magant passion is good theatre; because it can’t last, at that pace; and you’re sure of your agree...

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...roydon, the prestigious military academy of the East India Company and had been nominated by the directors for a commission in a cavalry unit. He ca... ...ing Helen reported to the ship’s hospital. This consisted of a ward with three beds, an operating theatre, a sluice room and a surgery. The first pa... ...deal with these patients and refer to me any whom you think might need surgery. I shall be in the theatre,’ muttered Dr. James, making no effort to ... ...ext day the Nawab, Prince Hassan and Gavin paid a visit to the clinic. Helen was in the operating theatre performing a tonsillectomy on a young boy ... ...erve, Sir Gavin?’ enquired Mahmoud Bin Said. He led them to an annex separated from the operating theatre by a glass wall. Helen was bent over her p...

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...th masons, sir, and I make him the sign continually; but, because I am in this unfortunate position, sir, he won’t give me the counter-sign!’ CHAPTER ... ...nt re- duced condition it bears a thaw almost worse than any place I know. It gets so dreadfully low-spirited when damp breaks forth. Those wonderful ... ... with the rain-drops coursing one another down its innocent nose. Those inscru- table pigeon-hole offices, with nothing in them (not so much as an ink... ...upon its last smouldering ashes. And yet, on such a night in so degenerate a time, the ob- ject of my journey was theatrical. And yet within half an h... ... the ob- ject of my journey was theatrical. And yet within half an hour I was in an immense theatre, capable of holding nearly five thousand people. ... ... world, with the tower of yonder Christian church of Saint Sepulchre monstrously before their eyes! Is there any haunting of the Bank Parlour, by the ... ...e are all agreed on that. But, we must not quite forget the crowds of gentlefolks who set the shamefully dangerous fashion, either. We must not quite ... ...nd lady, a young husband and wife, have bought and fitted up this building for its present noble use, and have quietly settled themselves in it as its...

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...s of movements which answered the purpose of the three knocks given at the Theatre-Francais. After binding his wife, daughter, and son-in-law to the d... ...n’s most brilliant evenings. Many of her customary guests came in from the theatres and swelled the company already assembled, among whom were several... ...ompany’s child is to the regi- 53 Balzac ment, what the figurante is to a theatre; something artless, naive, innocent, a being blinded by illusions. ... ...band of Madame Colleville, Celestine’s rival, play in the or- chestra of a theatre; others like du Bruel, write vaudeville, comic operas, melodramas, ... ...ill-lighted stairways, doors with oval panes of glass like eyes, as at the theatre. In the first room as you enter you will find the office servant; i... ...“how a nation can do with- out heads of divisions, general-secretaries and directors, and all this splendid array of officials, the glory of France an... ...laries; and also this second and not less logical and important corollary: Directors-general may be statesmen. Perhaps it is in that sense that more t...

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...ty, I thought everything attainable: I entered with confidence on the vast theatre of the world, which my merit was to capti- vate: at every step I ex... ... My turn came a month after; for all this time was thought necessary by my directors, that they might have the honor of a difficult conversion, and ev... ... retrenching it; going to the coffee-house but every other day, and to the theatre but twice a week. With respect to the expenses of girls of easy vir... ... regularly dedicated, at Maugis, the evenings on which I did not go to the theatre. I became acquainted with M. de Legal, M. Husson, Philidor, and all... ...ll makes me laugh. No person would suspect it was to me, the lovers of the theatre at Paris, owe Coralline and her sister Camille, nothing however, ca... ...for France, quietly continued at Venice, and accepted an engagement in the theatre of Saint Luke, to which Coralline, a child as she still was, drew g... ...rom any quarter the least justice to expect, I gave up the affair; and the directors of the opera, without either answering or listening to my reasons...

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...s play while they are waiting outside the Govern- ment House or the Gaiety Theatre of nights; he learned to smoke tobacco that was three-fourths cowdu... ...er saddle, he kissed her be- fore all the picnic. It was like a scene in a theatre, and the likeness was heightened by all the dust-white, ghostly-loo... ...d recognize you, but you would have some trouble in recogniz- ing him. The Directors of the Bank—it had its headquarters in Calcutta and its General M... ...ie up to a fairly severe breaking-strain. They trusted him just as much as Directors ever trust Managers. You must see for yourself whether their trus... ...ny impression on. One day, at a big dinner, he announced casually that the Directors had shifted on to him a Natural Curiosity, from England, in the A... ...ordinarily polite terms of his letter of engagement into a belief that the Directors had chosen him on account of his special and brilliant talents, a... ... referred to himself as a pillar of the Bank and a cherished friend of the Directors, and Reggie tore his hair. If a man’s English subordinates fail h... ...ivil Lines. Yale’s groom went with him. T wo men broke into the Regimental Theatre and took several paint- pots and some large scenery brushes. Then n... ...g been misin- formed. The whole Court applauded wildly, like soldiers at a theatre, and the Judge began to say what he thought. * * * Biel cam...

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... go and read the papers in a cafe. Then, in the evening, I shall go to the theatre; I shall look like some retired baker. That is what I want.” “Come,... ...under the celebrated baritone who made such a successful appearance at the Theatre Italien; at the same time I felt inclined to learn dancing of the d... ...on for the impresari; I gave her a few lines for the director of the Valle Theatre, who is under some obligation to me. But what is the matter, Albert... ...knew that he seldom lost a scene at the opera. Albert wan- dered about the theatre until the curtain was drawn up. He hoped to meet with M. de Monte C... ...death?” “You do not suppose that, publicly outraged in the face of a whole theatre, in the presence of your friends and those of your son — challenged... ... this passport?” “When I went to ask M. de Monte Cristo for letters to the directors of the theatres at Rome and Naples, I expressed my fears of trave...

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... less a man of judgment; on the strength of which he sets up as a judge of theatres, and discourses about those of Paris and the provinces. He knows a... ...ad business! Candidly, the ‘Movement’ does not move. I have written to the directors and told them so. I am sorry for it— on account of my political o...