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...eived a scholarship in the Imperial Lyceum, and the Emperor paid the whole costs of their education from his privy purse. He gave Madame Bridau a pens... ...tions. Madame Bridau chose this lodging for three reasons: economy, for it cost only four hundred francs a year, so that she took a lease of it for ni... ...f could have done no more,” she said. Philippe’s half-pay sufficed him; he cost nothing at home, whereas all Joseph’s expenses were paid by the two wi... ...Joseph Bridau in after-years, relating his troubles; “the sun saved me the cost of charcoal.” As good a colorist by this time as Gros himself, Joseph ... ...er do,—like a wily law- yer planning some trick “a la Maitre Gonin”; words cost him nothing, and he said as many as he could to get people to believe.... ...ums he has laid by for the last seventeen years, and which Monsieur Hochon estimates at more than six hun- dred thousand francs, he will not give one ... ...e evening many persons in Issoudun, includ- ing Max, were informed of this estimate, which had the im- mediate effect of causing a search for all the ... ...k. But anger turned the Spaniard white as a bit of cambric when, trying to estimate the extent of the destruction and his consequence losses, he notic... ...tead of enlightening your uncle on the value of his pictures, which is now estimated at over one hundred thousand francs, you have packed them off in ...

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.... He had been not a little employed by that lady, in preparing plans and estimates for some of her extensive operations in drainage. Having, with mu... ... person. Once more we made a survey, mainly now with a view to a pecuniary estimate. “I will do it for five hundred dollars,” said Mr. Scribe at last,... ...y with a large fortune. But to the general surprise, after being at great cost in building himself this mansion, he settled down into a sedate, reser... ...es have been ours! Once I found in a drawer a whole portfolio of plans and estimates. Another time, upon returning after a day’s absence, I discovered...

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...cs you must have money: have we any? What! would you burn your sign, which cost six hundred francs, and renounce ‘The Queen of Roses,’ your true glory... ... the close of that year the assets stag- gered our ambitious perfumer; all costs calculated, he would be able in less than twenty years to make a mode... ...dest capital of one hundred thousand francs, which was the sum at which he estimated their happiness. He then resolved to reach for- tune more rapidly... ...ther with his general ami- ability, won him enormous credit. His household cost him 34 Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau nearly twenty thousand francs... ...t for the bailiff, and thought only of recovering capital, inter- est, and costs; and the bailiff was ordered to pursue the mat- ter until the debtor ... ...isian husbands he set up a private establishment of his own, keep- ing the cost, in the first instance, within the limits of moder- ate expenditure. I... ...s?” asked Grindot. “How much do you think it will cost?” “An architect can estimate on a new building almost to a farthing,” answered the young man; “... ...aimed Madame Birotteau. “Monsieur, I entreat you, begin nothing without an estimate and the specifications signed. I know the ways of contractors: six... ...om, as plain as that of a monk or an old soldier (the two men best able to estimate life), a cru- cifix with a basin of holy-water first caught the ey...

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...have seen anything in the States. San Jose, the capital of the republic of Costa Rica, in Central America, has been pre- pared and arranged as a new c... ...ieved; but that dream had been found vain—and therefore the States, at the cost of some fond wishes, agreed to seek together for national power rather... ...igation laws— meaning, I believe, that the laws of the States increase the cost of coast traffic by forbidding foreign vessels to engage in the trade,... ...the reasons given for secession have been trifling, and among them have so estimated this matter of the Fugitive Slave Law. I mean to assert that the ... ...hat he would do so, and gave him his liberty throughout all our lands at a cost which has never yet been reckoned up in pounds, shillings, and pence. ... ... which has never yet been reckoned up in pounds, shillings, and pence. The cost never can be reckoned up, nor can the gain which we achieved in purgin... ... be paid in this case. The value of the prop- erty would probably be lowly estimated at 100l. a piece for men, women, and children, or 4,000,000l. ste... ...iculty of the position of the whole country seems to me to have been under-estimated in England. In common life it is not easy to arrange the circumst... ...2, to June 30th, 1863, must necessarily have been obtained by a very loose estimate. No one can say what may be the condition of the country during th...

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...th such dreams to the Nathans and the Blondets of the year 1923; you shall estimate the distance at which we now are from the days when the Florines o... ... which flourish only at fifty leagues from Paris, here where land does not cost enough to make one sparing of it. The landscape on such free lines cov... ...families of the old parliament; hammers have demolished Montmorency, which cost an Italian fol- 13 Balzac lower of Napoleon untold sums; Val, the cre... ...gh during his campaigns in Spain and Pomerania to make the purchase, which cost about eleven hundred thousand francs, including the furniture. The gen... ...ng, “There’s ten, and I’ll give you ten more for the otter.” “And it won’t cost you dear if there’s white on its back; for the sub-prefect told me the... ...by the house roses grew, and wall-flowers, violets, and other flowers that cost nothing. Jessamine and honey-suckle had fastened their tendrils on the... ...urate. “Did you not tell me, my dear Sibilet,” said the general, “that you estimate the value of what the peasants steal from us at a quarter of the w... ...m to meet and transact business and make their weekly bargains. We can now estimate the extent of the evil done by the careless indifference of the gr... ...oorway of some bourgeois house in Ville-aux-Fayes. Clear-sighted enough to estimate the elements of good for- tune that centred in Catherine T onsard,...

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...mong the many who have brought about this apprecia- tion, those only whose estimates have been placed in these volumes may be mentioned here. To Presi... ...ssionists, for he must have known them to be resolved upon disunion at any cost. But it was an appeal to the wavering minds in the North, and upon the... ...tion the judgment of our philosopher Emerson will commend itself as a just estimate of Lincoln’s his- torical place “His occupying the chair of state ... ...00 were enrolled on the side of the govern- ment alone; that the aggregate cost and loss to the nation approximated to 1,000,000,000 pounds sterling, ... ...oved and the lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.” Hardly could your illustriou... ...ng railroads and canals, any more than to other good things, provided they cost nothing. The only objection is to pay- ing for them; and the objection... ...it,—there is always a heart-appalling shock accompanying the amount of its cost, which forces us to shrink from our pleasing anticipations. The probab... ...easing anticipations. The probable cost of this contemplated rail- road is estimated at $290,000; the bare statement of which, in my opinion, is suffi... ...o be collected in specie. Now mark what the effect of this must be. By all estimates ever made there are but between sixty and eighty millions of spec...

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...t girl, and, in spite of her reverence for an Englishman, had a reasonable estimate of her husband’s weaknesses. She managed him ten- derly, and becam... ...t I hardly knew Miss Copleigh; and, though I was playing Providence at the cost of my horse, I could not tell her in as many words what 37 Rudyard Ki... ...d and blossom, and decay into fat Captains and tubby Majors. At a moderate estimate there were about three and twenty sides to that lady’s character. ... ... hundred and two hundred rupees already; and the jadoo of that night would cost two hundred more. Which was cheap, he said, considering the greatness ... ...uld poison my food. A fool’s jadoo has been going on for ten days, and has cost Suddhoo many rupees each night. The seal-cutter used black hens and le... ...t down here; but they were very instructive as showing the er- rors of his estimates. * * * When the trouble was over, and his few acquaintanc... ...t with a gasp. That, again, was hopeful. How he kept his oath, and what it cost him in the begin- ning, nobody knows. He certainly managed to compass ... ...man—startled at anything good being laid to Mrs. Reiver’s door—laughed, it cost him Moriarty’s friendship. Moriarty , who is married now to a woman te...

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...is own approval. He will secure the largest share possible of that, at all costs, all sacrifices. Y.M. A minute ago you said Hamilton fought that duel... ...f he could have bought a contented spirit and an unworried mind at smaller cost. But we are so made that we will pay anything for that contentment—e... ...ious necessity of securing his own approval, in every emergency and at all costs. To it we owe all that we are. It is our breath, our heart, our blood... ...e and his training. He has to content the spirit that is in him, though it cost him his life. An other man, just as sincerely religious, but of diffe... ...years ago twenty four days ago. Seventy four years old yesterday. Who can estimate my age today? I have looked upon her again. I wonder I can bear it... ... Jean did the same yes terday and the preceding days, and the fatigue has cost her her life. The fatigue caused the convulsion that attacked her this... ...ed in the answer. He is at the bottom of the human ladder, as the accepted estimates of degree and value go: a soiled and patched young loafer, witho...

