...Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring A Penn State Electronic Cla... ...ate Electronic Classics Series Publication Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Pennsylvan... ...era ball of the season, several masks were struck by the beauty of a youth who was wandering about the passages and greenroom with the air of a man in... ...asks. Though he was so handsome as to rank among those exceptional persons who come to an opera ball in search of an adventure, and who expect it as c... ... that if you do not treat Lucien like the brother you love, you are in our power, while we are not in yours. Silence and submission! or I shall join y... ... the skittles. Lucien de Rubempre is under the protection of the strongest power of the day—the Church. Choose between life and death—Answer.” Rastign... ...s detail of fashionable life before the Restora- tion till certain writers took up the “rat” as a new subject. “What! after having seen Coralie killed... ...k; “I will prove to you that you have never seen me anywhere.” The speaker took his mask off; for a moment Rastignac hesitated, recognizing nothing of... ...out in which the collective force of this association and the names of the leaders were published by a famous member of the police-force. It was terri...

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

... ... ...ssertation among themselves upon the disadvan- tages of hawking, they returned to their occupations; one only of the curious party, a stout, stubby, c... ...n- tages of hawking, they returned to their occupations; one only of the curious party, a stout, stubby, cheerful lad, hav- ing demanded how it was th... ... Now, on the part of the citizens of Blois this was a cul- pable piece of disrespect, for Monsieur was, after the king — nay, even, perhaps before the... ... had been tolerably busy in the course of his life. A man cannot allow the heads of a dozen of his best friends to be cut off without feeling a little... ...glorious spouse was, remarked this distraction of the page. “Well?” exclaimed she. “Well!” repeated Monsieur; “what is going on then?” M. de Saint-Rem... ...nowledgment from the princess. “You know the contents of this letter, no doubt?” said Gaston to Raoul. “Yes, monseigneur; M. le Prince at first gave m... ...ns are indifferent citizens.” “Oh!” cried La Fontaine, “if we become bad citizens, it is not through following the maxims of our master. Listen to one... ...say so? Come, Conrart, be frank.” “He says so, that is true.” “Well, that is a doctrine of Epicurus.” “Yes; but that is a little seditious, observe.” ...

...ens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-entered the city by the bridge, without producing any other effect upon the passengers of the quay beyond a first movement of the hand to the head, as a salute, and a second movement of the tongue to express, in the purest French then spoken ...

...gs) A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Enormous Room by E.(Edward) E.(Estlin) Cummings is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Enormous Room by E.(Edward) E.(Estlin) Cummings, the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...t of official misinformation. He was entombed by the French Government. It took the better part of three months to find him and bring him back to life... ...rt of three months to find him and bring him back to life—with the help of powerful and will- ing friends on both sides of the Atlantic. The following... ...his friend alone. My son has a mother—as brave and patriotic as any mother who ever dedicated an only son to a great cause. The mothers of our boys in... ...fficial, a friend in need and a friend indeed in these trying experiences, took the precaution to have it delivered by messenger. Otherwise, fear that... ...merican Embassy at Paris and constant efforts by my friend Richard Norton, who was head of the Norton-Harjes Am- bulance organization from which they ... ...rdinary procession. Fritz was right behind them, however, and pressing the leaders hard. I heard Mon- sieur Auguste crying in his child’s voice: “If e... ... Captors—“and I know of her in Bel- gium, she is a great lady, she is very powerful and she is gen- erous; I fell on my knees before her, and implored...

...Introduction: ?For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost; and is found.? He was lost by the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps. He was officially dead as a result of official misinformation....

...Considerations on Representative Government By JOHN STUART MILL A P ENN S TATE E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATI... ...tive and Inductive” P P P P Pr r r r reface eface eface eface eface THOSE WHO HAVE DONE ME THE HONOR of reading my previ ous writings will prob... ...hem up to insist on having it, is the order of ideas in the minds of those who adopt this view of political philosophy. They look upon a constitution ... ...f a people have omitted, or from outward pressure have not had it in their power to give themselves a constitution by the tenta tive process of apply... ... to lay their liberties at the feet even of a great man, or trust him with powers which enable him to subvert their institutions— in all these cases t... ...he long run makes them claim to have the control of their own actions. The leaders of French phi losophy in the eighteenth century had been educated ... ...m of the Cæsars was a great ben efit to the entire generation in which it took place. It put a stop to civil war, abated a vast amount of malversatio... ...self wearing their col ors, or for the one brought forward by their local leaders; and these, if we pay them the compliment, which they very seldom d... ...side was so complete as to put an end to the strife, and no other conflict took its place, first stagnation followed, and then decay. The ascendancy o...

...Preface: Those who have done me the honor of reading my previous writings will probably receive no strong impression of novelty from the present volume; for the principles are those to which I have been working up during the greater part of...

...overnments ...................................................................................... 203 Chapter XVIII Of the Government of Dependencies by a Free State ................................................................. 214...

...Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Note... ... I don’t know whether I dare boast like a certain South Ameri- can general who used to say that no emergency of war or peace had ever found him “with ... ...ressed, and also their unjustifi- able hopes. They were unjustifiable, but who was to tell them that? I mean who was wise enough and convincing enough... ...popular mind, so familiar with all forms of forgetfulness, it has also the power to stir up a subtle emotion while it starts a train of thought—and wh... ... his sympathies by patient and loving observation while he grows in mental power. It is in the impartial practice of life, if anywhere, that the promi... ... and precious, perhaps, but of the very first water of their kind. That he took trouble with his gems, taking them up in the rough and polishing each ... ...of any other, but he was him- self a wonderful artist in words whenever he took a pen into his hand. Then his gift came out—and it was seen then to be... ... leaves its dead by the way, for progress is only a great adventure as its leaders and chiefs know very well in their hearts. It is a march into an un... ...de. On simple matters of life and death a people is always better than its leaders, be- cause a people cannot argue itself as a whole into a sophistic...

Excerpt: Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad.