...nd T en T ales by Honore de Balzac Droll Stories Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Droll Stor... ...ublication Droll Stories: Volume Two by Honore de Balzac is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...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... ...is period of insurrection, pacifications and disturbances, the language of France was a little disturbed also, on account of the inventions of the poe... ...ine, Monsieur de Montmorency, and those who were at the head of affairs in France knowing the great lechery of the king, determined after mature delib... ...who had been for some time thinking of seeking his fortune at the Court of France, fancied that by procuring his majesty a soft cataplasm of warm fles... ...ncient and modern, congregating customs, distilling verbs, alchemising all languages since the Deluge, of the Hebrew, Chaldeans, Egyptians, Greeks, La... ...riests, never to have crossed herself in any place; to have spoken all the languages of the earth—a gift which has only been granted by God to the ble... ...f a demon in her. Moreover, Astaroth alone, or an apostle, could speak all languages, and she spoke after the manner of all countries, the which prove...

...Prologue: Certain persons have reproached the Author for knowing no more about the language of the olden times than hares do of telling stories. Formerly these people would have been vilified, called cannibals, churls, and sycophants, and Gomorrah would have been hinted at as their natal place. But the Author consen...

...Contents THE THREE CLERKS OF ST. NICHOLAS ................................................................................. 8 THE CONTINENCE OF KING FRANCIS THE FIRST............................................................ 19 THE MERRY TATTLE OF T...

...s Publication A Modern T elemachus by Charlotte M. Yonge 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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...ual fact. The Comte de Bourke was really an Irish Jacobite, naturalised in France, and married to the daughter of the Marquis de Varennes, as well as ... ...e of Philip V . of Spain, had involved that country in a war with England, France, and Austria, the Count was transferred from the Spanish Embassy to ... ...by the direct route. Or it may not have been etiquette for him to re-enter France when ap- pointed ambassador. At any rate, the poor Countess did take... ... secretary, and showing some handwriting of good quality. ‘Did he know any languages?’ ‘French, English, Latin, and some Greek.’ ‘And, Madame,’ added ... ...s yelling and howling, trampling and scuffling, then the sounds of strange languages in vituperation or command, steps coming down the ladder, sounds ... ...ith diplomatists all her life, and knew a little of the vernacular of most languages, and it was in Dutch—broken indeed, but still Dutch—that she decl...

... Eve and David by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage 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... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... the manufacturers; but in the year 1821 there were so many paper-mills in France, that no one could hope to repeat his success; and David had neither... ...upon a large scale. Mil- lions of copies of this work are sold annually in France. It is printed upon even coarser paper than the Almanac of Liege, a ... ... is trying to find out a secret that will lick all the printing offices in France and Navarre.” “And meantime you take your orders from a washer- woma... ...matum?” “My sine qua non,” said Cointet, “since we are speaking in foreign languages.” “Then here is mine in plain language,” Petit-Claud said drily. ...

...Excerpt: Lucien had gone to Paris; and David Sechard, with the courage and intelligence of the ox which painters give the Evangelist for accompanying symbol, set himself to make the large fortune for which he had wished that evening down by the Charente, when he sat with Eve by the weir, and she gave him her han...

...andre Dumas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Count of Monte Cristo Volume One by Alexandre Dumas is a publication of the Penns... ...ity. 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... ...ument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Count of Monte Cristo Volume One by Alexandre Dumas, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...rs for some inexplicable reason the name of one of the principal cities of France; beneath these windows a wooden balcony extended the entire length o... ...n here as a ruined man, separated for- ever from any fresh connection with France or claim to her throne. The magistrates freely discussed their polit... ...calling at once the patient exile of Hartwell and the peace-loving King of France, excited universal enthusiasm; glasses were elevated in the air a l’... ...nly the most important.” “You are, doubtless, acquainted with a variety of languages, so as to have been able to read all these?” “Yes, I speak five o... ...e taught you mathematics, phys- ics, history, and the three or four modern languages with which I am acquainted, you will know as much as I do myself.... ...the Romaic dialect during voyages to the East; and by the aid of these two languages he easily comprehended the construction of all the others, so tha...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Marseilles -- The Arrival. On the 24th of February, 1810, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d?If, got on board the vessel...

