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... and brushes, and stood rubbing her hands. “How much?” said our friend, in English. “Combien?” “Monsieur wishes to buy it?” asked the young lady in Fr... ...insulte, no?” her interlocu- tor continued. “Don’t you understand a little English?” The young lady’s aptitude for playing a part at short notice was ... ....” Then she tried to repeat it aloud, and laughed at her bad accent. “Your English names are so droll!” “Droll?” said Mr. Newman, laughing too. “Did y... ...r, who has come to es- cort me home,” said Mademoiselle Noemie. “He speaks English. He will arrange with you.” And she turned to welcome a little old ... ...Are you the young lady’s father?” said Newman. “I think she said you speak English.” “Speak English—yes,” said the old man slowly rubbing his hands. “... ...used him to heighten the color of the episode. Newman had sat with Western humorists in knots, round cast-iron stoves, and seen “tall” stories grow ta...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ce for such a life and your antecedents will enable you to marry some rich English woman hungry for a title. That’s an aristo- cratic life which seems... ...“Don’t be uneasy; we will treat you politely, as Maison- Rouge treated the English at Fontenoy.” 13 Balzac CHAPTER II THE PINK OF FASHION THOUGH THE ... ... the chateau de Lanstrac, where he introduced the comfort and luxury of an English country-house, absorbed the capital saved by the notary during the ... ...s icy barriers, also a tone of Byronic pessimism as to life, together with English plate, boot-polish, ponies, yellow gloves, cigars, and the habit of... ...lley A Daughter of Eve Marsay, Henri de The Thirteen The Unconscious Humorists Another Study of Woman The Lily of the Valley Father Goriot...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... idea flashes from one shopman’s eyes to the next. At once, if the lady is English, the dark, mysterious, por- 8 Gaudissart II tentous Gaudissart adv... ...et ne meurt pas—it sells its life dearly time after time.” As he spoke, an Englishwoman stepped from her jobbed carriage and appeared in all the glory... ...ented in Lon- don, and cultivated in every family with patriotic care. “An Englishwoman!” he continued for Bixiou’s ear. “An Englishwoman is our Water... ...shawls to their houses, and arrive at an understanding by flattery; but an English- woman!—you might as well attack the bronze statue of Louis Quatorz... ...n Betty The Member for Arcis Beatrix A Man of Business The Unconscious Humorists Cousin Pons Ronceret, Fabien-Felicien du (or Duronceret) 14 Gau...

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...g student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...assion of this character, marked by eccentricities— a word invented by the English to describe the craziness not of the asylum, but of respectable hou... ...an of the past; now and again the Frenchman wakes up and kicks against his English-made casing; but ambition stifles him, and he submits to be smother... ...uet, our chief clerk’s wife, came to sit down by me, and admired my lace. ‘English point!’ said she. ‘Was it very expensive, ma- dame?’—’I do not know... ...n her pride of 139 Balzac respectability and airs of virtue, just like an Englishwoman, neither more nor less; and she always crushed her Crevel unde... ...for Arcis Beatrix A Man of Business Gaudissart II. The Unconscious Humorists Cousin Pons Braulard A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Co... ...Cousin Pons The Middle Classes Cadine, Jenny Beatrix The Unconscious Humorists The Member for Arcis Chanor Cousin Pons Chocardelle, Mademois... ...sses Collin, Jacqueline Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Unconscious Humorists Crevel, Celestin Cesar Birotteau Cousin Pons Esgrignon, Victu... ... Brides The Member for Arcis 395 Balzac Lora, Leon de The Unconscious Humorists A Bachelor’s Establishment A Start in Life Pierre Grassou ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... which her sisters had not enjoyed; painted pretty well, spoke Italian and English, and played the piano brilliantly; her voice, trained by the best m... ...ember of our peerage has not half the income of the least rich lord in the English Upper Chamber. Thus all the French peers are on the lookout for gre... ...eir fortunes. Hence he was treated with the deep respect which is shown by English families, and some aristo- cratic houses on the continent, to the l... ...pe. She went several times to the “Bal de Sceaux” without seeing the young Englishman who had dropped from the skies to pervade and beautify her dream... ...ge Settlement Marsay, Henri de The Thirteen 57 Balzac The Unconscious Humorists Another Study of Woman The Lily of the Valley Father Goriot... ...e Firm of Nucingen Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis The Unconscious Humorists 58 The Ball at Sceaux Vandenesse, Marquise Charles de (Emilie de...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...and fondled the child, who held out both little arms to him. No heir to an English peerage could be more tenderly cared for than this little one in th... ...of those days were sown with notes 99 Balzac of admiration, as reports of English election speeches are stud- ded with “cheers” in brackets.) “In spi... ...ere be three pairs of trousers of the most fetching kind—one pair of white English stuff, one pair of nankeen, and a third of thin black kerseymere; l... ...at every schoolboy knows. One day France is almost entirely overrun by the English; the King has only a single province left. Two figures arise from a... ... from a Courtesan’s Life Marsay, Henri de The Thirteen The Unconscious Humorists Another Study of Woman The Lily of the Valley Father Goriot... ... of Business Cousin Betty The Muse of the Department The Unconscious Humorists Nucingen, Baronne Delphine de Father Goriot The Thirteen Eu... ...e Firm of Nucingen Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis The Unconscious Humorists Rubempre, Lucien-Chardon de T wo Poets A Distinguished Provin...

