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

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...Pierre Grassou by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Pierre Grassou by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication Pierre Grassou by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Pierre Grassou by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ile as an electronic transmission, in any way. Pierre Grassou by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...ity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac Pierre Grassou by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley Dedication To the Lieu... ...tation of Dutch landscapes and interiors by Metzu, in the fourth a copy of Rembrandt’s “Les- son of Anatomy.” “Still imitating!” said Schinner. “Ah! F... ...n his country-house at Ville d’Avray—Rubens, Gerard Douw, Mieris, Terburg, Rembrandt, Titian, Paul Potter, etc. “Monsieur Vervelle has been very extra... ...s read in black letters on a gold ground: Rubens Dance of fauns and nymphs Rembrandt Interior of a dissecting room. The physician van T romp instructi...

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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... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. The Hidden Masterpiece by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylva- nia State Uni... ...n electronic transmission, in any way. The Hidden Masterpiece by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylva- nia State Univer... ...e landing lent fantastic coloring. You might have thought that a canvas of Rembrandt without its frame had walked silently up the stairway, bringing w...

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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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...A Second Home by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Clara Bell A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...Bell A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Second Home by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Second Home by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Second Home by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Second Home by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell, the Pennsylvania State University, Ele... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Second Home by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tron... ...file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Second Home by Honore de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic ... ...sity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac A Second Home by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Clara Bell Dedication To Madame la Comtesse Louise... ...d at once the pencil of Charlet and of Callot, the brush of Teniers and of Rembrandt, to give a true notion of this night-scene. “Now I have squared a...

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...Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell A Penn State Electro... ...Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell A Penn State Electronic... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell is a publication of the Pen... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsy... ... file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell, the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...le as an electronic transmission, in any way. Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...to some chance play of light and shade, or have taken it for a portrait by Rembrandt, without a frame. The brim of the hat which covered the old man’s...

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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 Commission in Lunacy by Honoré de Balzac Translated by Clara Bell A Penn State Electronic Classics Series ... ...The Commission in Lunacy by Honoré de Balzac Translated by Clara Bell A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pub... ...Electronic Classics Series Publication The Commission in Lunacy by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State U... ...ctronic Classics Series Publication The Commission in Lunacy by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State Univ... ...an electronic transmission, in any way. The Commission in Lunacy by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell, the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity, Electron... ...electronic transmission, in any way. The Commission in Lunacy by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell, the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity, Electronic ... ...rning, two persons came out of a large house in the Rue du Faubourg Saint- Honore, near the Elysee-Bourbon. One was the famous doc- tor, Horace Bianch... ... the least artistic passer-by turn round to gaze at them. A draughtsman— a Rembrandt, if there were one in our day—might have con- ceived of one of hi... ...ly— ’landowner, the said Mme. d’Espard living in the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, No. 104, and the said M. d’Espard in the Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-...

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...The Brotherhood of Consolation by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State El... ...The Brotherhood of Consolation by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...The Brotherhood of Consolation by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...onic Classics Series Publication The Brotherhood of Consolation by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...c Classics Series Publication The Brotherhood of Consolation by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ... tronic transmission, in any way. The Brotherhood of Consolation by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...onic transmission, in any way. The Brotherhood of Consolation by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ... came to a point on the brow, and took a high light worthy of the touch of Rembrandt. The question of the physician (who has since become so celebrate... ...e wished for no pupils. The frame was in keeping with this embodiment of a Rembrandt picture. The study, hung with a paper imitating green velvet, was...

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

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...y A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penn-... ... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penn- sy... ...or the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Worm... ...iversity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley D D D D Dedication edi... ...med about sixty years of age. His face belonged to a type often painted by Rembrandt; the same small bright eyes, set in wrinkles and surmounted by th... ...author of the said article is ignorant of the character of Count H——. This honored gentleman, who has done many important services to his country, uni...

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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... ...lassics Series Publication The Alkahest (The House of Claes) by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormely is a publication of the Pennsylva... ...onic transmission, in any way. The Alkahest (The House of Claes) by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormely, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...c transmission, in any way. The Alkahest (The House of Claes) by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormely, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...rsity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac The Alkahest by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley Dedication To Madame J... ...t their wives in Bruges or Ghent, in Liege or in Holland; so that the time-honored domestic customs 9 Balzac might be perpetuated around their hearth... ...rg, Gerard Dow, Teniers, Mieris, Paul Potter, Wouvermans, 30 The Alkahest Rembrandt, Hobbema, Cranach, and Holbein. French and Italian pictures were ...

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...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Chouans by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac The Chouans by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wo... ...te University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac The Chouans by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley Dedication T o ... ...ersity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac The Chouans by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley Dedication T o Monsieu... ...e to the Flight into Egypt as we see it represented by the sombre brush of Rembrandt. Galope-Chopine care- fully avoided the main-road and guided the ... ...ral voice which haughtily challenged condemnation, “know this; I am a dis- honored creature, unworthy of you. From this hour I accept my fate as a los...