... A Horse’s Tale by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ersity. 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... ...Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit... ..., the nicest at the post, I think. That poor orphan child is on her way from France — everybody is full of the subject. Her father was General Alison’... ...never been in America since. They lived in Spain a year or two, then went to France. Both died some months ago. This little girl that is coming is the... ...oked, but I reckon she don’t, because she was only a baby when they moved to France. She is very proud to be a Spaniard.” Does that please you, Merced... ...ndise!” Could I resist that? No. I gave her a gooseberry. Y ou ask about her languages. They take care of themselves; they will not get rusty here; ou... ...uly a wonder; knowing everything, capable of every thing; speaking all the languages, master of all sciences, a mind without horizons, a heart of go... ...s and other authentic sources of private information. He understands all the languages, and talks them all, too. With an accent like gritting your tee...

...e is no telling how much he does weigh when he is out on the war-path and has his batteries belted on. He is over six feet, is young, hasn?t an ounce of waste flesh, is straight, graceful, springy in his motions, quick as a cat, and has a handsome face, and black hair dangling down on his shoulders, and is beautiful to look at; and nobody is braver than he is, and nobody i...

...Loues Labour’s lost. by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Based on the Folio Text of 1623 DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc.... ...s ' 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc. Shakespeare: First Folio Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Loues Labour’s lost . .... ...ues Labour’s lost L1v Actus primus. 2 Enter Ferdinand King of Nauarre, Berowne, Longauill, and 3 Dumane. 4 Ferdinand... ...st Shakespeare: First Folio Actus Secunda. 490 Enter the Princesse of France, with three attending Ladies, 491 and three Lords. 492 ... ...est mouing faire soliciter: 521 Tell him, the daughter of the King of France, 522 On serious businesse crauing quicke dispatch, 523 Imp... ...lding ’gainst some reason in my brest, 648 And goe well satisfied to France againe. 649 Prin. You doe the King my Father too much wrong... ...arie sir salutation. 1776 Boy. They haue beene at a great feast of Languages, 1777 and stolne the scraps. 1778 Clow. O they haue l...

...Excerpt: Loves Labour?s Lost; Actus Primus -- Enter Ferdinand King of Navarre, Berowne, Longavill, and Dumane. Ferdinand. Let Fame, that all hunt after in their lives, Live registred upon our brazen Tombes, And then grace us in the disgrace of death: when spight of cormorant devouring Time, ...

...Table of Contents: Loues Labour?s lost, 1 -- Actus primus., 1 -- Finis Actus Primus., 11 -- Actus Secunda., 12 -- Actus Tertius., 18 -- Actus Quartus., 22 -- Actus Quartus., 39...

...a by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...d hidden by bushy black brows, were like those of the Kalmucks who entered France in 1815; if they ever sparkled it was only under the influence of a ... ...d conductors on the roofs of the coaches. Each profession, each calling in France has its slang. “Have you seen the ‘Ducler’?” asked Minoret. “Monsieu... ... events which happened under this curious cognomenism. In whatever part of France you may be, you will find the same thing under changed names, but wi... ...academy, having a taste for grammar and for the differences among European languages, had studied the problem of a universal tongue. This learned man,... ...purest and most fervent feeling. Believers and unbelievers speak different languages and cannot understand each other. The young girl pleading God’s c...

...RLOTTE M YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Book of Golden Deeds is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ...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... ...cument or for the file as an electronic transmis- sion, in any way. A Book of Golden Deeds, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...den Deeds (from Gregory of T ours) in Thierry’s ‘Lettres sur l’Histoire de France;’ the Russian officer’s adventures, and those of Prascovia Lopouloff... ...a Theresa of Austria, which was called the Seven Years’ War. Louis XV . of France had taken the part of Austria, and had sent an army into Germany in ... ...ame of D’Assas. Poor Louis XVI had not long the control of the treasure of France; but a century of changes, wars, and revolutions has not blotted out... ...wn wrongs by whispering incitements to invasion. ‘All people, nations, and languages,’ was the commencement of the decrees of that monarch’s court; an... ...hat the word hos- pitium, which in Latin only means an inn, has, in modern languages, given birth, on the one hand, to hotel, or lodging house, on the... ...tons and cities of the little republic of Switzerland. Of differing races, languages, and, latterly, even religions— unlike in habits, tastes, opinion...

...Preface: As the most striking lines of poetry are the most hackneyed, because they have grown to be the common inheritance of all the world, so many of the most noble deeds that earth can show have become the best known, and enjoyed their full meed of fame. The...

