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Honoré de Balzac
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1002 V | hour, alone, with no one to see--it is surely a thing~to 1003 XII | was big with affections~seeking an object; he had never 1004 I | the mysteries which genius seeks out at~its own cost.~ 1005 | seems 1006 II | superior~spirits are moved, seize at once on superficial inconsistencies,~ 1007 X | to the insensibility,~the selfishness of which I have seen thousands 1008 IV | occupation; sometimes he would send him to a~watering-place 1009 IX | of good feeling~and keen sensitiveness which must always be the 1010 II | accusation and so to pass sentence on them. If,~subsequently, 1011 IV | mortifications that awaited the only~sentiment that lay hid in a heart 1012 XII | our landing; as good as~a servant as he was as a father, and 1013 V | for the~expenses of the service, alms for the poor, and 1014 XIV | form of repayment for his~services. As soon as I had money 1015 X | people see you ready to set~your foot in the stirrup, 1016 XI | arrears and his own, and settled with the~porter. Then he 1017 VII | their secrets. At last, seven years later, after the Revolution~ 1018 | Shall 1019 VI | What floods of blood were shed to~establish the Fete-Dieu, 1020 II | earth as an egg within its shell;~and not being able to determine 1021 VIII| while~each floor seemed to shelter a different and independent 1022 X | of Paris, think of your shirts, while they imagine that~ 1023 III | may be subjected to any~shock without being crushed. In 1024 IX | smile of a gaping seam~in a shoe, or hearing the armhole 1025 X | carriage. The porter, a German shoemaker living in a loft,~had paid 1026 XI | we should eat at~a wine shop, leaving the cart at the 1027 XIII| him to live long enough to show~him his work accomplished, 1028 II | are crowned with~success, showing the correlations of the 1029 XIII| success, never did the~least sign, the least word, escape 1030 XIII| of instruments mounted in silver which you have~seen in my 1031 XII | all he did the grace of simplicity while preserving~his dignity, 1032 I | and surgeons, like great singers too, like~the executants 1033 XIII| have~coffee to enable me to sit up at night.~ ~"He fell 1034 VII | confidential~solitude when, sitting with their feet on the fire-dogs 1035 XI | horse. On learning of my situation--for he~extracted my secrets 1036 IX | boarding-house where the meal cost me~sixteen sous. You know as well as 1037 XI | them. Each of us was to pay sixty francs a year. So there~ 1038 VI | restaurant. At dessert Bianchon skilfully contrived to talk of~the 1039 Add | Side of History~ The Magic Skin~ A Second Home~ A Prince 1040 X | may fall and crack your~skull; one wrenches off your horse' 1041 XI | and who hear each other sleeping, coughing,~dressing, and 1042 IV | Desplein's surgery, on~which he slept. Bianchon knew the mysteries 1043 VII | down~by him without the slightest notice or demonstration 1044 V | his~cab, was on foot, and slipped in by the door in the Rue 1045 XI | for its friends~heavenly slumbers full of beautiful dreams.~ ~" 1046 IX | on detecting the mocking smile of a gaping seam~in a shoe, 1047 XIII| he was. Yes, Bianchon, to snatch that man from death I~tried 1048 XI | my little bowl of bread~soaked in milk, Bourgeat came in 1049 IV | made very few debts. As sober as a camel and active~as 1050 IX | who, at the bottom of the social scale, is struggling to~ 1051 VII | met in consultation, or in~society, it was difficult to find 1052 XII | books, he would come in softly sometimes~to watch me at 1053 II | for seeing, and that the~solar plexus could supply their 1054 III | when performing the most~solemn and the meanest acts of 1055 VII | an hour of confidential~solitude when, sitting with their 1056 XIV | that he may enter~all the sooner into what is called Paradise.'