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...Excerpt: The talisman towards the end of the month of October 1829 a young man entered the Palais-Royal just as the gaming-houses opened, agreeably to the law which protects a passion by its very nature easily excisable. He mounted the staircase of one of the gambling hells distinguished by the number 36, without t...

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...ISMAN TOWARDS THE END of the month of October 1829 a young man entered the Palais-Royal just as the gaming-houses opened, agreeably to the law which p... ...as bull-fights, and Rome once had her gladiators, Paris waxes proud of her Palais-Royal, where the inevitable roulettes cause blood to flow in streams... ...the delicious notes. He found himself immediately under the arcades of the Palais-Royal, reached the Rue Saint Honore, took the direc- tion of the T u...

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...ARDS, Swiss, and French, at Reveillon riot, French refuse to fire, come to Palais-Royal, fire on Royal-Allemand, to Bastille, name changed, National o... ...waits on Dauphin, Father, with Louis XV., not Admiral, wealth, debauchery, Palais-Royal buildings, in Notables (Duke d’Orleans now), looks of, Bed-of-...

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...ts of sug- ared almonds, four o’clock was striking, there was a mob in the Palais-Royal, and the eating-houses were beginning to fill. At this moment ... ...arms which the heroes of July still attacked. This gentleman went into the Palais-Royal, and followed the crowd round the galleries, unamazed at the s... ...sk seemed to him black enough, he went out into the square in front of the Palais-Royal, but as a man anxious not to be recognized; for he kept close ... ...Balzac sewer tolerated by the police close to the purified purlieus of the Palais-Royal, as an Italian major-domo allows a careless servant to leave t...

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...e and Lousteau, Lucien and Coralie, Blondet and Finot, were to dine at the Palais-Royal; du Bruel was giving the manager of the Panorama-Dramatique a ...

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... Saint-Huruge, in his way. Behold, therefore, on the Fourth of May, in the Palais-Royal, a mixed loud-sound- ing multitude; in the middle of whom, Fat... ...in Luther in the Marketplace of Wittenberg to Marquis Saint-Huruge in this Palais-Royal of Paris, what a journey have we gone; into what strange terri... ...muggle me to Marseilles, ‘dis- guised as a jockey?’ (Barbaroux, p. 60.) In Palais-Royal and all public places, as we read, there is sharp activity; pr...

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...eet after street; slowly, amid execrations;—past the Palais Egalite whilom Palais-Royal! The cruel Populace stopped him there, some minutes: Dame de B...

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...s of laughter, all those stolen kisses, all those whisperings, all those little keepsakes, and all those bubble projects which formed a chain of forty... ...che, who appeared not to notice the foreboding expression, went up to Raoul, and grasping him by the hand, said, — “It is agreed, then, Bragelonne, is... ...ut he could not remember on what occa- sion. While trying to recall it half-dreamily, yet half-irri- tated at his conversation with De Wardes, the thr... ...doubt- less, De Wardes had determined to say nothing further, and he remained impenetrable. De Guiche therefore prom- ised himself a more satisfactory... ...liere. He had already dispatched four letters, and not an answer to any one of them had been received, when, on the very morning fixed for the marriag... ...t from his pocket. “You may possibly find in this letter what you are anx- ious to learn.” Raoul hurriedly broke the seal. The writing was that of Mad... ...fasten my cloak, and shall then be ready to serve you, not only as a guide, but as your introducer, too.” CHAPTER 89 A Surprise for Madame de Montalai... ... his whole frame tremble at the contact of her hand; he received the compact as a solemn bargain wrung by affection from her child-like timidity. 641... ...at once. Come, monsieur.” 646 Ten Years Later – V ol. 1 CHAPTER 91 Monsieur Becomes Jealous of the Duke of Buckingha WHILE THE COMTE DE LA FERE was p...

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...y; we were all to see Paris together. The first day we were to dine in the Palais-Royal, so as to be near the Theatre-Francais. In spite of the intoxi... ...nced by the oriental and sultanic 13 Balzac atmosphere and customs of the Palais-Royal. The Palais-Royal was an Eldorado of love where the ingots mel... ... in coin; there virgin doubts were over; there curiosity was appeased. The Palais-Royal and I were two as- ymptotes bearing one towards the other, yet... ...s; I was resolved to escape some day directly after dinner and rush to the Palais-Royal. Once seated at whist my aunt would pay no attention to me. Je...

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...carriage beside Mme. de Nucingen that he must surely be dreaming. “T o the Palais-Royal,” she said to the coachman; “stop near the Theatre-Francais.” ... ...he gaming-houses—I do not know where they are, but there are some near the Palais-Royal. T ry your luck with the hundred francs at a game they call ro... ...ss after all those that she had show- ered upon him so passionately at the Palais-Royal; Eugene reproached her with inconsistency. “That was gratitude...

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... for the two sous it would have cost him to go by the Pont des Arts to the Palais-Royal, where he consumed regu- larly two glasses of brandy while rea... ...the gambling-house (which is now 67 Balzac turned into the theatre of the Palais-Royal), where the bank accepted the largest sums. He came out half a... ... he was told they were all closed, except the one under the portico of the Palais-Royal which was sometimes kept open a little later. He flew to the P...

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...—was doubtless invented to endow the Saint-Denis quarter with a species of Palais-Royal. The place, unhealthy and buried on all four sides by the high... ...d promis- sory notes. T o escape arrest, she took refuge in a house in the Palais-Royal, where she was assassinated last night by a cap- tain in the a... ...turned, Cesar was with him; on his way back the old man had met him in the Palais-Royal, hesitating before the entrance to a gambling-house. This was ... ..., the elegant boxes which adorn the shop-windows of the boulevards and the Palais-Royal at the beginning of the new year were manufac- tured, in the m...

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... home. “What a queer business!” thought Peyrade, going back on foot to the Palais-Royal, where he intended trying to multi- ply his ten thousand franc... ...ot a cake-shop!” cried the Baron, who rushed off to Madame Prevot’s in the Palais-Royal, where he had a bouquet made up for the price of ten louis, wh...