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...olonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Colonel Chabert b... ...tion Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable D... ... way. Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim Ma... ... horror, while the least charm was its resemblance to the grotesques which artists amuse themselves by sketching on a corner of the lithographic stone... ...ceive the interest I take in your situation, almost unexampled in judicial records. For the moment I will give you a letter to my notary, who will pay...

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... of a whale taken near Hitland, that had above a barrel of herrings in his belly. * * * One of our harpooneers told me that he caught once a whale in ... ...e does upon reaching the sea port. In bespeaking his sea outfit, he orders bell buttons to his waistcoats; straps to his canvas trowsers. Ah, poor Hay... ...ea. This ended, in prolonged solemn tones, like the continual tolling of a bell in a ship that is foundering at sea in a fog — in such tones he commen... ...s; and turned me to admire the magnanimity of the sea which will permit no records. At the same foam fountain, Queequeg seemed to drink and reel with ... ...t ignorance of those times, when the true form of the whale was unknown to artists; and considering that as in Perseus’ case, St. George’s whale might...

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...ight it out. They say we’re their slaves for ever. Have you ever read Lady Bell’s ‘At the Works’? A well-intentioned woman, but she gives the whole th... ...e fatiguing and less boring, which talked of books and things, visited the Bells, went to all first-nights when Granville Barker was the producer, and... ...ut if your brain is tired and weak, then so soon as you lose faith in your records, your mind is glad to let them go. When you see these lost identity... ...Angel. “You could as soon make a meal of the stars and pack them into your belly. You haven’t the things to do it with inside this.” He gave the bisho... ...fact of men. This God—this God here, that you want to worship, is a God of artists and poets—of elegant poets, a God of bric-a- brac, a God of choice ...

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...overies within him- self, first of counting and then of writing and making records, and with that his town communities began to stretch out to dominio... ...pes—and he never attempted steep descents or very high flying. He also, he records, owned one of those oil-driven motor-bicycles whose clumsy complexi... ... of war. He was to go back through London to Surrey. His first feeling, he records, was one of extreme relief that his days of ‘hopeless battering at ... ...ses. For more than a cen- tury the French system exhausted its vitality in belligerent convulsions, and then the infection passed to the German- speak... ...ed trees, were human habitations. The people of this country-side were not belligerents. The interests and sympathies alike of Holland had been so di-... ... country below went a strange multitu- dinous crying and a flurry of alarm bells… . The surviving aeroplanes turned about and fled out of the sky, lik... ..., to a large extent, with us. The majority of our population con- sists of artists, and the bulk of activity in the world lies no longer with necessit...

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...the tea-table, which was covered with a green cloth, on which she placed a bell. Old Colonel Giguet arrived on this battle-field at the mo- ment when ... ...ywhere, even in the class to which the Cinq-Cygnes belong. But there’s the bell announc- ing the electors, and I disappear —regretting much I can’t he... ...e him, felt no doubt of his election. Nevertheless, the first sound of the bell announc- ing the arrival of the most influential electors echoed in th... ...on of Madame de Montcornet than elsewhere. She receives, as you know, many artists and men 108 The Deputy of Arcis of letters, and to give you an ide... ...“He? he will talk to you by the hour of returning to the life of the great artists of the middle ages with the universality of their studies and their... ...e claw of a cat preparing to play with its mouse, so I answered, coldly:— “Artists, I am told, are often indiscreet in their curiosity.” I put a well-... ... the tool of those associations of false coiners who are known in criminal records to concoct schemes as complicated and mysterious as the one I am no... ...les, “‘ei- 291 Balzac ther by writings made or intercalated in the public records or other documents, shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor...

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...d to have to do with so worthy and liberal a steward. For many, many years—records hardly tell how many, probably from the time when Hiram’s wishes ha... ... afterwards, except on appli- cation to a huge, intricately hung mediaeval bell, the handle of which no uninitiated intruder can possibly find, the si... ...parsons, says I, ’ growled Moody; ‘hun- gry beggars, as never thinks their bellies full till they have robbed all and everything!’ ‘Who’s to harm you,... ...rden; I tell you something must be done— we must act; just let me ring the bell, and send the men word that I’ll speak to them in the quad.’ Mr Hardin... ... lady looking intently at a lily as no lady ever looked before. Our modern artists, whom we style Pre-Raphaelites, have delighted to go back, not only...

