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Well! If I had as many homes to do ... as I've undone!, p. 77

Well! If I had as many homes to do ... as I've undone!, p. 77, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

My little house, my mother ate it. My brother Zidor gambled away my hair, my shawls, my rings ... and all. And my late father drank the rest., p. 93

My little house, my mother ate it. My brother Zidor gambled away my hair, my shawls, my rings ... and all. And my late father drank the rest., p. 93, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

My dear, one is never as well scratched as by oneself., p. 129

My dear, one is never as well scratched as by oneself., p. 129, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

"Platonic love" is just an affectation, p. 131

"Platonic love" is just an affectation, p. 131, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

"Look, chaste author of my words, will you write me a part...?" "Extraordinary!" "What costume?" "Something indecent is indispensable., p. 47."

"Look, chaste author of my words, will you write me a part...?" "Extraordinary!" "What costume?" "Something indecent is indispensable., p. 47.", 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

Of the unhappy people like this, one sees them with only one eye ... and not out of an attic window!, p. 57.

Of the unhappy people like this, one sees them with only one eye ... and not out of an attic window!, p. 57., 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

Strong in Dominoes, p. 59

Strong in Dominoes, p. 59, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

I tell of my neighbors' surprise / My fortune in different times / And I am still finding its debris / In sweeping the five floors, p. 81

I tell of my neighbors' surprise / My fortune in different times / And I am still finding its debris / In sweeping the five floors, p. 81, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

I tell the good fortune, since I no longer know what it is, p. 83

I tell the good fortune, since I no longer know what it is, p. 83, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

No, M. Henri.  I do not doubt the delicacy of your feelings, nor does my daughter; but look! I cannot make soup with that!, p.89

No, M. Henri. I do not doubt the delicacy of your feelings, nor does my daughter; but look! I cannot make soup with that!, p.89, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

My respects to you, Mme. Widow-of-everyone!, p. 91

My respects to you, Mme. Widow-of-everyone!, p. 91, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

Don't love me anymore?! ... Why Pamela, that would be a luxury that your methods do not permit you., p. 97

Don't love me anymore?! ... Why Pamela, that would be a luxury that your methods do not permit you., p. 97, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

The temptation of a Saint Antoinette, p. 99

The temptation of a Saint Antoinette, p. 99, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

Ah, that! Come on, M. le baron, what the devil would you wish that one did with your confidences, if not abuse them?, p. 117

Ah, that! Come on, M. le baron, what the devil would you wish that one did with your confidences, if not abuse them?, p. 117, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

Still, at our house, I guarded the geese! And now the geese are guarding you., p. 119

Still, at our house, I guarded the geese! And now the geese are guarding you., p. 119, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

Do you know, Partagé, which village in France has the most knock-kneed clockmakers? -No.  Where's that? -Well, it's Pau! -Why? -No one has ever been able to figure it out!, p. 19

Do you know, Partagé, which village in France has the most knock-kneed clockmakers? -No. Where's that? -Well, it's Pau! -Why? -No one has ever been able to figure it out!, p. 19, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

... Yes my dear [meat (lit.)] Auguste.  I am decidedly arrested in the heart so much that my rascal of a director will have half left it ..., p. 41.

... Yes my dear [meat (lit.)] Auguste. I am decidedly arrested in the heart so much that my rascal of a director will have half left it ..., p. 41., 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

... So then, if you would permit me, I will have the honor of sending my carriage for you at eleven o'clock.  -That would keep me in boots [?], p. 43

... So then, if you would permit me, I will have the honor of sending my carriage for you at eleven o'clock. -That would keep me in boots [?], p. 43, 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

Without even counting the times there wasn't a thing at our house to put in the oven ... and Monsieur wears an overcoat of doubly thick cloth.  Good lord! An overcoat of doubly thick cloth!, p. 53.

Without even counting the times there wasn't a thing at our house to put in the oven ... and Monsieur wears an overcoat of doubly thick cloth. Good lord! An overcoat of doubly thick cloth!, p. 53., 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

Carrots!  How many are there, of the Bourgeois and the Crested Birds that live only on them?, p. 55.

Carrots! How many are there, of the Bourgeois and the Crested Birds that live only on them?, p. 55., 1804 - 1866

Paul Gavarni

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