The Desultory Man / Collection of Ancient and Modern British Novels and Romances. Vol. CXLVII.
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- COLLECTION
- OF ANCIENT AND MODERN
- BRITISH NOVELS AND ROMANCES.
- VOL. CXLVII.
- THE DESULTORY MAN.
- THE
- DESULTORY MAN.
- "RICHELIEU," "THE GYPSY," ETC.
- PARIS: BAUDRY'S EUROPEAN LIBRARY,
- 1836
- DEDICATION.
- TO MISS M. L. BOYLE.
- THE
- DESULTORY MAN.
- THE RAMBLE.
- THE RECOMPENSE[2]
- THE PAINTINGS.
- THE LOVER'S LEAP.
- THE CHÂTEAU.
- LA GALETTE.
- ENGLISH TRAVELLERS ON THE CONTINENT.
- DIEPPE--THE EVENING.
- THE STORY OF THE BEAUTY OF ARLES.
- TWO SCENES FROM THE CIVIL WARS.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- TO W. H----, ESQ.
- THE JOURNEY.
- WORDS AND THINGS.
- A FRENCH COOK.
- THE TABLE D'HÔTE.
- THE PEASANT OF BRITTANY.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE DISASTERS.
- THE WAKING.
- THE PLACE OF DREAMS.
- THE FATE OF THE DUC DE BIRON.
- SAINT RADIGONDE.
- THE CURIOSITIES.
- THE BOTTLE OF SAUTERN.
- THE FIELD OF POITIERS.
- THE DILIGENCE.
- A PARTY OF PLEASURE.
- THE STORY OF THE BAD SPIRIT.
- ABUL COUMEL AND HIS TALISMAN.
- BOBECHE.
- LA CHASSE.
- DISTINCTIONS.
- BEGGARS.
- LA BREDE.
- THE CHATEAU DE BLANCFORD.
- SCRAPS.--NO. I.
- THE LADY AND THE FLOWER.
- SCRAPS.--No. II.
- LINES TO A WITHERED ROSE.
- SCRAPS.--No. III.
- DESULTORY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MAN IN THE MOON.
- CONVERSATION I.-PERSIA.
- SCRAPS--No. IV.
- A YOUNG LADY'S STORY.
- SCRAPS--No. V.
- THE LAW OF BABYLON.
- MEMOIR.
- SCRAPS.--No. VI.
- WRITTEN IN A BOOK OF DREAMS.
- SCRAPS. No. VII.
- RABAS.
- RABAS.
- DOMESTIC LIFE IN FRANCE.
- TRAVELLING.
- A PRIME MINISTER'S MONKEY.
- AIRE.
- THE BIRTH-PLACE OF HENRI IV.
- FLEURETTE.
- THE EAUX BONNES.
- THE EAUX CHAUDES.
- THE FRIENDS.
- NOTHING.
- LE SORCIER.
- A MIRACLE.
- THE REPROOF OF ALLI.
- THE VISIONS OF HASSAN.
- THE STORY OF AZIMANTIUM.
- THE FISHERMAN OF SCARPHOUT.
- TWO CHAPTERS FROM AN OLD HISTORY.
- THE FISHERMAN OF SCARPHOUT.
- THE USE OF TIME.
- THE LAST FIRE.
- A VISION OF STEAM.
- THE VOYAGE OF LIFE.
- THE PRISON AND THE CASTLE.
- PRISONER'S SONG.
- ADIEU TO PAU.
- LOURDES.
- THE DEVIL AND THE CRUSADER.
- ARGELES.
- CAUTERETS.
- THE LAC DE GAUB.
- ST. SAUVEUR.
- BAREGES.
- GAVARNIE.
- THE CASCADE OF GAVARNIE.
- THE BRECHE DE ROLAND.
- THE DISCOVERY.
- THE HISTORY OF A FRENCH ARTISAN
- DURING THE LAST REVOLUTION.
- THE NIGHT.
- FOOTNOTES
- THE END.
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