~ ~" 1057 IV | life, the schemes of that sordid avarice, the hopes~of the 1058 IX | alone in Paris without~a sou, without a friend, without 1059 VIII| or, in French, jours de souffrance. It was a greenish~structure; 1060 XIII| dying he~entreated me to spare no expense that he might 1061 XIII| been depriving myself of spending my money, and yet he was~ 1062 XI | account of his occupation. I spent~the most miserable night 1063 XIV | Great God, if there is a~sphere which Thou hast appointed 1064 XIII| It is too bad. What a splendid barrel! You really ought~ 1065 IX | hearing the armhole of a coat split, I drank~nothing but water; 1066 V | V~One day Bianchon spoke to Desplein of a poor water-carrier 1067 XIV | right to dispute it? He had spoken to me timidly of masses~ 1068 II | our~contemporaries when he spread his eagle's wings to alight 1069 VII | when~Republican agitators spurred them on to destroy the gilt 1070 VI | to seem as though he were spying the head~surgeon of the 1071 III | medical student lodging in a squalid boarding house in the~Quartier 1072 IV | a camel and active~as a stag, he was steadfast in his 1073 VI | matter up, though it remained stamped on his memory. One day that~ 1074 X | with~you. If, to make a stand against this armament of 1075 VII | saw the great man's cab~standing at the corner of the Rue 1076 III | man of whom it is simply stated that "he is~witty." Genius 1077 I | there is no proclaiming statue~to repeat to posterity the 1078 IV | active~as a stag, he was steadfast in his ideas and his conduct.~ ~ 1079 V | Petit-~Lion, as if he were stealing into some house of ill fame. 1080 X | your horse's shoes, another steals your~whip, and the least 1081 VIII| whole winter, seeing~my head steam, and perceiving the atmosphere 1082 IV | was steeled, but not of~steel.~ 1083 IV | hid in a heart that was steeled, but not of~steel.~ 1084 V | at that time never went a step without his~cab, was on 1085 X | abuses?--However, we will not stir that mud-heap.~ ~"Well, 1086 V | intensity of devilry)--Bianchon stole into the church,~and was 1087 XI | pulled it along the street, stopping in front of every~house 1088 Add | personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.~ ~Bianchon, 1089 V | the pupil saw nothing very strange in that.~ ~One day, as he 1090 X | loosen the buckle of the strap that you may fall and crack 1091 VII | crosses~which flashed like streaks of lightning in the immensity 1092 VIII| souffrance. It was a greenish~structure; the ground floor occupied 1093 IX | of the social scale, is struggling to~reach the surface. Still, 1094 I | up medicine. His earliest studies were guided~by one of the 1095 III | contempt for men, after studying them from above and below, 1096 X | is not dead, he will~die. Stumble, and you fall! Invent anything 1097 X | have sold the linen. My stupidity~proved to me that surgery 1098 III | be applied to a special subject; but he who can see a flower 1099 III | as diamonds, which may be subjected to any~shock without being 1100 VI | on quite equally serious subjects, and~discussed systems de 1101 II | pass sentence on them. If,~subsequently, the proceedings thus attacked 1102 XIII| exertions of science, he succumbed. No king was ever~nursed 1103 III | Crebillon~the tragical, he would suddenly affect extreme indifference 1104 I | godlike eye; he~saw into the sufferer and his malady by an intuition, 1105 X | because I was adding my early sufferings on to the insensibility,~ 1106 I | egoism, that egoism is now~suicidal of his glory. On his tomb 1107 XI | whether~the rooms to let would suit us. At midday we were still 1108 IV | These two men--one at~the summit of honor and of his science, 1109 III | must~be able to see the sun. The man who on hearing 1110 II | moved, seize at once on superficial inconsistencies,~to formulate 1111 V | serious as though he were superintending an operation.~ ~"He has 1112 XI | relations either,~nor well supplied with the ready? Listen, 1113 II | that the~solar plexus could supply their place without any 1114 XIII| He fell ill. As you may suppose, I passed my nights by his~ 1115 V | with no one to see--it is surely a thing~to marvel at!"~ 1116 VII | notice or demonstration of surprise~from his friend. They both 1117 II | antecedent animal nor the surviving~spirit of man. Desplein 1118 XI | Next morning, just as I was swallowing my little bowl of bread~ 1119 IX | consolation.~I found no sympathy anywhere. To have friends, 1120 I | whom science owes a fine system of~theoretical physiology, 1121 VI | subjects, and~discussed systems de natura rerum, probing 1122 VI | the~Albigenses were the tail end of that dispute. The 1123 IX | I what care I must have taken~of my clothes and shoes. 1124 IV | leading clinical practitioner takes a~young man to his bosom, 1125 III | crucible from which great talents are to emerge as pure~and 1126 VIII| new edition of Moliere's Tartufe.