JOURNEY TO CHINA 3: THE CUSTOMS. Having arrived at customs, the traveller is examined, ransacked, undressed and rifled －His clothes are not admitted to [this country], since they make them in China; －His wig [is], because they do not make them; －His boots, because leather is prohibited; －His clyster-pump, because it is a mechanical object with a suspect use... they seize everything and make him pay duty for the rest, after which, he is as free as the air..

Ancient History 30: Dionysius the tyrant. If he chooses this condition in his sorry fortune, / It is because in the matter of schools / Tyrants always make too much of it, / So that they can fine one [school] in their old age (The late Barthelemy)

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SKETCHES OF SUMMER 6: THEATRES IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. They dream that the auditorium is full to the brim and that they argue over programmes and small seats..., let's not wake them!..

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Parisian Emotions 1: Aren't they dreary!... see how they make off!... what it is not to live in property!!!... My little loves, when you come by again we should warn you, we'll burn pastilles from the Seraglio for you..

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The Good Bourgeois 20: －It appears they have just seen the sea serpent again in the Indian Ocean! －Is that possible, for goodness sake! －Certainly it's possible, for goodness sake, because I told you that it says so in le Constitutionnel! so!..

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The Good Bourgeois 20: －It appears they have just seen the sea serpent again in the Indian Ocean! －Is that possible, for goodness sake! －Certainly it's possible, for goodness sake, because I told you that it says so in le Constitutionnel! so!..

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JOURNEY TO CHINA 6: CHINESE PROPRIETY. In this country they have a singular idea of propriety!... the most chaste young girl, the most upstanding woman do not blush, by a prodigious exaggeration of forms, to call attention to a certain quarter to which they give the appearance of a veritable air-balloon... they call that a bustle..

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PARISIAN SKETCHES 7: In contemplation before the opera's ship, － at least it is not before that of the porte St. Martin, － nor indeed that of the ambigu [sic], － anyway, what is certain is that they are gazing upon a vessel

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CHARIVARI SKETCHES or DISCORDANT SKETCHES 2: －I say, President, it's impossible to catch a hare this year... they won't stay still... －That's because the government forgot to make them immovable..

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IN CHINA 13: －Here, look at that case..., it contains the American envoys who are going to Peking!... －You'd think that that carriage contained curious animals... －To be sure! if they are curious..., too bad for them, because they won't see much of the country they're travelling through!..

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IN CHINA 13: －Here, look at that case..., it contains the American envoys who are going to Peking!... －You'd think that that carriage contained curious animals... －To be sure! if they are curious..., too bad for them, because they won't see much of the country they're travelling through!..

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THESE GOOD PARISIANS 13: THE PARISIAN － Tell me, worthy fellow, what do you do with all your cows when they become old and no longer give milk?... THE COW-HERD － Look here,... the tomfoolery.. you make beef out of them!..

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The Hundred-and-one Robert-Macaire [Caricaturana] 100: Mr. Daumier, your Robert-Macaire series is a charming thing!... It is the exact portrayal of the pilfering of our age... It is the faithful portrait of the crowd of rascals you find everywhere, in business, in politics, in finance, everywhere! everywhere!!... The cheats should hate you... But the estimation of honest people is yours... Have you still not received the cross of honour?... It's shocking!!..

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Friends 7: It is because he is your friend..

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LIFE'S DIFFICULT MOMENTS 3 : － For the seventh time will you give me my seat?... if not... － If not what?... － If not, I'll be obliged to go away, which would vex me greatly!

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Strangers in Paris 19: －Look at that imbecile who hasn't seen that his barrel's leaking... －You're stupid! that's done on purpose, it's chloride that they spread over the streets to disinfect them... it's the Labaraque system, applied to the town of Paris

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NEWS 101: － Oh!... my dear..., I'm frightened of those people there!... － So you should be, they're very vicious... they beat women and make blacks of them!..

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NEWS 101: － Oh!... my dear..., I'm frightened of those people there!... － So you should be, they're very vicious... they beat women and make blacks of them!..

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Affectation 2: I said to myself: do they think we're from the rue des Lombards?... There's a little air about you which is not that of a confectioner at all

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NEWS 103: LE CONSTITUTIONEL [sic] AND THE WANDERING JEW: Let’s be on our way, old chap, on our way... if even I can’t make you walk it’s certainly because your illness is too constitutional!..

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NEWS 179: They wanted to snuff out even the Sun

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JOURNEY TO CHINA 4: THE SEAFARERS' HOTEL. He who says hotel-keeper －in China－ and above all in a seaport, says patent thief... if you bring to his notice that he counts dinners that you have not ordered －errands that you have not had [him] make －waiters who have not served you －expenses for transporting luggage for which you have paid, he replies graciously: Suh, we always count that, always... that is the Chinese habit!... Editer's note: This habit also exists in certain French sea ports

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IN CHINA 21: To think that there is what the French call Chinese!..

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PARISIAN TYPES 45: －I'm the greatest enemy of factions. －No politics, Pa Rangoutot! －I'm not talking about them, I wish they'd ban sentry duty because mine's coming up

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NEWS 24: － What... the paper says that it's rumoured in the Stock-Exchange that the Russians have crossed the Prut!... － Well! Mister Panelet... all the same... because the Russians have begun hostilities that's no reason for you not to finish off shaving

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