“- Monsieur, I quit your service, I am going home... I don't want to be here when the world ends,” plate 4 from La Cométe De 1857, 1857
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Oedipe. “- When my sword cut into his bleeding heart - You are trembling Madame - It was then that the world was falling apart,” plate ten from Physionomies tragiques, 1851
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“You remember now that young Cabassol is far too good in translation that I would allow anyone in this class to molest him... he is under my immediate protection! At the final exams it is he who will hold up the honour of Bilboquet High school,” plate 32 from Professeurs Et Moutards, 1846
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“- Mr.Lifeguard.... is it true there are sharks at Dieppe? - Of course... but it is pretty simple... as soon as you see one coming to eat you, all you have to do is lay down sideways. He won't eat you for fear of choking to death,” plate 1 from Aus Bains De Mer, c. 1858
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The Good Grandmother, plate 55, 1835
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“My sister was saying yesterday, she thinks you are just too ugly!,” plate 37 from Croquis D 'expressions, published November 22, 1838
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An interesting and refreshing reading, plate 3 from Croquis D'été, 1854
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How Useful for an Opera Singer to Have a Family, plate 14 from Croquis Dramatiques, 1857
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“That will do the job!,” plate 91 from Actualités, 1870
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“- Now I understand why this chap was so quiet all the time..... instead of reading quietly in his Greek dictionary, he was indulging in a novel...!!,” plate 22 from Professeurs and Moutards, 1846
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“Heave-ho!..Heave-ho! Heave-ho!,” plate 179, 1832
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“- Isn't he cute like that, Dodore... with a little bit of cleaning up, he is just not the same child any more!...,” plate 37 from Les Bons Bourgeois, 1847
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Inside a Butcher's Shop in Paris. “Come on my dear..... I know it is tough to sell our beef as cheap as that..... but that's no reason to weep like a calf!,” plate 75 from Actualités, 1851
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Village Scene, n.d.
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A defence lawyer at the Court of Arbitration discussing business at his usual office premises, plate 27 from Les Gens De Justice, 1846
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“- So even if I admit, between us, that I stole Father Jerome's watch, you won't drop my case? - My dear thief, you really don't understand my position... if there were no offenders there would hardly be any lawyers.... Now that I know you are guilty, I will work on your alibi...,” plate 28 from Les Gens De Justice, 1846
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The Ox-Elephant, a new and very promising breed. Unfortunately still beyond the financial possibilities of the average citizen.... price: 30'000 francs, plate 5 from L'exposition Des Animaux, 1856
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“- Oh, Madame Chaboulard, I wonder what will happen in the twelve months to come... the New Year starts on a Friday! … - I don't care, I am not superstitious… I only believe in the number 13 and in spiders!,” plate 477 from Actualités, 1858
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“Just you wait, I'm going to show you who is the teacher here...,” plate 11 from Professeurs Et Moutards, 1846
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Come Here Little Chick, Chick..... Chick... Chick, Come Little Turkeys, plate 442, 1834
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