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...e Balzac Translator Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a ... ...-1291 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...the dome of the Pantheon and the dome of the Val-de-Grace, two conspicuous public buildings which give a yellowish tone to the landscape and darken th... ... gamblers who nightly play for small stakes until they win a few francs. A theory that he was a detective in the employ of the Home Office found favor... ... hard words. The general consensus 25 Balzac of opinion was in favor of a theory which seemed the most likely; this was Mme. Vauquer’s view. Accordin... ...!” Mme. Couture and Mme. Vauquer exclaimed together. “I might make a worse choice,” said Rastignac, laughing. Vautrin’s voice had thrown him into the ... ... “Go where you please, mademoiselle,” said Mme. Vauquer, who regarded this choice of an opposition establishment as an atrocious insult. “Go and lodge... ...sten, this is what he says, stripped of all his circumlocutions—’Take your choice, you and no one else can be my accomplice; either 201 Balzac everyt...

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...t Beechcroft By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Scenes and Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft by Cha... ...nd Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document ... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ry like the duty to our neighbour?’ ‘The practice is the same, but not the theory,’ said Lily. ‘Now, what is called duty, seems to me to be love doing... ...s bad.’ ‘But do you mean to say,’ exclaimed Lily, ‘that you set this human theory above the authority of the Bible?’ ‘It is common sense,’ said Mauric... ...of, that Eleanor did not think him unworthy to stand in Harry’s place. The choice of the other sponsors did not meet with uni- versal approbation. Emi... ...in making more than one set of shirts; but they had nothing to do with the choice or fashion of their own apparel. They were always dressed alike, and... ...stern, and cold, and unlovable; I was ingratitude itself. I made a foolish theory, that regard for duty makes people cold and stern, and that feeling,... ...of fruit poured in from all quarters, from Lord 163 Yo n g e Rotherwood’s choice hothouse grapes, to poor little Kezia Grey’s wood-strawberries; inqu...

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...VITTORIA By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Vittoria by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvan... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...arlo for Cupid. Take the Chief for the audience. T ake him for a frivolous public. Ah, my Pippo!” (Agostino laughed aside to him). “Let us lead off wi... ...h an abashing vehemence that disconcerted the spies. They wavered in their choice of following Checco or not; one went a step forward, one pulled back... ...sacred tie of friend- ship. He, though not of distinguished birth, had the choice of an almost royal alliance in the first blush of his manhood. He re... ...lf as on a slope, having given his adversary vantage. ‘So that there is no choice for you, do you mean?’ The count set up a staggering affirmative, bu... ..., and you have them.” Count Serabiglione diverged into a repetition of his theory of the policy and mission of superior intelligences, as regarded his... ...oria came down to the count and listened to a familiar illustration of his theory of the relations which should exist between Italy and Austria, deriv...

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...The Reef by Edith Wharton A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Reef by Edith Wharton is a publication of the Pennsylvania... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... .... Leath’s words gave no hint of her husband’s having failed to justify her choice; but her very reticence betrayed her. She spoke of him with a kind o... ...e motley brightness of the flower- carts, the identity of the churches and public buildings that caught her eye. But what she liked best, he divined, ... ...he went on, after a moment’s consideration, to explain that her step-son’s choice was, for various reasons, not likely to commend itself to his grandm... ...o convince her to the contrary.” “Y ou don’t mean that it’s like his first choice?” “Oh, no! But it’s not what Madame de Chantelle would call a good m... ...women rave about on platforms?” “Oh, I don’t think she pretended to have a theory—” “She hadn’t even that excuse?” “She had the excuse of her loneline... ...e spoken vow, or the deeper piety of the unspoken dedication? What was his theory, what his inner conviction in such matters? But what did she care fo...