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...and attempted to reach celebrity by writing a book; but he learned, to his cost, to regard talent as he did nobility. Hav- ing tried the law, the nota... ...tenant desired. Board sup- plied; the rooms can be furnished at a moderate cost if mutually acceptable. 11 Balzac “Inquire of M. Millet, grocer, rue ... ...odefroid. Having brought with him a certain amount of furniture, the whole cost of fitting up the rooms proved to be not over six hundred francs. “We ... ...red are honest?’ ‘Did I say that?’ he re- plied, smiling maliciously. ‘The estimate is too high?’” Monsieur Alain paused to put the fire together; tha... ...‘I know it. But what is the good of suing me and crushing me with bills of costs? I have nothing with which to pay anything. Lately I received letters... ...est, you will not find a word about the four or five criminal trials which cost the lives of sixty or eighty ‘brigands.’ The term brigands, applied du...

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...isite, at once strong and fine. He had a confused sense that she must have cost a great deal to make, that a great many dull and ugly people must, in ... ...llow herself the luxury of an impulse! This one, at any rate, was going to cost her rather more than she could afford. She was vexed to see that, in s... ...itude in this line: she had been brought up in the faith that, whatever it cost, one must have a good cook, and be what Mrs. Bart called “de- cently d... ...led at her daughter’s innocence. “Lilies-of-the-valley,” she said calmly, “cost two dollars a dozen at this season.” Lily was not impressed. She knew ... ...rs at luncheon; and mother says a bunch of lilies-of-the- valley would not cost more than twelve dollars. Mayn’t I tell the florist to send a few ever... ...id of Lily Bart, but he could separate the woman he knew from the vul- gar estimate of her. His mind turned to Gerty Farish’s words, and the wisdom of... ...gina- tion—with the whole Mediterranean to choose from: but then, if one’s estimate of a place depended on the way they broiled a spring chicken! Gad!... ...al. But it was in the quality of his admi- ration that she read his shrewd estimate of her case. He en- joyed letting the Gormers see that he had know... ...: Lily’s tired mind was fascinated by this escape from fluctuating ethical estimates into a region of concrete weights and measures. 240 House of Mir...

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...d the post- house from the Grand’Rue to the wharf. The new establish- ment cost two hundred thousand francs, which the gossip of thirty miles in circu... ...mous mirrors everywhere. The ceilings were all re-made with cornices which cost six francs a foot. The dining-room floor is in marquetry—perfect folly... ...pense he would be to them at a school in Paris, where, she said, education costs so much. The doctor obtained a half-scholarship for his great-nephew ... ...subscribing to periodicals. His an- nual expenses, which all Nemours could estimate, did not exceed eighteen hundred francs a year. Like most old men ... ...e clerk of the court, poor in compari- son with the post master, had often estimated, by way of conversation, the doctor’s property. If they met their... ...remiere, putting in her word with a humble bow,— “a miracle which will not cost you much.” “It is God’s doing, madame,” replied Ursula. “God!” exclaim... ...is money to her. The faults of the young viscount were therefore likely to cost him the favor of two powerful protectors. If Savinien had entered the ...

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...h women; the most angelic of them, he frankly said, was not worth what she cost, even if you got her for nothing. He was supposed to be so entirely bl... ... for by de Police, and dey do not find her.” “It is better that she should cost you a few hundred francs than cost you your life,” said Desplein; “and... ...long to him; he was a younger son’s younger son. Nowadays old Canquoelle’s costume would look strange, but between 1811 and 1820 it astonished no one.... ...wn with metal buttons, and a shirt with a flat-pleated frill completed his costume. In the middle of the shirt-frill twinkled a small gold locket, in ... ...vernment was departing from its good old traditions. Every session saw the estimates pared down which were necessary to keep up the police, out of hat... ...nd her husband is in power.’— ’But, my dear,’ said the other lady, ‘Lucien costs her very dear.’—What did she mean, papa?” “Just nonsense, such as peo... ...Y ou must understand, Monsieur le Baron, that it is impossible to make any estimate of the cost of each man’s conscience before go- 113 Balzac ing in... ...ir cover; “this is a secret between the police and the law. The judge will estimate its value, but Monsieur and Madame Camusot must know nothing of it...