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... in a volume as Piazza Tales (1856); and of these ‘Benito Cereno’ and ‘The Bell Tower’ are equal to his best previous efforts. ‘Israel Potter: His Fif... ...y to effect a landing, under cover of her batteries. She main- tained this belligerent attitude for several days, during which time a series of inform... ...forward: bear a hand and rig your- selves, and stand by for a call. At two bells the boat will be manned to take you off, and the Lord have mercy on y... ...es in his own land. Fanning, a Yankee mariner of some reputation, likewise records his lively impressions of the physi- cal appearance of these people... ...f a song tattooed upon his chest, and a variety of spirited cuts by native artists in other parts of his body. He sported a fishing rod in his hand, a...

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...century, was encumbered with old iron and brass, tires of wheels, springs, bells, anything in short which the destruction of buildings afforded of old... ... and knew for twenty-seven years in the rickety old shop among his cracked bells and rusty bars, chains and scales, his twisted leaden gutters, and me... ...e corner of the house on the two streets, the multifarious col- lection of bells, springs, broken gunlocks, and the other rub- bish of their business,... ...r beauty. Every one admired her face, which promised much to the pencil of artists who are always seek- ing a noble ideal. She was called “the Little ... ...rself draws so delicately with her lissom outlines, revealed to the eye of artists in spite of swathing linen and thick clothes, which mould themselve... ... the correctness of their calculations and entered the sum stolen on their records as, in all probability, a thousand gold coins to each pot. But were... ...ave put into her passion something of the genius that inspires the work of artists and poets, the creative force which exists in woman under another f...

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...ar at the end of Tsar Peter Straat, issued in the frosty air the tinkle of bells of the horse tramcars, appearing and disappearing in the opening betw... ...I had been perusing in my cabin with a natural curi- osity, looking up the records of my new ship’s luck, of her behaviour, of the good times she had ... ...- 99 Joseph Conrad ment on the faithful river, only the ringing of ships’ bells is heard, mysterious and muffled in the white vapour from London Brid... ...tle houses for somebody’s good, for the sick or the sorry, for broken-down artists, cleaned-out gamblers, tem- porarily unlucky speculators—vieux amis... ... of their hearts, and indomitable in their unspoken resolution. In all the records of history there has never been a time when a victorious fortune ha...

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...ut I believe the account is transcribed pretty literally from the judicial records. Anyhow, it’s queer reading. And there’s a Herve de Lanrivain mixed... ...egal firm of Ascham and Pettilow, would have his punctual hand on the door-bell of the flat. It was a comfort to reflect that Ascham was so punctual—t... ...suspense was beginning to make his host nervous. And the sound of the door-bell would be the beginning of the end—after that there’d be no going back,... ...le gesture, and a moment later, as if an answer to the call of an electric bell, a clerk looked in from the outer office. “Sorry, my dear fellow—lot o... ... sir—do you not feel the dampness? Y ou are an artist, are you not? And to artists it is permitted to cover the head when they are engaged in the stud... ...y in the appearance of his gaunt dwelling. Who could tell amid what tragic records of domestic tyranny and fluttering broken pur- poses the little dra...

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...ere to pre- vent the boys taking a short cut to the swimming place. It had bellowed tremendously and finally charged him. He had dodged it and got awa... ...The Research Magnificent awakening. Again Benham heard that sound like the belling of a stag…. This was the real life of the jungle, this night life, ... ...merged into a dazzling whiteness…. In the stillness he could hear the deer belling again in the distance, and then came a fuss of monkeys in a group o... ...t very good school, some scrappy reading, the vague discussions of village artists, and the draped and decorated novelties of the ‘advanced.’ It all w... ...se things were illegali- ties that might some day be legal; there were the records of loans and hidden transactions that might at any time put all the...

