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Always bear in mind, my beloved pupils, that the means of livelihood depend not on the virtues, but the vices of others. The lawyer, the statesman, the hangman, the physician, are paid by our sins; nay, even the commoner professions the tailor, the coachmaker, the upholsterer, the wine-merchant draw their fortunes, if not their existence, from those smaller vices, our foibles.
Always bear in mind, my beloved pupils, that the means of livelihood depend not on the virtues, but the vices of others. The lawyer, the statesman, the hangman, the physician, are paid by our sins; nay, even the commoner professions the tailor, the coachmaker, the upholsterer, the wine-merchant draw their fortunes, if not their existence, from those smaller vices, our foibles.
At first the Birotteaus kept only a cook, and lived in the entresol above the shop, a sort of den tolerably well decorated by an upholsterer, where the bride and bridegroom began a honeymoon that was never to end. Madame Cesar appeared to advantage behind the counter.
The shore opposite to Mademoiselle Cormon's garden is crowded with houses where a variety of trades are carried on; happily for her, the occupants are quiet people, a baker, a cleaner, an upholsterer, and several bourgeois. The garden, full of common flowers, ends in a natural terrace, forming a quay, down which are several steps leading to the river.
His mother, Barbara Kashirina, was the daughter of the aforementioned dyer; and his father, Maxim Pyeshkov, was an upholsterer. The child was christened Alexis. His real name, then, is Alexis Pyeshkov, and Maxim Gorky is only his pseudonym. When he was four, he lost his father, and three years later, his mother.
And now there was nothing to expect from any one. Glady was his last resort. In explaining his situation to Glady he lightened the misery instead of exaggerating it. For it was not only his upholsterer that he owed, but also his tailor, his bootmaker, his coal-dealer, his concierge, and all those with whom he had dealings.
Hector, as he wished for a good deal of expensive furniture, did not have recourse to a broker; nor had he time to go to the Faubourg St. Antoine. Therefore, he simply went to an upholsterer." "Some fashionable upholsterer " "No, he would have risked being recognized. It is clear that he assumed a false name, the same in which he had hired his rooms.
Open the door, and I will decorate the coach myself." The upholsterer opened the richly-gilded glass door, and Kaunitz, as much in earnest as when he had been giving and taking a kingdom, entered the coach and seated himself. "Give me the satin and velvet, and hold up the drawings, that I may work after them. Some of you hand me the nails, and some one have the needle ready.
"My business," replied Caxon, with more animation than he commonly displayed, "is with the outside of your honour's head, as ye are accustomed to say." "True, Caxon, true; and it is no reproach to a thatcher that he is not an upholsterer." He then took out his memorandum-book and wrote down "Kelso convoy said to be a step and a half over the threshold. Authority Caxon. Quaere Whence derived? Mem.
She lived at Margate. It came to pass that the topping upholsterer there got a new-shaped chest of drawers from London the very first that had appeared in Margate and gave madam, she being one of the high top-families, the first sight of it. With the article she fell in love, and entreated her husband to buy it; but the sensible gentleman, having his house capitally and fully furnished, would not.
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