Leon Roch: A Romance, Volume 1W.S. Gottsberger, 1888 |
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Page 296 - Well, there is but one way of saying it ... to tell you that I love you ; that I have loved you for a long time.
Page 193 - Morality and frivolity were inextricably mixed and fell together on the ear, just as gold and copper alike slip into the slit in a poor-box. The same lips pronounced technical criticisms on the tactics of the arena, and, almost in the same breath, blighted a reputation. Among them were legislators and men whose daily occupation was the issue of decrees and regulations ; some were impoverished aristocrats, some enriched plebeians, wealthy country proprietors, retired bullfighters, elaborately preserved...
Page 14 - ... in vice. The type is peculiar to Spain, and to Madrid — nocturnal in its habits, perfervid, lean; the very incarnation of that national fever which betrays its burning and devouring heat in night work over newspapers, in gamblinghouses where the lamps are put out only when the sun rises, in twilight rendezvous, and in mysterious meetings in the corridors of theatres, in the corners of cafe's, and in Minister's offices.
Page 194 - I. 13 where a distinguished company of critical spectators sit in judgment, including some names famous in the history of the time ; young men who lack neither talent nor culture, and reporters, who dip their pen in the blood of the bull, so to speak, to indite a style of prose which, like the atmosphere of the cheaper boxes, is a steamy compound of raw garlic, musk, and brandy.
Page 191 - Roman matron grafted on to her florid native smartness; equally proud of her black eyes and her sparkling rings which cut into the flesh of her fat fingers; shedding contemptuous glances on all sides, as much as to convey that she is a very great lady and very rich, that her shop, with its stock of ancient furniture, or her butchery, or her pawnbroker's...
Page 192 - Above, in the boxes, there are more white mantillas, some covering gray heads, others framing the sweetest specimens of youth and beauty; fiery carnations or starry jasmine in their hair, cheeks like blush roses, eyes black or blue, with lashes quivering like butterflies ; cherry lips, a glance as fickle as the light nod of a flower in the wind, and smiles that reveal teeth like pearls ; the all-pervading fan with its wordless telegraphy in a thousand colors.