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Honoré de Balzac. Lost Illusions (Complete Edition)

Lost Illusions (Complete Edition: The Two Poets, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris & Eve and David)

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TWO POETS

A DISTINGUISHED PROVINCIAL AT PARIS

PART I

PART II

EVE AND DAVID

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The epigram, innocently made by the good prelate, the long-looked-for revenge, kindled a gleam of delight in all eyes. The smile of satisfied caste that traveled from mouth to mouth was aggravated by M. de Bargeton’s imbecility; he burst into a laugh, as usual, some moments later.

“Monseigneur, you are talking a little above our heads; these ladies do not understand your meaning,” said Mme. de Bargeton, and the words paralyzed the laughter, and drew astonished eyes upon her. “A poet who looks to the Bible for his inspiration has a mother indeed in the Church.—M. de Rubempre, will you recite Saint John in Patmos for us, or Belshazzar’s Feast, so that his lordship may see that Rome is still the Magna Parens of Virgil?”

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