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...f a chocolate tone? On the chimney-piece, with the clock (representing the Bellona of the Empire), are candelabra with fluted columns. Curtains of woo... ...ce him at the ministry. So, while the young Thuillier was making his first records on the Grand-Livre, he ought to have been studying his rhetoric and... ...s upholsterer, where the young wife, who was full of taste for art and for artists, and possessed a certain elegance, ruled, a queen. Madame Collevill... ...ugh rather mixed, was very amus- ing; she received and welcomed actresses, artists, men of let- ters, and a few rich men. Madame Colleville’s elegance... ...uing each other. I intend to have a choice little supper-party soon, where artists, tied to the pro- prieties at home, always compromise themselves. I... ...eceived. “Adieu, my child,” she said, as he reached the door. She rang the bell hurriedly and when the servant came:— “Josephine,” she cried, “go at o... ...follow- ing Sauvaignou into the next room, “take your Margot to walk about Belleville, and be sure you don’t go home.” “I hear,” said Sauvaignou. “I’m...

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...But you’ve not waited—” “I’ve had a mouthful of soup.” Lady Hardy rang the bell. “I’ve done some work at last,” said Sir Richmond, astride on the hear... ...corners of her mouth drooping, she touched the button of the silver table- bell. 18 The Secret Places of the Heart CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER CH... ...o crystallize. Before I came along she’d mixed chiefly with a lot of young artists and students, all doing nothing at all except talk about the things... ...had their tools of wood, their homes of wood, their gods and perhaps their records of wood. “A peat bog here, even a few feet of clay, might have pick... ...ctive, interesting men, rising politicians, university men of distinction, artists and writers even, men of science, men—there are still such men— act... ... She was indeed roused to that realization by the ringing of the telephone bell in the adjacent study. S S S S Section 5 ection 5 ection 5 ection 5 ec...

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...blic and Laws of Plato, and More’s Utopia, Howells’ implicit Altruria, and Bellamy’s future Boston, Comte’s great Western Repub- lic, Hertzka’s Freela... ...an agree- able little Utopia, that like the holy families of the mediaeval artists (or Michael Angelo’s Last Judgement) should compli- ment one’s frie... ...n has never yet in any land been willingly adscript to the glebe. Even Mr. Belloc, who preaches the happiness of a peasant proprietary, is so much wis... ...inly preserved the fundamen- tal freedom, to love. And then a sweet-voiced bell from some- where high up towards Oberalp chimes two-and-twenty times. ... ...m wage,” which threw a chance light on the labour prob- lem—by perforating records for automatic musical ma- chines—no doubt of the Pianotist and Pian... ...ntains to lecture in Saxony, lecturing on the way, to perforate a lot more records, lecturing the while, and so start out lecturing again. He was undi... ...edigree, to a place of greater quiet, to the ever-growing galleries of the records of the dead. Such a record is inevitable if a Modern Utopia is to b... ...ue, that later we come to consider a sort of voluntary uniform for Utopian artists. As he walks about the workshop, stopping to laugh at this producti...

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...e yell of Indians; while some times the wind tolled like a distant church bell, and some times gave a broad roar around the traveller, as if all Nat... ...American public. The ensuing tale is a translation of his “Beatrice; ou la Belle Empoisonneuse,” recently published in “La Revue Anti Aristocratique.... ...again some day soon. A pleasant journey to you.” While he was speaking the bell of the engine rang, and we dashed away after dropping a few passengers... ...nd the famous in every walk of life; princes, presidents, poets, generals, artists, actors, and philanthropists,—all making their own market at the fa... ...is life attained to a dignified station in the church, being remembered in records and traditions as Deacon Drowne, the carver. One of his productions...

