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...ighest lands. The face of the country , the climate as it was found by the whites, and the manners of the settlers, are de- scribed with a minuteness ... ...which they were hastening. The dark trunks of the trees rose from the pure white of the snow in regularly formed shafts, until, at a great height, the... ...ctor”— patting with affection a tall hound of black and yellow spots, with white belly and legs, that just then came in 15 James Fenimore Cooper on t... ... into these provinces was generally to be ascertained by the number of his white ser- vants or dependents, and the nature of the public situations tha... ...rries a good rifle, too, ‘the Leather-Stocking said, in my hearing, before Betty Hollister’s bar-room fire, no later than the T uesday night, that the... ...y performed what she had directed to be done. “It was a very pretty fight, Betty, that the Israelites had on that day with the Amalekites, It seams th... ...r. When these movements had subsided, the Judge remarked pleasantly: Well, Betty, I find you retain your popularity through all weathers, against all ... ...etimes keep a man warm the coldest night that ever snapt in the mountains. Betty, your husband told me, as we came out of church, that your hogs were ... ... clever thing, especially when they like the liquor. “Oh! you have a hand. Betty, that was formed to mix flip,” cried Richard, when he paused for brea...

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... the yellow-carroty tone that a Roman adores, long, stringy arms, a fairly white skin with reddish spots upon it, large innocent eyes, and white lashe... ...nt eyes, and white lashes, scarcely any brows, a leghorn bonnet bound with white satin and adorned with two honest bows of the same satin, hands virtu... ... Modeste Mignon Another Study of Woman Letters of T wo Brides Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis Cardot (Parisian notary) The Muse of the Dep... ...rassou Cousin Pons Grassou, Pierre A Bachelor’s Establishment Cousin Betty The Middle Classes Cousin Pons Lora, Leon de The Unconscious Hu... ...morists A Bachelor’s Establishment A Start in Life Honorine Cousin Betty Beatrix Magus, Elie The Vendetta A Marriage Settlement A Bach...

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... vate struttings and valiant dreamings with a helmet of paste- board and a white-metal sword. We have most of us been at least as far as that with Ben... ... guide to the noble life. There after his tragic death came his old friend White, the journalist and novelist, under a promise, and found these papers... ...g-table drawer-full, and he was greatly exercised to find them. They were, White declares, they are still after much experienced handling, an indigest... ...er much experienced handling, an indigestible aggre- gation. On this point White is very assured. When Benham thought he was gathering together a book... ...htly and speaking with the effort of one who speaks for conscience’ sake. “Betty’s a Socialist,” Amanda said to Benham with a suspi- cion of apology. ... ...ree, if you are independent, then don’t you owe something to the workers?” Betty went on, getting graver and redder with each word. “It’s just because... ...ry domestic decoration that grow upon Socialist soil in England. He joined Betty in the opinion that the duty of a free and wealthy young man was to r... ... Everybody lived in the discussion, even Amanda’s mother listened visibly. Betty said she herself was certainly democratic and Mrs. Wilder had always ... ...curly hair, and a number of extraordinarily mature chins, a girl-friend of Betty’s who had cycled down from London, and who it appeared maintained her...

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...an. It was a large mug, representing a man with a red coat, black hat, and white waistcoat, very short legs, and top-boots. The open- ing of the cup w... ...ly; it is such a dignified, old, respectable name.” “Yes; but they call me Betty!” “And they call me Bell, and sometimes Jelly-bag and Cur- rant-jelly... ...mer dress— not in the least worn nor stained yet? And those fine spikes of white blossom, all tending up—up—while the masses of those leaves fall so g... ... about those noble flowers of the horse- chestnut, and why they don’t look whiter. Could you gather one for me, Sam?” Sam was only too glad of an excu... ... her own great enjoyment. “I see,” she said, “the flow- ers are not really white, they each have a patch of pink or yellow on them, which gives them t... ...he boy’s wit), shall I get a jay down off the barn to stick into your hat, Betty?” “Don’t, Hal,” said such a deplorable offended voice, that Sam, who ... ...stop herself be- fore Miss Fosbrook should come. What was the matter? “Oh! Betty’s nonsense.” 39 Yo n g e “Johnnie did—” “Johnnie only—” “Now, Hal!” ... ...ky footsteps, muttering to one another that Miss Fosbrook always took pipy Betty’s part; Nurse said so, and they wished Mamma was at home. And when th... ...o snatch up little George, and hug and kiss him. “Poor dear little man! is Betty cross to him? There! there! come with Sue, and she’ll get him somethi...