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..., and in the illuminated saloon, the clang- ing music invited to dance, and splendidly appeared the rich toilets and charms of the ladies, and the fes... ...narrow bright red car- pet was unrolled and stretched from the top of the marble steps to the curbstone, along the center of the black carpet. This re... ...e tiers were as full at the close as they had been at the beginning. This showed that the people liked it. It was a curious sort of a play. In the man... ...en very much over the average. The average at that time in the Grand Duchy of Baden was forty-five to a young person (when alone), according to the of... ...ut: “It is very, very good, indeed! But I will have real rain! Turn on the water!” The manager pleaded for a reversal of the command; said it would ru... ...he last degree picturesque. The stage scenery was ruined, trap-doors were so swollen that they wouldn’t work for a week after- Mark Twain 48 ward, th... ...s by myself. Still, if I felt that I could afford the tax, I would never travel without a courier, for a good courier is a convenience whose value can... ...ard, many citizens of that town were knocked down and quite seriously injured by descending portions of mule meat, frozen solid. This shows, better th... ...e mistaken. If I am the first that did it, I want the credit of it, too. 3. Guides are necessary, for none but a native can read those finger-boards. ...

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...ffi- culties, not to speak of the fact that such a wife would save him the cost of a servant. He added nothing to the furniture of his bedroom where, ... ...t and sold for cash only. He had, moreover, such a perfect memory that the cost of any article, were it only a farthing, remained in his mind year aft... ...eemingly in- destructible muscularity. He never relinquished his peddler’s costume,—thick, hobnailed shoes; blue stockings knit by his wife and hidden... ...ons, except perhaps a bunch of garlic or onions, which could not spoil and cost but little. The small amount of wood they burned in winter they bought... ...rner pillar, continuing to sell old iron while the infant sucked. Her milk cost nothing, and she let her little daugh- ter feed on it for two years, n... ...ars of age, was supposed to possess about six hundred thousand francs. The estimate of his fortune had lately increased throughout the depart- ment, i... ... he 20 The Village Rector would have to lead in his new mansion would, he estimated, cost him nearly as much as the original building. In spite, ther... ...were barely two million acres of 183 Balzac vineyard in France; a careful estimate would give ten million to-day. Divided ad infinitum by our present... ...s France an injury which the government seems not even to suspect. W e may estimate the number of peasant fami- lies, omitting paupers, at three milli...

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...te University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James The Pupil by Henry James CHAPTER I T he poor young man hesitated and procrastinated: ... ...all have much of a battle.” “They’ll give you anything you like,” the boy remarked unexpectedly, returning from the window. “We don’t mind what anythi... ...s themselves, and our young man felt ap- pealed to to be glad, in regard to Morgan’s education, that, though it must naturally be of the best, it didn... ...gs they represented had come from was more than an ob- server could say—it certainly had burrowed under two or three generations. As for Pemberton’s o... ...cessful attempt—though there was little other success about it—to bring them to a consid- eration of his impossible position. As the ostensible eve of...

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... sole exception to the rule. The dreary surroundings were reflected in the costumes of the inmates of the house; all were alike threadbare. The color ... ...idily knotted, that students affect, trousers that matched the rest of his costume, and boots that had been resoled. 15 Balzac Vautrin (the man of fo... ... though by no means open-handed, she begged that lady to accept a hat that cost twenty francs. The fact was that she needed the Countess’ services on ... ...hains, and all sorts of things; you have to wear white doeskin gloves that cost six francs in the morning, and primrose kid gloves every evening? A fi... ...himself, as he deposited his hat on the opposite seat. “This escapade will cost me a king’s ransom, but, at any rate, I shall call on my so-called cou... ...d “middlings”; and the production, storage, and quality of grain. He could estimate the yield of the harvest, and foresee market prices; he bought his...

