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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... ... 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 ... ...gaged in analyzing hair: Chiffreville, his associate in the manufacture of chemical products, told me so. If my discovery should jump with his, my ess... ... up in what I have to say!” cried Cesar, naively. “Popinot, this man has a chemical effect upon me; his voice heats my stomach, and even gives me a sl... ... supposed to be passing wakeful nights; finance makes you brusque, so many elements must be brought together to launch an en- terprise,—so much study!...

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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... ...resolve into two simple principles; also that water, air, and fire are not elements. In another, he goes in a few words to the heart of magnetic myste... ...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... ...e image of human intellect ridden by Death, for it bears within itself the elements of its own destruction.’ Moreover, they can distinguish beings con... ...that music and the human voice are the re- 98 Seraphita sult of organized chemical substances, which put themselves in unison with the same substance...

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...Excerpt: MME. VAUQUER (nee de Conflans) is an elderly person, who for the past forty years has kept a lodging-house in the Rue Nueve-Sainte-Genevieve, in the district that lies between the Latin Quarter and the Faubourg Saint-Marcel. Her house (known i...

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...Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac Translator Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...iction nor a romance! ALL IS TRUE,—so true, that every one can discern the elements of the tragedy in his own house, perhaps in his own heart. The lod... ...scover a process by which to distil from the atmosphere all the nauseating elements with which it is charged by the catarrhal exhalations of every ind... ...to pay some attention to appearances when such highly- respectable persons honored her house with their presence. She expended no small amount of inge... ...n had given Vautrin an emetic, reserving the con- tents of the stomach for chemical analysis at the hospital. Mlle. Michonneau’s officious alacrity ha...

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...The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of th... ...tate Electronic Classics Series Publication The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania Stat... ...enemies to democracy. In France, under the system of bal- loting, politico-chemical products are formed in which the laws of affinity are reversed. No... ...e, some provincial backing of family or fortune. Has Dorlange any of those elements of success?” “As for the backing of a family, that element is part... ... COMTESSE DE L ’ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS Paris, March, 1839. THE ELEMENTS of the long biographical dissertation I lately sent you, my dear f...

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Excerpt: Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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...Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electroni... ...Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic C... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...tate Electronic Classics Series Publication Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...me particular interest attaches us, as it did in Blondet’s case, to scenes honored by the steps and lighted by the eyes of a certain person, one would... ...tion. He found in the peace of his home and his busy life out-of-doors the elements of a happiness sol- diers long for when they give up their profess... ...oul, dwelling exclusively on one only be- ing, grasps in the end the moral elements that surround it, and sees in them the makings of the future. The ... ...exhibiting her magnificent laces, she partially veiled the charms of these chemical products. She always wore the body of her dress stiffened with wha...

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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... ...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... ...became due. Madame Claes requested Pierquin to obtain the bill for all the chemicals that had been furnished to her husband. T wo months later, Messie... .... T wo months later, Messieurs Protez and Chiffreville, manu- facturers of chemical products, sent in a schedule of accounts rendered, which amounted ... ...y accorded to it by Linnaeus), possesses fifty-three simple substances, or elements, whose different combinations make its products. Is it probable th... ...seed germinates, and sprouts from a known en- vironment, and feeds only on elements known by analysis. Cut off the stalks from time to time, till you ...

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...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication An Old Maid by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Penns... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication An Old Maid by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylv... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Old Maid by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Old Maid by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley, the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...l signs of Monsieur de Troisville’s arrival had disappeared. Never did two chemicals blend into each other with greater rapidity than the hotel Cormon... ...et. Parisian customs, said the community , were about to triumph over time-honored provincial ways. The marriage of Jacquelin and Josette now took pla... ...rmula: appearing as they do, in each individual man, they combine with the elements that form his nature and take his own physiognomy. Madame Granson,...

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Excerpt: Scenes from a Courtesan?s Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by James Waring.

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Excerpt: The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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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... ...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... ...lanted shrubs, while the grass seems as if it must be made to grow by some chemical process. He ad- mired not only the decoration, the gilding, the ca... ...ience of the life the young pair are but just entering on; and the lighter elements, present as carbonic-acid gas is in champagne; and the envious gir...

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Excerpt: Two Poets by Honore de Balzac, translated by Ellen Marriage.

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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... ...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... ...tate, are usually just as they were before. They fulfil, in some sort, the chemical and physical functions of bodies which conduct electricity; at tim... ...Rue de la Perle and the Rue de Normandie; so impatient was he to know the “elements of the case” (to use his own expression), that he was coming to se... ...ng in this packing process—saw with the sharp pain that dissolves the very elements of thought. “Do as you vill—” he answered mechanically. The inno- ...