Literature
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The Red Inn by Honore de Balzac
In I know not what year a Parisian banker, who had very extensive commercial relations with Germany, was entertaining at…
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The Reproach by Honore de Balzac
The fair laundress of Portillon-les-Tours, of whom a droll saying has already been given in this book, was a girl…
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The Sermon Of The Merry Vicar Of Meudon by Honore de Balzac
When, for the last time, came Master Francis Rabelais, to the court of King Henry the Second of the name,…
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The Three Clerks Of Saint Nicholas by Honore de Balzac
The Inn of the Three Barbels was formerly at Tours, the best place in the town for sumptuous fare; and…
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The Venial Sin by Honore de Balzac
How the Good Man Bruyn Took a Wife Messire Bruyn, he who completed the Castle of Roche-Corbon-les- Vouvray, on the…
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The Vicar Of Azay-le-rideau by Honore de Balzac
In those days the priests no longer took any woman in legitimate marriage, but kept good mistresses as pretty as…
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Alexander and Bucephalus by James Baldwin
One day King Philip bought a fine horse called Bu-ceph´a-lus. He was a noble an-i-mal, and the king paid a…
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Androclus and the Lion by James Baldwin
In Rome there was once a poor slave whose name was Androclus. His master was a cruel man, and so…
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Antonio Canova by James Baldwin
A good many years ago there lived in Italy a little boy whose name was An-to´ni-o Ca-no´va. He lived with…
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Arnold Winkelried by James Baldwin
A great army was marching into Swit-zer-land. If it should go much farther, there would be no driving it out…
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