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2003 VIII|                do you suppose that the treat we are giving you is a common
2004 VII |                who lives in dread of a~trial in the divorce-court. This
2005 IV  |             Lord Dudley's~daughter. "I tried to be the same lover.~ ~"
2006 VIII|             encyclopaedic knowledge of trifles, the practice of manoeuvring,~
2007 VI  |      remarkable for its simplicity, is trimmed with crisp~ribbons; there
2008 VII |            grandeur out of superlative trivialities; she simply drops her hand~
2009 VII |              goes out in all weathers, trots about, comes, goes, gazes,
2010 I   |             the march some whither, or trotting at the heels of Fortune.
2011 VIII|              and the room, strewn with trusses of straw, gave the promise
2012 IV  |               do me the honor of being truthful.'--'As before God.'--'Do
2013 VII |          affect Free-thought, she will try to convert you, for you
2014 IV  |           childish, my angel,' said I, trying~to take her hands; but she
2015 VII |                 or looking whether her tucker is doing its~office of faithful
2016 VII |               townswoman is~undecided, tucks up her skirts to cross a
2017 III |          itself, pictures its fancies,~turns them into reality and torment;
2018 VI  |             ordinary woman look like a turtle, but which in her sets off
2019 II  |             have been of a~hundred and twenty Othello-power, that terrible
2020 V   |                V~"She rose, and walked twice round the boudoir in real
2021 VIII|          forage.~ ~"In the darkness of twilight I could just see a faint
2022 VII |              the movement by which she twirls~a vinaigrette hanging to
2023 IX  |             flocks by a child's wilful tyranny. The same necessity urged
2024 VIII|            normal state, became almost unbounded.~
2025 IX  |            years past. I ascribed this unconcern to~Italian manners, or to
2026 VII |               doing, the townswoman is~undecided, tucks up her skirts to
2027 IV  |                I who was to blame, you understand--'we would have~gone to live
2028 IX  |            dared question him; but he, understanding our~curiosity, pointed to
2029 VI  |                 Oh! how thoroughly she understands the /cut/ of her gait--forgive
2030 VI  |                about as mirthful as~an undertaker's mute, and as light as
2031 IV  |             air.--'Good God! But I can undo it all!' said~she.--'No,
2032 II  |             that more~politicians were undone by us than we could make."~ ~"
2033 VI  |             that she owes the graceful undulation~which plays under her long
2034 III |                making a pretext of the~uneasiness I had felt in the fear lest
2035 VII |                them. You~alone will be uneasy, you will know nothing of
2036 I   |            light-hearted people. Only, unfortunately, so few houses protest;
2037 VI  |               secret~she keeps, though unguarded by any patent.~ ~"As she
2038 VII |        religion is the~only remedy; it unites families which your laws
2039 I   |                agreeable and changeful unity to all these social~qualities,
2040     | unlike
2041 IX  |               sat in utter silence; I, unluckily, after looking at~them all,
2042 VII |         another," Blondet went on~with unperturbed gravity; "whereas, even
2043 VI  |             hair's breadth; they glide unremarkable between the waters of the~
2044 VI  |           Beneath it you see the fresh unworn face of a woman who, without~
2045 III |               is deceiving you, she is unworthy of you!'~ ~"I ascribed my
2046     | upon
2047 VI  |              public opinion to form an upper chamber of women, and who
2048 IV  |                 You cannot imagine how~urgently necessary it is that you
2049 VI  |             than what it is, it is too useful to be a~form of luxury."~ ~"
2050     | using
2051 IX  |                   All the party sat in utter silence; I, unluckily, after
2052 IX  |               meaning of the Colonel's utterance was self-evident. The young~
2053 IX  |              like a lion. Incapable of uttering~a word, or even a cry, he
2054 IV  |               and of a~style of beauty utterly opposed to that of my deceiving
2055 I   |             into a shaft, each speaker utters his phrase and casts~his
2056 V   |                                        V~"She rose, and walked twice
2057 IV  |              you to~do so. The Duke is vain; he will be proud of his
2058 III |                 She wished she were my~valet, in whose happiness she
2059 V   |                 or Lauzun,~or Louis de Valois ever effected a more judicious
2060 VII |              know~how to give them the value of thought by her inimitable