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...le Northumberland, and the Lord Bardolfe, 2480 With a great Power of English, and of Scots, 2481 Are by the Sherife of Yorkeshire ouerthrown... ...eepe, 2559 That from this Golden Rigoll hath diuorc’d 2560 So many English Kings. Thy due, from me, 2561 Is Teares, and heauie Sorrowes of... ... Downe Royall State: All you sage Counsailors, hence: 2654 And to the English Court, assemble now 2655 From eu’ry Region, Apes of Idlenesse. ... ... Brothers, you mixe your Sadnesse with some Feare: 2933 This is the English, not the Turkish Court: 2934 Not Amurah, an Amurah succeeds, ... ...3394 Pistoll. 3395 Peto. 3396 Page. 3397 Irregular 3398 Humorists. 3399 Drawers 3400 Beadles. 3401 Groomes 3402 Nor...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...d rose amid the appointments of modern luxury and the choice appliances of English “com- fort,” he remembered the details of his visit to that cloiste... ...om the confidence expressed in the house of Mongenod was not a wound. Like English houses, the Mongenods made no external display of luxury. They live... ... of age, cold, silent, and reserved in manner like a Swiss, and neat as an Englishman, had acquired by inter- course with his father all the qualities... ...ion of Holland with the French Empire caused the vessel to be taken by the English and sent to Jamaica, from which island I escaped by mere chance. Wh... ...the Department A Prince of Bohemia A Man of Business The Unconscious Humorists Popinot, Jean-Jules Cesar Birotteau Honorine The Commission...