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...Excerpt: ENVOI. Felix de Vandenesse to Madame la Comtesse Natalie de Manerville: I yield to your wishes. It is the privilege of the women whom we love more than they love us to make the men who love them ignore the ordinary rules of common-sense. ...

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...The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...lectronic Classics Series Publication The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...n electronic transmission, in any way. The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...ess, and which she had lately exchanged with me for that famous picture of Rembrandt which I obtained in so singular a way, and which now hangs in her... ...your lives on our account. It is for us to die, for you to live, great and honored. For us the dagger in your hand; for you our pardoning love. Does t... ...ho strikes without warning and spares you a struggle? Why a happy life, an honored life, to the murderer who drop by drop pours gall into the soul and...

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...Letters of T wo Brides by Honoré de Balzac Translated by R. S. Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series... ...Letters of T wo Brides by Honoré de Balzac Translated by R. S. Scott A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac, trans. R. S. Scott is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...Electronic Classics Series Publication Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac, trans. R. S. Scott is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State Uni... ... an electronic trans- mission, in any way. Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac, trans. R. S. Scott, the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity, Electro... ... electronic trans- mission, in any way. Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac, trans. R. S. Scott, the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity, Electronic... ...d. “Perhaps you hope that it may mean marriages for me!” For sole reply he honored me with a meaning look. For some days he has amused himself with te... ...francs. Your daughter weeps, but bows to the unquestioned authority of her honored parent. Some people are unkind enough to say that, behind her tears... ...tive in my house in the Rue du Bac has been transported to the chalet. The Rembrandt hangs on the staircase, as though it were a mere daub; the Hobbem...

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

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...Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...ic Classics Series Publication Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...Classics Series Publication Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...ronic transmission, in any way. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ic transmission, in any way. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ... AT HIS APOGEE I DURING WINTER NIGHTS noise never ceases in the Rue Saint- Honore except for a short interval. Kitchen-gardeners carry- ing their prod... ...ing the phials. V ery well for the Rue Saint- Denis, but for the Rue Saint-Honore—fy! bad style! Our shop must be as comfortable as a drawing-room. T ... ... the Abbe Loraux solemnly, pointing to Cesar with the divine gesture which Rembrandt gave to Christ in his picture of the Raising of Lazarus. Jesus co...

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

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...Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...ley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of th... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania Stat... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ile as an electronic transmission, in any way. Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...ity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac Modeste Mignon by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICA DEDICA DEDICA D... ...ed and fascinated before the pictures of Raphael, Titian, Rubens, Murillo, Rembrandt, Albert Durer, Holbein,—in 36 Modeste Mignon other words, before...

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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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...t Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of th... ...ley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania Stat... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Beatrix by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...niversity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Beatrix Beatrix by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley NOTE It is somewhat rem... ...ersity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Beatrix Beatrix by Honore de Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley NOTE It is somewhat remark... ...giving to his face a resemblance to those choice old men whom V an Ostade, Rembrandt, Mieris, and Gerard Dow so loved to paint, in pictures which need...

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...Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring A Penn State Electronic Classics Series ... ... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tr... ... file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- troni... ...rsity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring Dedication To Don Michele Angelo Caje... ...er in almond-paste, eau-de-Portu- gal, and hair-oil, and was only too much honored when my only daughter was married to the son of Monsieur le Baron H... ...fumer, successor to Cesar Birotteau at the /Queen of the Roses/, Rue Saint-Honore,” added Crevel, in mocking tones. “Deputy-mayor, captain in the Nati... ...Cousin Betty Vandyck, two landscapes by Ruysdael, and two by le Guaspre, a Rembrandt, a Holbein, a Murillo, and a Titian, two paint- ings, by Teniers,...

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...The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Serie... ...age A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...ile as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...ity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage To Monsieur Savary, Member of Le Ac... ...ndscapes by Claude Lorraine, a Gerard Dow (like a stray page from Sterne), Rembrandts, Murillos, and pictures by Velasquez, as dark and full of color ... ...est of an apparition. He gazed at it as if it had been some smoke-begrimed Rembrandt, recently restored and newly framed. This idea found him a clue t...

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...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- ... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tro... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage TOWARD... ...ersity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Balzac Cousin Pons by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage TOWARDS THREE O’CLOCK in the aftern... ...made again, just as there will never be an- other Raphael, nor Titian, nor Rembrandt, nor Van Eyck, nor Cranach … . Well, now! there are the Chinese; ... ...e Marville, announced by Mme. Cibot, was an event in the house. Pons, thus honored for the first time in his life saw reparation ahead. “At last, my d...