~ ~"All that has nothing 1127 XIII| horse, and wiped away a tear, as he~said, 'It is too 1128 XI | questions again and again, in tears, as madmen~repeat their 1129 XIV | did that of the earthly temple on whose pediment we read 1130 I | increase the power of~music tenfold, are all the heroes of a 1131 IV | young fellow, incapable of tergiversation~on a matter of honor, going 1132 VIII| with windows appropriately termed "borrowed~lights"--or, in 1133 II | reason mortal. To him the terrestrial atmosphere was a~generative 1134 I | science owes a fine system of~theoretical physiology, and who, while 1135 II | indispensable to religious~theory. When he detected a cerebral 1136 XII | his own. If you look up my thesis, you will see that I dedicated~ 1137 X | knowing~nothing of Paris, think of your shirts, while they 1138 VIII| endured everything: hunger~and thirst, want of money, want of 1139 Add | Pons~ Lost Illusions~ The Thirteen~ The Government Clerks~ 1140 X | imagine that~their nephew with thirty francs a month is eating 1141 | Thou 1142 XII | became, to me, the most~thoughtful mother, the most considerate 1143 VI | they had~already exchanged thoughts on quite equally serious 1144 X | you have lost~twenty-five thousand. If you have a headache, 1145 X | selfishness of which I have seen thousands of instances in~the highest 1146 IX | game of dominoes?'~ ~"I threw into my work the fury I 1147 IX | nervous contraction of the throat which makes~a sick man believe 1148 XII | in the~street, he would throw me a glance of intelligence 1149 VIII| independent form of~misery. Throwing up his arm with a vehement 1150 XII | clutched Bianchon's arm tightly. "He gave~me the money for 1151 XIII| was at work from morning till night. For whom, then, is~ 1152 XIV | it? He had spoken to me timidly of masses~said for the repose 1153 IX | sous so as to be able to~go tippling with them, and meet them 1154 I | name, yesterday so famous, to-day~almost forgotten, will survive 1155 IX | irritability was the distress and toil of a~man who, at the bottom 1156 IV | friends.~ ~The great Desplein told his house surgeon everything; 1157 XI | du Commerce, at the~very top of a house next the roof, 1158 VIII| And he poured out a torrent of epigrams on certain political~ 1159 IV | measure the great man's torso, and caused his~death by 1160 XI | of~which the remembrance touches my heart to this day, he 1161 XIII| I never saw a more touching scene. Bourgeat insisted 1162 IX | a friend; my~irascible, touchy, restless temper was against 1163 VI | The wars of the Count of Toulouse against the~Albigenses were 1164 VII | the corner of the Rue de Tournon and the Rue du~Petit-Lion, 1165 I | and their talent leaves no trace when~they are gone. Actors 1166 III | dressed, like Crebillon~the tragical, he would suddenly affect 1167 IX | the expenses of my medical training; I had not a friend; my~ 1168 IX | whatever, after~having long trampled in the bogs of poverty. 1169 XII | of a girl of the people transferred to a~loftier level. Bourgeat 1170 I | in the destinies~of such transient genius. His name, yesterday 1171 X | your~whip, and the least treacherous of them all is the man whom 1172 XII | night at~any fixed hour, trimmed my lamp, cleaned our landing; 1173 VI | which Rome established her triumph in the question~of the Real 1174 IV | not more prudish than a trooper, as frank and~outspoken-- 1175 VI | Desplein would not have troubled himself~to tell Bianchon 1176 XI | goods; if you like, we will try to find lodgings~together, 1177 XI | as madmen~repeat their tunes. I fell asleep; poverty 1178 IV | that they will in their turn get~more than they give. 1179 III | and sometimes~on foot. By turns rough and kind, harsh and 1180 XII | good~Christian, who for twelve years had accompanied him 1181 VII | constant worshiper.~ ~"For twenty years that I have been here," 1182 X | report that you have lost~twenty-five thousand. If you have a 1183 XI | ambition of his whole life; for twenty-two years~he had been carrying 1184 XII | had a homely, mediaeval type of face, a prominent~forehead, 1185 X | you aim at domineering, at tyranny.~In short, your good points 1186 IV | in the course of time~the Tyrant of surgery had a devoted 1187 XI | to go? I repeated these~unanswerable questions again and again, 1188 VII | enough to make a physician an unbeliever."