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...going student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them, an... ...ixth century; no, it is only pretended that inasmuch as they existed in the English and other civiliza tions of far later times, it is safe to consi... ...ness, how the immortal idea happened to occur to him; and as is the way with humorists of his breed, he was still laughing at it after everybody else ... ...g, the earliest samples of the real lady and real gentleman discoverable in English history — or in Eu ropean history, for that matter — may be sai... ... century that poison was still in the blood of Christendom, and the best of English commoners was still content to see his inferiors impudently conti... ...ound and caused no more embarrassment than it would have caused in the best English society twelve centu A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ther God nor man. He applies in private life the principles that guide the English Cabinet. Up to the time of his marriage, his life was one continual... ...r Arcis Beatrix 22 A Man of Business Gaudissart II. The Unconscious Humorists Cousin Pons Cardot (Parisian notary) The Muse of the Departme... ... Cousin Betty A Prince of Bohemia The Middle Classes The Unconscious Humorists Montcornet, Marechal, Comte de Domestic Peace Lost Illusions ... ...story The Muse of the Department A Prince of Bohemia The Unconscious Humorists Nucingen, Baron Frederic de The Firm of Nucingen Father Gorio... ...f a Princess Cousin Betty The Muse of the Department The Unconscious Humorists Samanon A Distinguished Provincial at Paris The Government Cl... ...zac The Secrets of a Princess Cousin Betty Beatrix The Unconscious Humorists T urquet, Marguerite The Imaginary Mistress The Muse of the D...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...guished Provincial at Paris A Bachelor’s Establishment The Unconscious Humorists Marsay, Henri de The Thirteen The Unconscious Humorists Ano... ...the Department A Prince of Bohemia A Man of Business The Unconscious Humorists Navarreins, Duc de A Bachelor’s Establishment Colonel Chabert... ... of Business Cousin Betty The Muse of the Department The Unconscious Humorists Rastignac, Eugene de Father Goriot A Distinguished Provincial... ...e Firm of Nucingen Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis The Unconscious Humorists Rochefide, Marquise de Beatrix A Daughter of Eve Sarrasine ... ... A Daughter of Eve The Member for Arcis Cousin Betty The Unconscious Humorists Toby (Joby, Paddy) The Firm of Nucingen T railles, Comte Maxime...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ause I happened to be one of them myself, were all, in their various ways, humorists. “Sidney’s Sister: Pembroke’s Mother” And now to return to Shakes... ...general defi- ciency in his mind, but the simple fact that in his day what English land needed was individual appropriation and culti- vation, and wha... ...h land needed was individual appropriation and culti- vation, and what the English Constitution needed was the incorporation of Whig principles of ind...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...t once, and the red color 9 Balzac returned as he affected the airs of an Englishman, to whom life can offer no new sensation, and disappeared withou... ...Drawing of apparently Sanskrit characters omitted here.] Or, as it runs in English: Possessing me thou shalt possess all things. But thy life is mine,... ...brought about national suicides; their triumph left them as listless as an English mil- lionaire.” “Won’t you tell us something new? You have made fun... ... their heads as though there were royal protectors still in the market. An English- woman seemed like a spirit of melancholy—some coy, pale, shadowy f... ...r Study of Woman A Start in Life Beatrix 237 Balzac The Unconscious Humorists The Member for Arcis Dudley, Lady Arabella The Lily of the Va... ...om a Courtesan’s Life A Daughter of Eve Cousin Betty The Unconscious Humorists Navarreins, Duc de A Bachelor’s Establishment Colonel Chabert... ...e Firm of Nucingen Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis The Unconscious Humorists Taillefer, Jean-Frederic The Firm of Nucingen Father Goriot ...

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...g student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...uple of hours. The spencer, as its name indicates, was the invention of an English lord, vain, doubtless, of his handsome shape. Some time before the ... ...ing in the minority, the success of the spencer was short-lived in France, English though it was. At the sight of the spencer, men of forty or fifty m... ...dissipations contrary to all German habits. The wicked Ger- man hoped that English horses, Rhine vinegar, and Goethe’s Marguerites would ruin the Jewe... ...re were frames of every kind—V enetians, carved with heavy ornaments, like English plate of the present day; Romans, distinguishable among the others ... ...for Arcis Beatrix A Man of Business Gaudissart II. The Unconscious Humorists Braulard A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Cousin Betty Bri... ... Life Honorine Florent Cousin Betty Fontaine, Madame The Unconscious Humorists Gaudissart, Felix Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Cesar Birott... ...e Mignon Beatrix The Member for Arcis Cousin Betty The Unconscious Humorists Thouvenin Cesar Birotteau Vinet Pierrette The Member for Ar...

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...islands whence she sprang. Ireland, Wales, and the Scottish mountains still cling, in part, to their old Gaelic speech. It was but the other day that English triumphed in Cornwall, and they still show in Mousehole, on St. Michael?s Bay, the house of the last Cornish-speaking woman. English itself, which will now frank the traveller through the most of North America, throug...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...e, some have ap- peared already in The Cornhill, Longman ’s, Scribner, The english Illustrated, The Magazine of Art, The contemporary Review; three ar... ... cling, in part, to their old Gaelic speech. It was but the other day that English triumphed in Cornwall, and they still show in Mousehole, on St. Mic... ...ehole, on St. Michael’s Bay, the house of the last Cornish-speaking woman. English itself, which will now frank the traveller through the most of Nort... ...or of dialect as in the hundred miles between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Book English has gone round the world, but at home we still preserve the racy id... ...ld deform the attitudes he loves to study, and change his sitters from the humorists of ordinary life to the brute forces and bare types of more emoti...