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...earth, display their variegated colors, the warm yellows of the silex, the white of the lime carbonates, the russet browns of the sandstone, in many a... ...It was from this point, my dear fellow, that I saw a pond covered with the white water-lily and other plants with broad flat leaves and narrow slender... ...ith broad flat leaves and narrow slender ones, on which lay a boat painted white and black, as light as a nut- shell and dainty as the wherry of a Sei... ...tanding on the portico, like the queen of flowers, behold a woman robed in white, with hair unpowdered, holding a parasol lined with white silk, but h... ...with hair unpowdered, holding a parasol lined with white silk, but herself whiter than the silk, whiter than the lilies at her feet, whiter than the s... ...e A Daughter of Eve The Member for Arcis The Middle Classes Cousin Betty Lupin, Amaury A Start in Life Marest, Georges A Start in Life Min... ...ial at Paris Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life A Man of Business Cousin Betty Navarreins, Duc de A Bachelor’s Establishment Colonel Chabert T... ... Magic Skin The Gondreville Mystery The Secrets of a Princess Cousin Betty Ronquerolles, Marquis de The Imaginary Mistress Ursule Mirouet ...

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...goatskin, which covered them from the neck to the knees, and trou- sers of white and very coarse linen, the ill-woven texture of which betrayed the sl... ...brass buttons and not unlike breast-plates, stood out as vividly among the white linen and shaggy skins of their companions as the corn- flowers and p... ...sity. Not a cloud could be seen on the wide horizon to mark by its silvery whiteness that the vast blue arch was the firma- ment; it seemed, on the co... ...ready harvested. Here and there were dark slate roofs above which puffs of white smoke were rising. The glittering silver threads of the winding brook... ...ount of the thick nostrils. His full lips, drawn from the teeth which were white as snow, his large and round black 12 The Chouans eyes with their sh... ..., Jean (alias Beaupied or Beau-Pied) The Muse of the Department Cousin Betty Ferdinand Beatrix Fontaine, Comte de Modeste Mignon The Ball at... ..., Baron du Beatrix Hulot (Marshal) The Muse of the Department Cousin Betty La Billardiere, Athanase-Jean-Francois-Michel, Baron Flamet de Cesa... ...s de (younger brother of Alphonse de) The Seamy Side of History Cousin Betty Stael-Holstein (Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker, Baronne de Louis Lambe...

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...s who have their intrigues to hide. Dressed invariably in black, he wore a white cravat which came down low on his chest, so that his face seemed to i... ...ame down low on his chest, so that his face seemed to issue from a horn of white paper, for the collar of his shirt was high and stiff after a fashion... ...ose face was so seamed by the smallpox that it seemed to be covered with a white net, formed a per- fect contrast to the rotund person of the mayor, w... ...ind his back. He was dressed in black coat and trousers, with an effulgent white waistcoat, opened in such a way as to show two diamond shirt-buttons ... ...s Beauvisage (tenant) The Gondreville Mystery Beauvisage, Phileas Cousin Betty Bixiou, Jean-Jacques The Purse A Bachelor’s Establishment The Gove... ...Life 333 Balzac The Firm of Nucingen The Muse of the Department Cousin Betty Beatrix A Man of Business Gaudissart II. The Unconscious Humorist... ...on Another Study of Woman Pierre Grassou Letters of T wo Brides Cousin Betty Cadine, Jenny Cousin Betty Beatrix The Unconscious Humorists Camps... ...lle, Mademoiselle Beatrix A Prince of Bohemia A Man of Business Cousin Betty Cinq-Cygne, Laurence, Comtesse (afterwards Marquise de) The Gondrevi... ...he Gondreville Mystery Hortense A Man of Business Hulot, Victorin Cousin Betty Keller, Francois Domestic Peace Cesar Birotteau Eugenie Grandet T...

