"Opposite the lofty cathedral, reddened by the setting sun, on the stone balcony built above the porch of a rich Gothi…"

"The poor dame, very much infatuated with her daughter, like any other silly mother, did not perceive the officer’s la…"

"Moreover, he was of a fickle disposition, and, must we say it, rather vulgar in taste. Although of very noble birth, …"

"Meanwhile, the dancer remained motionless upon the threshold. Her appearance had produced a singular effect upon thes…"

"The arrival of the gypsy suddenly destroyed this equilibrium. Her beauty was so rare, that, at the moment when she ap…"

"It was, in truth, a spectacle worthy of a more intelligent spectator than Phœbus, to see how these beautiful maidens,…"

"After all, what was a miserable dancer on the public squares in the presence of these high-born maidens? They seemed …"

"Oh! que ne suis-je de pierre comme toi!"

"Quand on voulut le détacher du squelette qu'il embrassait, il tomba en poussière."

"Thousands of good, calm, bourgeois faces thronged the windows, the doors, the dormer windows, the roofs, gazing at th…"