And the point she most eulogised in you is that which I have heard many a servile coward who could never go and do likewise" [no indication is to be found either in this letter or elsewhere to whom she alludes], "select for the same purpose, namely, your straightforward, unflinching, courageous integrity....

Balzac is furious at having his new play suppressed by Thiers, in which Arnauld acted Louis Philippe, wig and all, to the life; but, as I said to M.
Dupin, '_Cest tout naturel que M.Thiers ne permetterait a personne de jouer Louis Philippe que lui-meme._' ...

There is a wonderful pointer here that has been advertised for sale for twelve hundred francs.

A friend of mine went to see him, and after mounting up to a little garret about the size of a chessboard, _au vingt-septieme_, he interrogated the owner as to the dog's education and acquirements, to which the man replied, '_Pour ca, monsieur, c'est un chien parfait.

Je lui ai tout appris moi-meme dans ma chambre_'[1] After this my friend did not sing 'Together let us range the fields!' ...