~ ~Some time elapsed before 1189 III | the fierce fire of their~unbridled passions they acquire the 1190 XIII| that man from death I~tried unheard-of things. I wanted him to 1191 I | race? Had Desplein~that universal command of knowledge which 1192 IV | respect which is inspired by unostentatious virtue,~and many of them 1193 II | was positive. His bold~and unqualified atheism was like that of 1194 XII | of intelligence full of~unutterable dignity; he would affect 1195 | upon 1196 IV | IV~Horace was an upright young fellow, incapable 1197 II | marred by many~meannesses, to use the expression employed 1198 XIII| relapse; in spite of the utmost care, in spite of~the greatest 1199 V | V~One day Bianchon spoke to 1200 IX | acquire the greatest personal~value, and merit the position 1201 II | the~results, a few of the vanguard of calumnies always survive. 1202 VI | end of that dispute. The Vaudois and the~Albigenses refused 1203 III | Latin, known as the Maison Vauquer. This poor young man~had 1204 VIII| Throwing up his arm with a vehement gesture, Desplein~exclaimed:~ ~" 1205 VI | in his most~atheistical vein; a flow of Voltairean satire, 1206 VIII| said Desplein, "I am on the verge of the~tomb; I may safely 1207 VI | VI~Bianchon did not wish to 1208 X | faults, your faults~will be vices, and your virtues crime.~ ~" 1209 VII | VII~Bianchon resolved to watch 1210 VIII| VIII~"I am like a great many 1211 X | will be vices, and your virtues crime.~ ~"If you save a 1212 XIII| went on,~after a pause, visibly moved. "He left me everything 1213 V | 1821. Desplein left~all his visits, and at the risk of killing 1214 X | that surgery was my only vocation. My good fellow,~refined 1215 VI | atheistical vein; a flow of Voltairean satire, or, to be~accurate, 1216 X | odious and incessant warfare~waged by mediocrity against the 1217 XII | dignity; he would affect to walk as though he carried~no 1218 VII | jesuitically crept along by the~wall of Saint-Sulpice, and once 1219 XI | At midday we were still wandering~about the neighborhood without 1220 X | the odious and incessant warfare~waged by mediocrity against 1221 III | of those to whom he most warmly attached himself. Before~ 1222 VI | during three~centuries! The wars of the Count of Toulouse 1223 IV | going to the point without waste of words,~and as ready to 1224 V | sum~to buy a horse and a water-barrel. This Auvergnat distinguished~ 1225 IV | sometimes he would send him to a~watering-place with a rich patient; in 1226 IX | have met people born to wealth who, never having~wanted 1227 IV | Bianchon as his~assistant to wealthy houses, where some complimentary 1228 IX | you, before whom~I need wear no draperies, I had that 1229 XII | as though he carried~no weight, and seemed happy in seeing 1230 | whatever 1231 | whence 1232 | whenever 1233 | whereas 1234 X | shoes, another steals your~whip, and the least treacherous 1235 XII | care in seeing that I~had wholesome and abundant food, instead 1236 IV | for nowadays sailors are wily~diplomates--but as an honest 1237 VIII| opens into a passage with a winding~staircase at the end, with 1238 VIII| lived; the one with the window where the clothes line~is 1239 VIII| staircase at the end, with windows appropriately termed "borrowed~ 1240 XI | that we should eat at~a wine shop, leaving the cart at 1241 II | when he spread his eagle's wings to alight in~England: only 1242 XIII| barrel, at his horse, and wiped away a tear, as he~said, ' 1243 VI | VI~Bianchon did not wish to seem as though he were 1244 | within 1245 XII | Bourgeat did all my errands, woke me at night at~any fixed 1246 XII | Philopoemen, he sawed our wood,~and gave to all he did 1247 XIV | whose pediment we read the~words--"A grateful country to its 1248 III | indifference as to~what he wore; he was sometimes seen in 1249 VIII| again, now, with you. I worked through a whole winter, 1250 X | living in that house, I was working hard to pass my~first examination, 1251 II | men, the~best men in the world, but invincible atheists-- 1252 I | whole school towards~new worlds? No. Though it is impossible 1253 VIII| Quatre-Vents, one of the worst streets in Paris. Desplein 1254 XI | downstairs with a hundred francs' worth of~linen in it, out of which 1255 X | and crack your~skull; one wrenches off your horse's shoes, 1256 V | by~fatigue and want; this wretched Auvergnat had had nothing 1257 XI | XI~"At night I went home, at 1258 XII | XII~Desplein at these words 1259 XIII| XIII~"During the last year of 1260 XIV | XIV~"I alone followed him to 1261 V | Cabaniste en dyable, with the y, which in Rabelais seems 1262 I | contained in the atmosphere, or yielded by the earth to~man who 1263 X | ill-disposed to~rising younger men.~ ~"So, you see, my 1264 IX | cafe with distant respect.~Zoppi's seemed to me a promised


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