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... alteration in his dress; while the slovenly style of the remainder of his costume warranted the inference that his personal appearance would not have... ...xpectedly accelerated, and whose wheels, gentlemen, as he will find to his cost, will very soon be greased by you!’ Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz paused in this... ...’ them to have taken up the case on spec, and to charge nothing at all for costs, unless they got ‘em out of Mr. Pickwick.’ At this very unexpected re... ...ickwick; but inasmuch as our readers are far better able to form a correct estimate of that gentleman’s merits and deserts, than Serjeant Snubbin coul... ...ell, Sir,’ said Dodson, for self and partner. ‘You imagine you’ll get your costs, don’t you, gentlemen?’ said Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens 83 Fogg s... ...s. Dodson and Fogg,’ said Mr. Pickwick vehemently,’but not one farthing of costs or damages do you ever get from me, if I spend the rest of my existen... ... attorney did not appear very much delighted with his clerk’s professional estimate of Mr. Pickwick’s character, for he walked away without deigning a... ...inted calico for a suit, and not an inch too much or too little, from that estimate alone. ‘“Quit this room,” said both men together, grasping their s...

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... Romance: ‘The young who avoid that region escape the title of Fool at the cost of a celestial crown.’ Of Poetry: ‘Those that have souls meet their fe... ...s. Fiddle in harmonics as it may, it will have these gratifications at all costs. Should none be discoverable, at once you are at the 16 Diana of the... ...nd she excused her poor Tony for the artful presentation of him at her own cost. But she could not excuse her for having married the man. Her first an... ...eart. She had struck on the hope for the detested yoke to be broken at any cost. ‘I decline to meet his charges. I despise them. If my friends have fa... ..., inflammable in support of in- nocence. The class below it is governed in estimates of char- acter by accepted patterns of conduct; yet where innocen... ...the first, the rest are wind. Which signifies, that if you do not take his estimate of himself, you will think little of his: negative virtues. He is ... ...husiasm was reserved for Italian scenery. She had already formed a sort of estimate of his character, as an indifferent observer may do, and any woman... ...ady Dunstane did ask herself why Tony should have incurred the burden of a costly house- hold—a very costly: Sir Lukin had been at one of Tony’s littl... ...r words rang through him. At every meeting she said things to confound his estimate of the wits of women, or be remembered for some spirited ring they...

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... however, become a fable, in 1826. He retains a few vestiges of the former costume of the beaux of the Empire, which are not unbecoming to the dignity... ...showed the hardiness of her life, the deaden- ing of her natural fire, the cost of what she was! To Brigitte, Celeste was simply a fortune to lay hold... ...e prom- ised to be pretty . She needed masters, and her education ought to cost not less than two thousand francs a year. The mother felt the necessit... ...nium called Charles X.; her gown, of plum-colored stuff, made with a yoke, cost fifteen francs, her embroidered collarette was worth six, and it ill d... ... to become minister of justice, with his son, to dine with him. The notary estimated the fortunes which would eventually fall to Celeste at seven hund... ...uments of an office. Besides, could it be done, in Paris especially, where costs of living had trebled,—the apartment of a magistrate, for instance, c... ...and.” “Well, I will undertake that you shall see a piece of prop- erty and estimate yourself its probable revenue, which I can make Thuillier the owne... ...bout?” asked Thuillier. “Read and you’ll see.” The paper read as follows:— Estimate for a newspaper, small size, at thirty francs a year. Calculating ... ...but in any case, I beg you to observe that the costs are very high on that estimate, and some could be cut off altogether. For instance, you would not...

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...rancs a month and a pound’s weight of soap for each of them.” “But it must cost you twice as much as that to keep them, good woman?” “That is just wha... ...y will let us have them. When the milk we give them comes to nothing, they cost us scarcely anything. Besides that, three francs is a great deal, sir;... ...gion? But impera- tively as the salutary changes were required, they might cost the life of any man who endeavored to bring them about. Here, as in ot... ...r I had appealed to their parsimonious instincts, showing them how much it cost to support the poor wretches, and point- ing out how largely they migh... ...d that I could secure the cure’s house and plenty of waste land at a small cost, I sol- emnly devoted myself to the calling of a country surgeon— the ... ... to call himself a statesman, for his actions and motives cannot be justly estimated; his real judges are far away, and the results of his deeds are e... ...great the power that he enjoys, in his inmost soul he soon comes to a just estimate of the sentiments that all external action causes for him. He very... ...metimes I took my vehement energy of feeling for a resolute will, and over-estimated my powers; sometimes, at the mere sight of some trifling obstacle... ...came to a clearer knowledge of men and of things as they are, that I could estimate those noble letters at their just worth. No trace of selfishness w...