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Excerpt: Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad.

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Excerpt: Sartor Resartus. The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh.

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...Excerpt: Note. It is somewhat remarkable that Balzac, dealing as he did with traits of character and the minute and daily circumstances of life, has never been accused of representing actual persons in the two or three thousand portraits which he painted of human nature....

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...Beatrix by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publ... ...cott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of... ...x by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...usand portraits which he painted of human nature. In “The Great Man of the Provinces in Paris” some like- nesses were imagined: Jules Janin in Etienne... ...ousehold, which she managed rigorously on a system of almost inconceivable economy, which was never 26 Balzac relaxed except for some great occasion,... ...sued from their wrap- pings a silver teapot and some beautiful old English china sent to the baroness by her aunts. This appearance of modern splen- d... ...looked far handsomer than Beatrix. She wore also a little shawl of crimson China crape, crossed on her bosom and tied behind, as they dress a child. F... ...the science of a woman’s life. Between usury and prodigality, my child, is economy. Study, therefore, to acquire honor- ably a certain empire over Cal...

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Excerpt: Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...Excerpt: An Ambuscade. Early in the year VIII., at the beginning of Vendemiaire, or, to conform to our own calendar, towards the close of September, 1799, a hundred or so of peasants and a large number of citizens, who had left Fougeres in the morning on their way to Mayenne, were going up...

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...Excerpt: Here, madame, is one of those books which come into the mind, whence no one knows, giving pleasure to the author before he can foresee what reception the public, our great present judge, will accord to it. Feeling almost certain of your sympathy ...

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Excerpt: A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would...

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...men, old and young, and no word has ever been breathed against her respectable establishment; but, at the same time, it must be said that as a matter of fact no young woman has been under her roof for thirty years, and that if a young man stays there for any length of time it is a sure sign that his allowance must be of the slenderest....

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...Excerpt: Sydney Spring. My dear sir, your letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day--or rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the Legisl...

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Excerpt: As a testimony to the affection of his brother-in-law?

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