...mmission in Lunacy by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...r friend Desplein; be a Baron, a Knight of Saint-Michael; become a peer of France, and marry your daughters to dukes.” “I! May the five hundred thousa... ...ety while 14 The Commission in Lunacy measuring them by a fixed standard. France employs about six thousand judges; no generation has six thousand gr... ...during the terrible scarcity which coincided disastrously with the stay in France of the so-called Allies, Popinot was ap- pointed President of the Co... ...mathematics. At the same time, the Mar- quis was having him taught Eastern languages, the interna- tional law of Europe, heraldry, and history from th... ...rope, that they may see men and things, and become accustomed to speak the languages they have learned. And, monsieur,” he went on, giving the judge a...

...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...

...s by Honoré 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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...h reached to the hips only, a garment peculiar to the peasantry of western France. Beneath this jacket, which was worn open, a waistcoat of the same l... ...o the secrets of the civil discords which were then agitating the whole of France could easily have distinguished the few in- dividuals on whose fidel... ...ed at Mayenne. During these troublous times the inhabitants of the west of France called all the soldiers of the Republic “Blues.” This nickname came ... ... and its verdure, worthy of England, the very word being common to the two languages. A few cattle gave life to the scene, already so dramatic. The bi...

...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...

... ! "# ... ... ! "# ! St. Ives, The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England by Robert Lou... ...a French Prisoner in England by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... as if we had been baboons, sought to evangelise us to their rus- tic, northern religion, as though we had been savages, or tortured us with intellige... ...r; and I had, in a compari- son with my comrades, many reasons for content. In the first place, I had no family: I was an orphan and a bachelor; neith... ...vity? she asked me. Had I to complain of any hardship? ‘Mademoiselle, I have not learned to complain,’ said I. ‘I am a soldier of Napoleon.’ She sighe... ...voice again. Where are you going, did you say?’ ‘Sare, I am go-ing to Lon-don,’ said the Major. I could have flung my plate at him to be such an ass, ... ... was a very little error, and one that might have passed ninety-nine times in a hundred. But my limb of the law was as swift to pick it up as though h... ...have had many opportunities by which I have prof- ited,’ he explained. ‘Few men are better acquainted with the similarities and differences, whether o...

Excerpt: St. Ives, The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England by Robert Louis Stevenson.

...ormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley ... ...u by Honoré 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... ...loping them. The Duc de Richelieu has just put an end to the occupation of France by the for- eign armies. According to Monsieur de la Billardiere, th... ... I wish to show the liberals, my enemies, that to love the king is to love France.” “Do you think you have got any enemies, my poor Birotteau?” “Why, ... ... This formula, used for the first time, had a magical effect. Not only all France, but the continent flaunted with the posters, yellow, red, and blue,... ...shall go to Italy, Germany, England! I shall carry with me placards in all languages, paste them everywhere, in villages, on doors of churches, all th...

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

...n 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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...before her, the captivating embodiment of a grace too little understood in France, where we choose to call it sentimentality, but which among German w... ...s of cotton as the Emperor had lost men during his magnificent campaign in France. “I tie in goddon,” said the father to the daughter, a father of the... ...e of reading, until her mind be- came sodden in it. Born to the use of two languages, she could speak and read German quite as well as French; she had... ...had acquired a precious flexibility of organ through the practice of three languages. This advantage was still further enhanced by a natural bell-like... ...t back to the ro- mances: she was loved for her beauty; a son of a peer of France, an eccentric, artistic young man, divined her heart, recog- nized t...

...RNE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620 1808 ... ...m New England History, 1620 1808 by Nathaniel Hawthorne 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... ...d king, by the name of William III. Poor old King James made his escape to France.” Grandfather told how, at the first intelligence of the land ing o... ... to learn a dialect, in which he could be assisted by no affinity with the languages he already knew. He was to do this without the help of any writte... ...ttle duodecimos, in English, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldaic, and all other languages that either originated at the confusion of Babel or have since co... ...with. He then spoke of the public affairs of the period. A new War between France and England had broken out in 1702, and had been raging ever since. ... ...anders knew that they could never dwell in security until the provinces of France should be subdued and brought under the English government. They fre...

...Preface: In writing this ponderous tome, the author?s desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the young may make acquaintance with them of their own accord. For this purpose, while ostensibly relating the adventures of a chair, he has endeavored to keep a distinct and unbrok...