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...lor: this ac- counted for the effusiveness of her reunion with dear Mrs. Meldrum. Her black garments were of the freshest and daintiest; she suggested... ...t the Christmas holidays precisely three years before at her brother-in-law’s in Yorkshire, taking that occasion to get himself refused with derision ... ...himself refused with derision by wil- ful Betty, the second daughter of the house? Her sister, who liked the floundering youth, had written to her to ... ...ase in the first volume of Gibbon has it, the variety of his incli- nations. I was soon to learn that he was fonder of her than of all the other thing... ...rversity. Of course no one had looked at her since and no one would ever look at her again. It would be eminently desirable that Flora should learn th... ... saw no reason not to do, the name of Mrs. Meldrum he exclaimed: “Oh I know all about her; she’s a friend of some friends of mine!” At this I remem- b... ...s single exquisite figure, placed in the quarter furthest removed from my stall, was a person, I immediately felt, to cause one’s curiosity to linger....

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...nest woman, you are dreaming, my friend.” “I am not dreaming, my beautiful white doe. Listen. People should always do what their position in life dema... ...ame price. If necessary, my associates will help me. Where is the plot, my white doe? Look here, I must tell you your defect. On the word of an honest... ...question of marriage; and though her heart was as pure as her forehead was white, it was only after six months of marches and counter-marches, in the ... ...d the perfumer, and allowed him to call himself the inventor of a paste to whiten the hands, the composition of which he dictated to him. Birotteau na... ...e of the Department The Imaginary Mistress The Middle Classes Cousin Betty The Country Parson In addition, M. Bianchon narrated the following:... ...e Classes Cochin, Adolphe The Firm of Nucingen Crevel, Celestin Cousin Betty Cousin Pons Crottat, Monsieur and Madame Scenes from a Courtesan’... ...e Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Beatrix The Middle Classes Cousin Betty Guillaume At the Sign of the Cat and Racket 280 Rise and Fall of C... ...vernment Clerks Lebas, Joseph At the Sign of the Cat and Racket Cousin Betty Lebas, Madame Joseph (Virginie) At the Sign of the Cat and Racket ... ...bas, Madame Joseph (Virginie) At the Sign of the Cat and Racket Cousin Betty Lenoncourt, Duc de The Lily of the Valley Jealousies of a Country...

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...t details, and even to the ceiling of fluted blue silk, with long bands of white cash- mere falling at equal distances on the hangings, where they wer... ...ke the father. But they both had the same complexion,—a skin of the pearly whiteness which shows the richness and purity of the blood, where the color... ...as rendered by the vague manner with which the pupils floated on the fluid whiteness of the eyeball. They were both well-made; the rather thin shoulde... ..., while the younger, Eugenie, was consoling her, their hands and arms were white as milk. Each had nursed a child,—one a boy, the other a daughter. Eu... ...Peace The Peasantry The Member for Arcis The Middle Classes Cousin Betty Listomere, Marquise de The Lily of the Valley Lost Illusions A ... ...es from a Courtesan’s Life Beatrix The Muse of the Department Cousin Betty A Prince of Bohemia A Man of Business The Middle Classes The ... ... Mystery Massol Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Magic Skin Cousin Betty The Unconscious Humorists Nathan, Raoul Lost Illusions A Distin... ...ts of a Princess The Gondreville Mystery The Firm of Nucingen Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis The Unconscious Humorists Rastignac, Monseig... ...ncial at Paris The Secrets of a Princess The Member for Arcis Cousin Betty The Unconscious Humorists 112 A Daughter of Eve T ouches, Mademois...