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...e of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad is a publica... ...-1291 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...ditated of the longer novels which belong to the period following upon the publication of the “Typhoon” volume of short stories. I don’t mean to say t... ...sure. They are now rich and hungry and thirsty—a strange 13 Joseph Conrad theory of tenacious gringo ghosts suffering in their starved and parched fl... ...med language of proc- lamations. He had never parted from the chief of his choice—the fiery apostle of independence—keeping by his side in America and... ...e all things and all flatteries, careful of her pride in the object of her choice. But now he was actually not looking at her at all; and his 61 Jose... ... affected by the one great fact of a silver mine, had no objection to this theory of the world’s future. If it had seemed distasteful for a moment it ... ...e Republic of Costaguana, lock, stock, and barrel. But, in fact, the hobby theory was the right one. It interested the great man to attend personally ... ...r flavour of that example with the zest of a connoisseur in the art of his choice. Those two men got on well together, as if each had felt respectivel...

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... A Faded Photograph By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Publication My Young Alcides A Faded Photograph by Charlotte M. Yonge is a... ...ublication My Young Alcides A Faded Photograph by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document ... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...elf. The great crime, after which his life was a bondage of expiation; the choice between Vir- tue and Vice; the slain passion; the hundred-headed sin... ...his cousin, and gave orders accordingly, the much-aggrieved Bullock had no choice but in delaying their execution and demonstrating their impracticabi... ...a, but ar- gued, and insisted on his own treatment of himself, and his own theory of the accident, till he as good as told the doctor that he was an o... ...nd though to a certain extent he had, with Prometesky beside him, made his choice between virtue and vice beside his uncle’s death- bed; yet it was as... ...nfluenced by the example of Prometesky, regarded him as a proof of his own theory, and talked of the Slavonic 200 My Young Alcides temperamen... ...ening that he had to summon you, Miss Alison, to his help; but he had some theory of sentiment to account for it, and man- aged, as people do, to put ...

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...s Series Publiaction Dynevor Terrace Volume II by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fi... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...e him down to a aecond-rate affair, when he might be doing better; and the choice is the last thing I should have expected from Calcott.’ ‘He opposed ... ...ings; and in his present business, the taking possession of Inglewood, the choice of stock, and the appointment of a bailiff, though she listened and ... ...’only think what I allowed him to make me do! T o insult my father and his choice! It was a mistake, I know,’ she continued, fearing to be unjust and ... ...ng to the Opera that night, and begged her to accompany her. T o appear in public with Rosita was the tribute for which Mary had come out, so she read... ...ndon in the evening, that Fitzjocelyn almost re- verted to the brain-fever theory, and did not venture to hint his intention to any one but Charlotte,...

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...S OF THE HEART BY H. G. WELLS 1922 A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells is a publication... ...18202 is a Portable Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...liberties. But all this is altered. We’re living in a different world. The public won’t stand things it used to stand. It’s a new public. It’s—wild. I... ...ow…. The repair people promise to release it before Friday.” “But I have a choice of two very comfortable little cars. Why not be my guest?” “That mig... ...ing, in fact, what you want to do and getting simply tired.” “Which is the theory I started with. I am a case of fatigue under irritating circumstance... ...d. We don’t get enough to do. We’re spenders and wast- ers—not always from choice. While these fathers and broth- ers and husbands of ours play about ...

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...Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania... ...01-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...or of Philosophy in econom- ics of Yale. He was the employment-manager and public- ity-counsel of the Zenith Street Traction Company. He could, on ten... ...f they have one change of bill a week, where here in the city you got your choice of a dozen diff’rent movies any evening you want to name!” “Sure, an... ...ke each of ‘em a real little gem—reg’lar stylistic stuff. I’m all for this theory that perfection is the stunt, or nothing at all, and these are as to... ...stry, Seneca Doane represented whining lazi- ness, and you could take your choice. With his broad shoul- ders and vigorous voice, he was obviously a G... ...ileged to view that fairy and foreign scene, nothing at Monte Carlo or the choicest ambassadorial sets of foreign capitals could be more lovely. It is... ...ently expect him to be ardent. III There was about the house an unofficial theory that he was to take his vacation alone, to spend a week or ten days ...

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