...sics Series Publication The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott 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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...possible, and reporting what never chanced. Thou art one of the knights of France, who hold it for glee and pastime to gab, as they term it, of exploi... ...ect and esteem. There shouldst thou see several of the fairest beauties of France and Britain form a small circle, the brilliancy of which exceeds ten... ...answered, the louder grew his song. Sir Kenneth knew enough of the Eastern languages to be assured that he chanted sonnets of love, containing all the... ...lents. Such discords, and particularly those betwixt Richard and Philip of France, created disputes and obstacles which impeded every active measure p... ...tive troops, most of them of Saxon and Norman descent, speak- ing the same languages, possessed, some of them, of English as well as Scottish demesnes... ...ubian, by what- ever means he had acquired the art of writing the European languages, the King remained convinced that the English tongue at least was...

...1843) A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the P... ...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... ...t or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper, the Pennsylvania State U... ...the king, in person, and presented to the dauphine, then the first lady in France. The virtues of the Duchesse d’Angouleme were properly appreciated b... ...official dignity under all the dynasties and ministries that have governed France since its establishment. My business, however, is with the effect pr... ...y termed, had joined the allies in their attempted invasion on the soil of France. The vicomte, a marechal du camp, had fallen in battle, but the son ... ...don, do you understand Latin?” “No, sir—ladies do not often study the dead languages.” “If they did they would soon bring ‘em to life! ‘Semper ea- dem...

Excerpt: Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper.

...Albert Savarus by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...ogra- phy is here necessary to the understanding of this tale. In all ages France and England have carried on an exchange of trifles, which is all the... ...n for the colonels or officers of title belonging to the first families in France when quartered there, requires efforts of diplomacy which Prince T a... ...ed geography from Guthrie, sacred history, ancient history, the history of France, and the four rules all passed through the sieve of an old Jesuit? D... ...f the revo- lution. Rodolphe had not yet learned that, besides five living languages, Francesca knew Greek, Latin, and Hebrew. The charming creature p...

...Excerpt: One of the few drawing-rooms where, under the Restoration, the Archbishop of Besancon was sometimes to be seen, was that of the Baronne de Watteville, to whom he was particularly attached on account of her religious sentiments. A...

... SERIES PUBLICATION The Pension Beaurepas by Henry James 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 per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...’s for now.” “She’s beautifully educated,” said Miss Ruck. “She knows four languages.” “I am not very sure that I know English.” “You should go to Bos... ...a, looking at the other’s superior splendour. “Well, your dress was cut in France; any one can see that.” “Yes,” said Aurora, with a laugh, “my dress ... ... one can see that.” “Yes,” said Aurora, with a laugh, “my dress was cut in France—at Avranches.” “Well, you’ve got a lovely figure, any way,” pursued ... ... me a very charming girl,” I rejoined. “And I learned that she speaks four languages.” “It is not only that,” said Mrs. Church, in a tone which sugges...

...ics Series Publication Mugby Junction by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ity. 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... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ... they have long icicles (or what seem so) hanging from their lips. Unknown languages in the air, conspiring in red, green, and white characters. An ea... ...head on through Jeerusalemm 47 Charles Dickens and the East, and likeways France and Italy, Europe Old World, and am now upon the track to the Chief ... ...tanding up agin the Foreigner as giv’ Our Missis the idea of going over to France, and droring a comparison betwixt Refreshmenting as followed among t... ..., then, that that malig- nant maniac has sprung from the congenial soil of France, and that his malignant madness was in unchecked action on this same...

...Tess of the d’Urbervilles THOMAS HARDY 1891 Based on the Wessex Edition of 1912 Contents Phase the First — The Maiden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... Maiden 1 Phase the First — The Maiden I O n an evening in the latter part of May a middle aged man was walking home ward from Shaston to the village... ...f May a middle aged man was walking home ward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blake more or Blackmoor. The pair of ... ...Standard in the National School under a London trained mistress, spoke two languages; the dialect at home, more or less; ordinary English Phase the F... ...omen — Beck Knibbs, with her woolly black hair and rolling eyes; and flaxen Frances, consumptive from the winter damps of the water meads — who lived i... ...like polished steel: it was the English Channel at a point far out towards France. Before her, in a slight depression, were the remains of a village. ...

...Excerpt: Phase the First; The Maiden -- I -- On an evening in the latter part of May a middle-aged man was walking homeward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blakemore or Blackmoor. The pair of legs that carried him were rickety, and there was a bias in his gait which inc...

...Table of Contents: Phase the First ? The Maiden, 1 -- I, 1 -- II, 5 -- III, 10 -- IV, 16 -- V, 24 -- VI, 32 -- VII, 36 -- VIII, 39 -- IX, 43 -- X, 48 -- XI, 55 -- Phase the Second? Maiden No More, 61 -- XII, 61 -- XIII, 68 -- XIV, ...