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... draw; these stand out in wonderful relief upon the scene around them. The whiteness of the linen worn by the paludiers (the name given to men who gat... ... an herb, a bird; where, on sunny days, the laboring paludiers, clothed in white and scattered among those melancholy swamps where the salt is made, r... ...s distinctive of their caste which are given to all Breton brides, and the white linen, or cloth for their clothing. For a circuit ten miles round, Gu... ...o doubt it did, from apoplexy. The head was crowned with abundant hair, as white as silver, which fell in curls upon his shoulders. The face, extingui... ...rtesan’s Life The Firm of Nucingen The Muse of the Department Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis A Man of Business Gaudissart II. The Unc... ... of a Country T own Brossette, Abbe The Peasantry Cadine, Jenny Cousin Betty The Unconscious Humorists The Member for Arcis Cambremer, Pierre ... ...ocardelle, Mademoiselle A Prince of Bohemia A Man of Business Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis Conti, Gennaro Lost Illusions Espard, Jeanne... ...art in Life Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Middle Classes Cousin Betty Guenic, Gaudebert-Calyste-Charles, Baron du The Chouans Halga, Chev... ...lga, Chevalier du The Purse Hannequin, Leopold Albert Savarus Cousin Betty Cousin Pons La Palferine, Comte de 294 Balzac A Prince of Bohemi...

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... out that it belonged to a very lady-like pretty-looking woman in gray and white; she seemed to be trying to check and tame a bright girl of eighteen ... ...lectual, beauty and sweetness, under a large straw hat with a good deal of white gauziness about it, and the curtsey was full of natural grace. ‘Y ou ... ..., U A E, and the stars of the Little Bear con- spicuously painted on it in white. ‘You did not venture on that the other day,’ said Mr. Dutton. ‘How m... ... accomplished, without even a dip under water to destroy the beauty of the white flowers. With these, and a few waterlilies secured by Gerard for the ... ...emont—was affectionate,’ said Mr. Dutton quietly, but Mary saw his fingers white with his tight clenching of the bar of the chair. ‘Oh yes, warmly aff... ...d, I did not. What was the matter?’ ‘Bronchitis, I believe—brown titus, as Betty Butter calls it.’ ‘Bronchitis! Oh dear! oh dear! Are you quite sure, ...

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..., overlapped each other, the buttons were red- dened, and there were fatal white lines along the seams. Then his waistcoat was too short, and so grote... ...en trousers. Well- dressed men wore charming fancy materials or immaculate white, and every one had straps to his trousers, while the shrunken hems of... ...he heels of boots which they wedded with obvious reluctance. Lucien wore a white cravat with embroi- dered ends; his sister had seen that M. du Hautoy... ...stened to make similar ones for her brother. Here, no one appeared to wear white cravats of a morning except a few grave seniors, elderly capi- talist... ...e of the Department The Imaginary Mistress The Middle Classes Cousin Betty The Country Parson In addition, M. Bianchon narrated the following:... ...tudy of Woman The Member for Arcis A Daughter of Eve Braulard Cousin Betty Cousin Pons 299 Balzac Bridau, Joseph The Purse A Bachelor’s E... ... Another Study of Woman Pierre Grassou Letters of T wo Brides Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis Bruel, Jean Francois du A Bachelor’s Establi... ...e Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Beatrix The Middle Classes Cousin Betty Lambert, Louis Louis Lambert A Seaside T ragedy Listomere, Marqui... ...s Life A Daughter of Eve Beatrix The Muse of the Department Cousin Betty A Prince of Bohemia A Man of Business The Middle Classes The ...

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...es of the park. Fiddlers and gipsies clamoured at the gates for admission: white smocks, and slate, surmounted by hats of serious brim, and now and th... ...- nesses of their battle, betted dead against him. Richard had mounted the white cockade of the Feverels, and there was a 13 George Meredith look in ... ...ess by watching them through the briar hedge. He saw the tinker stroking a white cat, and appealing to her, every now and then, as his missus, for an ... ... ye doan’t hit into him jest there.” The tinker sent a rapid succession of white clouds from his mouth, and said that would be taking the devil’s side... ... What does Diaper Sandoe sing of your Age of Work? Listen! ‘An Age of betty tit for tat, An Age of busy gabble: An Age that’s like a b... ...bout the grounds for Richard. CHAPTER VII A LITTLE LAUREL-SHADED TEMPLE of white marble looked out on the river from a knoll bordering the Raynham bee...

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...triumphant. And you, too, will do the like; you who with this book in your white hand will sink back among the cushions of your armchair, and say to y... ...rdered by geraniums and ole- anders and pomegranates set in great blue and white glazed earthenware pots. Access into the graveled walk is afforded by... ...top, on which there stands, by way of orna- 7 Balzac ment, the inevitable white china tea-service, covered with a half-effaced gilt network. The floo... ... drunken man; there was a notable breach of continuity be- tween the dingy white waistcoat and crumpled shirt frills and the cravat twisted about a th... ...er blue; his rotund and portly person was still further set off by a clean white waistcoat, and a gold chain and seals which dangled over that broad e... ...e of the Department The Imaginary Mistress The Middle Classes Cousin Betty 251 Balzac The Country Parson In addition, M. Bianchon narrated th... ...er Study of Woman The Secrets of a Princess A Man of Business Cousin Betty The Muse of the Department The Unconscious Humorists 253 Balzac ... ... Daughter of Eve The Gondreville Mystery The Firm of Nucingen Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis 254 Father Goriot The Unconscious Humorists... ...an of Business The Member for Arcis The Secrets of a Princess Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis 255 Balzac Beatrix The Unconscious Humori...

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...er in which George renewed his offer of marriage. She looked at the little white bed, which had been hers a few days before, and thought she would lik... ...which was awaiting her at the grand hotel in Cavendish Square. Dear little white bed! how many a long night had she wept on its pillow! How she had de... ...k to the articled gents, from the articled gents to the ragged writers and white- faced runners, in clothes too tight for them, as he sate there tappi... ...f age (he is now nearly eighty), his hair, which was very scarce and quite white, suddenly grew thick, and brown, and curly, and his whiskers and eyeb... ...and a red satin gown, and a great watch?” “Near the pretty little woman in white?” asked a middle-aged gentleman seated by the querist’s side, with or... ...any hours with her in the base- ment or ornamented kitchen. The Irish maid Betty Flanagan’s bonnets and ribbons, her sauciness, her idleness, her reck... ... hold, about which the good lady talked a hundred times a day. And besides Betty Flanagan, Mrs. Sedley had all the maids- of-all-work in the street to... ...gy Cupid, and asked him news of V enus, his mamma; and told the astonished Betty Flanagan that she was one of the Graces, and the favourite attendant ...

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...ht, she saw, moving about in shy curiosity and embarrassment, two girls in white frocks and broad scarlet sashes, and a boy, who, as she advanced, ret... ...heaviness of feature that some- times goes with very dark complexions. The white frock did not become her brown neck and arms, her thick black hair wa... ... a quiet dark silk, a Cashmere shawl, and plain straw bonnet, trimmed with white. With manifest wish for reciprocity, Lucy fell into trans- ports over... ...for them. It is using them like slaves. Lucy exclaimed, ‘Why! grandmamma’s Betty is really named Philadelphia.’ Albinia laughed, but was disconcerted ... ...ary convalescence. At night, when she looked from her window, the fog hung white, like mildew over the pond, and she could not reason herself out of a... ...she meant anything, but it was very unfortunate—if she had only been aware—Betty should have come down to walk up with them.’ Gilbert could not forbea... ... and all that—you’ve made yourself look as ill—and if you knew what a cake Betty had made—almond and citron both—“but it’s for Master Gil- bert,” she ... ... fancy in your head, my dear?’ said Albinia, nearly smiling. ‘Grandmamma’s Betty said so, she used to call me Peter Grievous, and I know it is so. It ... ...back,’ said Sophy; ‘there always was a stupid pain there; but grandmamma’s Betty said I made a fuss, and that it was all laziness, and I would not let...