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...n of his mental efforts, and the word was like the clapper of a disorderly bell, striking through him, with reverberations, in the form of interrogati... ...pia by Colney: with our poor hang neck population uncertain about making a bell-rope of the forelock to the Satyr-snouty mas- ter; and the Norman Lord... ...ery in memory; or when England’s cherished Bard, the Leading Article, blew bellows, and wind primed the lieges. That a phrase on any other subject was... ...s country’s welfare and advancement, these, with 84 One of Our Conquerors records, items, anticipations, of the manlier sports to deco- rate, were hi... ...red portable; thus we pass into the conceptions of our fel- lows, into the records, down to posterity. Anecdotes of England’s happiest man were relate... ... to female char- acter. That likewise may be the hypocrite’s mask. Popular artists, intent to gratify the national taste for ef- fects called realisti...

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...a primitive air; it is rustic, and has that decorative simplicity which we artists are forever seeking. In the far distance is the 11 Balzac little t... ...pring the garlands of the ceiling. Charming paintings, the work of unknown artists, fill the panels between the female figures, representing the luxur... ...hinking at least, the art of decoration. The mistress of the house finds a bell-wire beneath her feet to summon servants, who enter only when required... ...elf, and you may be yawning—to be continued in our next; I hear the second bell, which summons me to one of those abundant breakfasts the fashion of w... ... jealous,—a sentiment, by the bye, to which we owe the fairy-land of Isola Bella in the Lago Maggiore. In the middle ages the castle of Les Aigues sto... ...ow to read and write is really alarming, and the manner in which the civil records are kept is even more so. The danger of this state of things, well-... ... committed the error of en- deavoring to convey it in their pictures. Such artists forget that the SOUL of a landscape, if they represent it truly, is...

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...turmoil, hammering, the clanging and throb of machinery, and presently—the bellowing of great beasts! 61 H. G . Wells Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Chapter 1... ...s be a vast flat calf-like sound, at times it rose to an amazed and wrathy bellowing, and again it would become a clogged bestial sound, as though the... ...gged bestial sound, as though these unseen creatures had sought to eat and bellow at the same time. Our first view was but an inadequate transitory gl... ...ons of our recording instru- ments his communication comes and goes in our records in an extremely fitful manner; it becomes blurred; it “fades out” i... ...in work which have distinguished the career of man. There are no books, no records of any sort, no libraries or inscriptions. All knowledge is stored ... ..., were thinkers and some officials; some hunted, some were mechanics, some artists, some toilers. ‘But all rule,’ I said. “‘And have they not differen...

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...he name of Agesilaus’s daugh- ter, nor of Epaminondas’s mother. But in the records of Laconia, we ourselves found his wife’s name to have been Cleora,... ...ountry-houses. And once they seized upon two Roman praetors, Sextilius and Bellinus, in their purple-edged robes, and carried them off together with t... ...on into Armenia, upon the invitation of young Tigranes, who was now in re- bellion against his father, and gave Pompey a meeting about the river Araxe... ...rtainments, to carry on which he had a supply of three thousand actors and artists, newly ar- rived out of Greece. But they were soon interrupted by H... ... of the design might outdo the expense, his wishes turned, above all other artists, to Stasicrates, because he al- ways promised something very bold, ... ...hat he was like a sacrificed beast, all consumed except the tongue and the belly. But Phocion’s was a real virtue, only over- matched in the unequal c... ...e treasury, people who had long practice and familiarity in all the public records and the laws, and, when new magistrates came in year by year, so ig... ...ng the people, went, in the absence of Clodius, and by force took away the records of his tribuneship, which had been laid up in the capitol. Hereupon... ...a trial of skill between nature and fortune, as there is sometimes between artists, it would be hard to judge, whether that succeeded best in making t...

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... the originality which commends this portion of Saumur to the attention of artists and antiquaries. It is difficult to pass these houses without admir... ...alf is fastened back within the room, the lower half, fitted with a spring-bell, swings continually to and fro. Air and light reach the damp den withi... ... she was beautiful with a beauty which the spirit recognizes, and none but artists truly love. A painter seeking here below for a type of Mary’s celes... ...l see about preparing the deed of relinquishment, and then enter it on the records of the court.” The next morning Eugenie signed the papers by which ...