10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LORGNON»
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Purest of Bastards: Works of Mourning, Art, and Affirmation ...
Whatever the case, we ought to pay some heed to the lorgnon of the Femme au
lorgnon, as Derrida does. Lorgnon is related to louche, cross-eyed, and the verb
lorgner means to observe in a peculiar way, from the side, aslant, or askance, ...
David Farrell Krell, 2010
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Longing to Belong: The Parvenu in Nineteenth-Century French ...
“Il prit son lorgnon, regarda le pantalon de nankin, les bottes, l'habit bleu fait à
Angoulême de Lucien, enfin tout son rival. Puis il remit froidement le lorgnon
dans la poche de son gilet comme s'il eût dit: 'Je suis content.'” Balzac, ibid., vol.
V, p.
Sarah Juliette Sasson, 2012
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No Author Better Served: The Correspondence of Samuel ...
Having recovered they turn to look after O, the woman raising a lorgnon to her
eyes, the man taking off his pince-nez fastened to his coat by a ribbon. They then
look at each other, she lowering her lorgnon, he resuming his pince-nez.
Alan Schneider, Maurice Harmon, 1998
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Delphi Works of Arnold Bennett (Illustrated)
Mrs Clayton Vernon had a lorgnon at the end of a shaft of tortoiseshell; otherwise,
a pair of eyeglasses on astick. She hadthe habit of the lorgnon; the lorgnon
seldom left her, and whenever she was in any doubt or difficulty she would raise
the ...
NOW look at me through your lorgnon as if I were an utter stranger, point out
something in the park to the Nurse, reflect for a bit, toy with your lorgnon
thoughtlessly. You can make the lorgnon a sort of extension of your arm, it is such
an habitual ...
Constantin Stanislavski, Pavel Rumyantsev, 2013
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The Passive Eye: Gaze and Subjectivity in Berkeley (via Beckett)
Having recovered they turn and look after O, the woman raising a lorgnon to her
eyes, the man taking off his pince-nez fastened to his coat by a ribbon. They then
look at each other, she lowering her lorgnon, he resuming his pince-nez.
7
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
Mrs Clayton Vernon had a lorgnon at the end of a shaft of tortoise-shell;
otherwise, a pair of eyeglasses on a stick. She had the habit of the lorgnon; the
lorgnon seldom left her, and whenever she was in any doubt or difficulty she
would raise ...
8
The Sentimental Education of the Novel
Delphine de Girardin is, to my knowledge, the only female writer whose
narratives identify with the realist position, as is suggested by their titles, Le
Lorgnon (1831) and La Canne de M. Balzac ( 1836). The most important realist
code in ...
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Die Nase und andere Erzählungen
Mit diesen Worten nahm die Dame ihr Lorgnon und eilte zur Wand, an der jedoch
nichts hing. »Wo sind denn Ihre Porträts? « »Man hat sie hinausgetragen«,
antwortete der Maler, etwas verwirrt. »Ich bin soeben in diese Wohnung gezogen
, ...
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The London and Paris Observer Or, Chronicle of Literature, ...
1 lis personal property was sworn to be under <i5,ooo. It is a curious precaution
in his will, that he directs his body to be kept iminterred as long as it can be
suffered, " to prevail the possibility of being buried alive." ' » Le Lorgnon. i vol. 8vo
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NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LORGNON»
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Armed with a revolver and disguised with a large hat and lorgnon, she secretly followed Gentien and his new mistress. As soon as she saw her ... «The Guardian, Apr 14»
