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My new master, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
When we do not want to see the dawn rise, we do not care about a neighbor like that!, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1842
The oldest rabbit jumped respectfully on his grandfather's lap..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
It has been very wrong to take from our poets the classic muzzle, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
I hope to prove one day that in the hands of a magpie, a feather is no less valuable than in the claws of a wolf or the legs of a fox, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
Having said that, this poor invalid gives us a curtsy, and goes hobbling off, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
La Peau de Chagrin
Honoré de Balzac
1838
A Stork was called to the presidency..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
When he was sleeping in the sun..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
I took a note first, then two, then three, then a thousand..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
La Fille aux Yeux d'Or (The Girl with the Golden Eyes)
Honoré de Balzac
1896
This protest was stifled by the noise of private conversations, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
I was ignominiously arrested, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
All of the wolves are brothers, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
Le Peche Veniel
Honoré de Balzac
1922
An Old Butterfly, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
I was a widow, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
He was a regular on the front lines..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
We are going to incise the muscles, saw the bones, in a word, heal the sick, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
Le Nouveau Magasin des Enfants (vol. 1)
Charles Nodier
1860
She posed herself as a superior owl, and was just a ridiculous owl, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
One of those novice hunters for whom nothing is sacred, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
We live between ourselves, we hate the nuisances and the visits, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
I saw a wolf standing guard, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
There are men who walk around begging on fertile ground, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
Here, the civet offers a hit of snuff to an old beaver, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
Only his belly was remarkable, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
And a very obstinate vole..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
A very well put insect and beautiful dancer, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
After accepting a glass of sweet water, the illustrious orator descends from the platform, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
I urged them to eat some boiled eggs, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
He tells us: don't cry, Act!, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
Scenes de la Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux
J. J. Grandville
1867
Pictures of the French
Honoré de Balzac
1840
Nadar's Pantheon (Panthéon Nadar)
Nadar
1854
Le Père Goriot
Honoré de Balzac
1885
Philosophie de la Vie Conjugale par Balzac
Paul Gavarni [Chevalier]
ca. 1845
This is what the men call a church rat, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
The Tiger entered stealthily, the dagger in his hand, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47
The favorite object of his studies is the collection of Idylles by Madame Deshoulières, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
J. J. Grandville
ca. 1837–47