2061 VII |            find her as you go out; she~vanishes before the end of the play.
2062 V   |               be spoken: Duchesses are~vanishing, and marquises too! As to
2063 VI  |     Saint-Honore. Never is this pretty variety of~woman to be seen in the
2064 II  |            display all the talents and various~aptitudes of a statesman;
2065 VIII|                 said de Marsay.~ ~"Ah! vat a pleashre it is to dichest
2066 VII |                her to look out for the vehicles; she is a~mother in public,
2067 V   |               swept by ducal satin and velvet did not make indestructible
2068 II  |                 spare us your terrible verdicts," cried Madame de Montcornet
2069 IV  |            particular, she~insisted on verifying the tint of the hair. My
2070 VIII|                 empires, kings, codes,~verses, a romance--and all with
2071 V   |                she found some~tears of vexation. 'You disgust me with the
2072 VI  |                                        VI~"Alas! it is true," said
2073 Add |               for Arcis~ ~Portenduere, Vicomtesse Savinien de~ Ursule Mirouet~
2074 IV  |                hands, and~putting on a victimized air.--'Good God! But I can
2075 VIII|               brought neither wood nor victuals. After the~passage of this
2076 II  |            From a sentimental point of view, this is horrible," the
2077 VII |                                        VII~"As to the /bourgeoise/,
2078 VIII|                                        VIII~"And so," said Blondet, "
2079 VIII|              pleashre it is to dichest vile you talk," said Baron de~
2080 VII |         movement by which she twirls~a vinaigrette hanging to her finger by
2081 IX  |                give you an idea of his violence, I will tell you in a few
2082 VII |               she is experiencing some violent~emotion; she has to bestow
2083 V   |          sparkling glitter of a hunted viper's eye when driven into a~
2084 Add |               The Peasantry~ ~Blondet, Virginie (Madame Montcornet)~ Jealousies
2085 IV  |                hypocrisy is~as good as virtue.--I am not speaking to you
2086 V   |            Aristocracy begins with the viscountess," said Blondet with a smile.~ ~"
2087 IX  |             Princesse de Cadignan--"as vitreous matter is moulded~under
2088 II  |               which told you what your vocation was?" asked Emile~Blondet; "
2089 II  |              murmurs of the~coachmen's voices could be heard from the
2090 VII |             pout~and smile; or throw a Voltairean epigram into an 'Indeed!'
2091 VII |                our age. The~epigram--a volume in a word--no longer strikes,
2092 II  |                Prince~Metternich, they vouchsafe to tell a story?~ ~De Marsay,
2093 IX  |                few of the last minutes vouchsafed to him; but it is quite~
2094 IV  |           gesture by using the formal /vous/ instead of~/tu/. 'Nay,
2095 IX  |         language allows to be given to vowels and the final syllable,~
2096 III |               perhaps have noted it as vulgar in that accomplished soul.~ ~ ~"
2097 VI  |           pursuit of plants, among the vulgarities of Paris life you have~at
2098 VI  |           stockings, no~over-elaborate waist-buckle, no embroidered frills to
2099 IX  |            fallen asleep. The Duchess,~waking at about four in the morning,
2100 VI  |                Paris have a genius for~walking. The municipality really
2101 VII |                ball, so~attractive out walking--is a slave at home; she
2102 VIII|             marshes of Zembin, and was~wandering in search of a house where
2103 VII |             are nowadays, and why they want a little world of~their
2104 IX  |              at the head. This~colonel wanted to make the captain who
2105 VII |                will find the staircase~warmed. Flowers on all sides will
2106 VI  |              India~flourish, where the warmest creations of industry are
2107 II  |             man--~Richelieu, who, when warned overnight by a letter of
2108 II  |              for the first time, and I was--I may say so now--one of~
2109 VII |                Italiens. You can there watch at your leisure the studied~
2110 IV  |               to break with me, for he watches you. It is time that we
2111 VI  |               unremarkable between the waters of the~citizen class and
2112 IX  |                of his right~hand, and, waving the left in the direction
2113 I   |            lookers on go away, and the waxlights burn down to the~sconces.~ ~
2114 I   |             mistress of the house then waylays a few artists, amusing people~
2115 VIII|               we can be great in other~ways----"~ ~"Oh, let the Comte
2116 VII |                to sign the key. A mere weak~women, she is anxious not
2117 VIII|            gesture. "It was one of his weaknesses to be~jealous of literary
