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'It has been carried too long in the pocket. Be good enough to give me another. "On the ground he received a thrust; blood was drawn; his antagonist wished to stop. "'You are wounded, monsieur! "His antagonist kept his bed for six months. "This, still following on M. Sainte-Beuve's tracks, recalls the raffines, the fine-edged raillery of the best days of the monarchy.
This society, which had only been vaguely spoken of in public under the name of "Societe des Raffines," and also as "The Templars" which latter was its true name had nothing in common with "The Devourers," illustrated by Balzac. It had nothing in it of a romantic or dramatic character.
This society, which had only been vaguely spoken of in public under the name of "Societe des Raffines," and also as "The Templars" which latter was its true name had nothing in common with "The Devourers," illustrated by Balzac. It had nothing in it of a romantic or dramatic character.
And these contrasts this weakness and this strength combined with the man-and-woman element which is always present in any situation of the kind, gave rise to a very varied and gradually intensifying play of feeling between them. Feeling only possible, no doubt, for the raffinés of this world; but for them full of strange charm, and even of excitement.
The raffinés despise the theatre," said Peter Sherringham in the manner of a man abreast with the culture of his age and not to be captured by a surprise. "Connu, connu!"
The Duke of Orleans, whose aristocratic tastes always inclined him to favor distinction of birth, treated the Count de Cambis with especial preference; and on his side the count was careful to flatter the instincts of His Royal Highness by assuming the manners and gait of the ancient raffinés of the Garde Royale.
This society, which had only been vaguely spoken of in public under the name of "Societe des Raffines," and also as "The Templars" which latter was its true name had nothing in common with "The Devourers," illustrated by Balzac. It had nothing in it of a romantic or dramatic character.
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