2118 VI  |                cleverest of such women~wear only bows. Feathers demand
2119 VII |           fixedly at a middle-aged man wearing a~decoration, who bows and
2120 VII |          bustling,~and goes out in all weathers, trots about, comes, goes,
2121 III |               of the night, nor of the week I spent," de Marsay~went
2122 VIII|            France? And after making us weigh on the~earth in such a way
2123 VIII|               seemed to him of greater weight than thousands of soldiers;
2124 VIII|                had first served. I was welcomed~with a shout of acclamation,
2125 VI  |              distinction peculiar to a~well-bred woman betrays itself, especially
2126 II  |              the humor peculiar to the well-filled~man, settled comfortably
2127 III |              is the act of a boy.--She wept as we parted, so much was
2128 VI  |                Place Louis XV., on the west by~the Avenue de Marigny,
2129 VII |              pushing down~a rebellious whalebone, or looking whether her
2130 IX  |              keep among the~scrub, the wheel of the first gun struck
2131     | whereas
2132 VI  |                she need not slander or whisper, hide her~face or reveal
2133 II  |                and our sentiments, and whispering to us in every case the~
2134 VII |              two treasures of dazzling whiteness, or~glancing in the mirrors
2135     | whither
2136 V   |               door without any need to widen it for~their hoops. The
2137 II  |               if ever there was one, a widow without children--oh! all~
2138 IV  |               must be chained up, like wild beasts as they are, by inevitable
2139 IX  |             led in~flocks by a child's wilful tyranny. The same necessity
2140 VIII|               do everything~because he willed everything; a prodigious
2141 IX  |           Swirls of smoke borne on the wind brought us hoarse~cries
2142 III |        fleshless hand cast over me the winding-~sheet of experience, dooming
2143 II  |                to~go and gaze at /her/ window. All my blood rushed to
2144 II  |             and in the society of good wine, during the delightful~interval
2145 IX  |              finished his meagre meal, wiped his moustache, bid us good-night,
2146 IX  |             fragile in~appearance, but wiry and full of spring. Her
2147 II  |                monster just because he withstands~you," replied de Marsay,
2148 IV  |         presence bereft her~of all her wits; with me, all her faculties
2149 I   |                each one is bound to be witty and to~contribute to the
2150 VI  |        Nowadays princes have lady-like wives, obliged to share their
2151 VI  |             those beautiful flowers of womanhood which graced the golden
2152 VII |               bourgeoise/, the citizen womankind, she cannot possibly be~
2153 I   |               indisputable merits have won them European reputations.
2154 V   |               that is what I have been wondering.'--'Well, what will you
2155 III |                ill! thought I. She was wont to affect jealousy~and suspiciousness.--
2156 VII |             The~epigram--a volume in a word--no longer strikes, as it
2157 IV  |                to have some of my hair worked up for my new angel, and
2158 II  |               of the flowers /she/ had worn; I got out of bed at night
2159 V   |            dames have been turned~into worthy brood-hens."~
2160 VI  |                a~little like them, are would-be ladies; while the fair Unknown,
2161 I   |          transient pleasure, and leave wounds that rankle long, the groups
2162 VII |              fag end of every~material woven by modern doctrines, at
2163 VI  |                has a way of her own in wrapping herself in her~shawl or
2164 VII |               glass shades, no rags of wrappings~hanging about, and looking
2165 V   |              our women from this great~wreck, but the Civil Code has
2166 VIII|          towards evening I~perceived a wretched little Polish farm, of which
2167 VIII|             now in Paris who certainly~write better than she did, and
2168 IV  |               movement which~newspaper writers represent in Parliamentary
2169 VI  |               or dangerous slenderness writhe under~the stuff, as a snake
2170 V   |               Louis XVIII. and Charles X. there were some left who
2171 VIII|              lacking. The age of Louis XIV. had but~one Madame de Sevigne;
2172 IX  |            nearly crushed, and who lay yelping in~the puddle where the
2173 V   |           countess of the Empire or of yesterday,~a countess of the old block,
2174 IX  |         influences to which our nature yields"--and the general~looked
2175 I   |            neighbor's eye; most of the younger women are there for one
2176 II  |              as to the rest.--Like all youths, I was~in love with a woman