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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.Vol. I."Venetian Years"by Jacques
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.Vol. I."Venetian Years"by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.CASANOVA AT DUX An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons I The Memoirs of Casanova, though they have enjoyed the popularity of a bad re
- 166 Silvia's daughter loved me, and she knew I loved her, although I had never said so, but women's wit is keen. At the same time she endeavoured not to let me know her feelings, as she was afraid of encouraging me to ask favours of her, and she did
- 165 "Oh, not at all! I am very comfortable"; and so saying she laid down at full length."What a beautiful wife I shall have! Nay, don't move, let me look at you so." My hand began to press the bosom of her dress, where were imprisoned
- 164 "I will put the guilty party in your power without his knowing what is to happen, and I will leave you alone, so that you can wreak all your wrath upon him, provided you will allow me to be, unknown to him, in the next room, as I shall regard myself
- 163 "Quite so, but there's a distinction between what lovers may do when they are together, and what is proper in the presence of a mixed company.""Yes, but I s.n.a.t.c.hed four distinct favours from her, without the least opposition; had
- 162 "M. le Noir told me that your niece was the daughter of a councillor, and I did not imagine that you would sanction her marrying beneath her.""There will be no question of such a thing in this instance, sir; and, after all, what is marrying
- 161 "Am I to take that speech as a declaration of love?""Yes, it is bold, sweetheart, but it is sincere. If it were not, I should be unworthy both of you and of myself.""Can I believe you?""Yes, with all your heart. But tell
- 160 "How spoiled?""I daren't tell you as, perhaps, your aunt would not like it.""I don't think I should tell her, but, perhaps, I should not have asked.""Oh, yes! you should; and as you wish to know I will make no
- 159 The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.Vol. III."The Eternal Quest"by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.VOLUME 3 -- THE ETERNAL QUEST EPISODE 11 -- PARIS AND HOLLAND CHAPTER I Count Tiretta of Trevisa Abbe Coste--Lambertini, the Pope's Niec
- 158 "Are you, then, not the inventor of the scheme which has been shewn me?""No, it is the work of my brother.""Shall I have the pleasure or seeing him?""Certainly. His body is feeble, but his mind is in all its vigour. We s
- 157 I took the book and read, Lottery consisting of ninety tickets, to be drawn every month, only one in eighteen to be a winning number. I gave him back the book and said, with the utmost calmness, "I confess, sir, that is exactly my idea.""Yo
- 156 Thus furnished with ample funds, my first care was for my dress; and this done I went to work, and in a week sent my generous protector the result, giving him permission to have as many copies printed as he liked, and to make any use he pleased of it to i
- 155 Balbi was under forty, but he was decidedly ugly, having one of those faces in which baseness, cowardice, impudence, and malice are plainly expressed, joining to this advantage a tone of voice and manners admirably calculated to repulse anyone inclined to
- 154 I Find a Lodging in the House of the Chief of the Sbirri--I Pa.s.s a Good Night There and Recover My Strength--I Go to Ma.s.s--A Disagreeable Meeting I Am Obliged to Take Six Sequins by Force--Out of Danger--Arrived at Munich--Balbi I Set Out for Paris--M
- 153 In half an hour the hole was large enough--a fortunate circ.u.mstance, for I should have had much trouble in making it any larger without the aid of a saw. I was afraid when I looked at the edges of the hole, for they bristled with jagged pieces of wood w
- 152 The fool never thought how he had responded to my prayers."You are right," I said, "you may stop here on the condition that you will pray to St. Francis; and that you go forthwith and fetch my books, which I wish to leave to the count."
- 151 "You can put off taking it," I said, "till the angel enters to set me free; but if you do not then renounce by an oath the infamous trade which has brought you here, and which will end by bringing you to the gallows, I shall leave you in th
- 150 Overwhelmed by this disaster, I glanced at the fellow, whom his every feature proclaimed rogue. I was about to speak to him when he began by thanking me for having got him a bed. Wis.h.i.+ng to gain him over, I invited him to take his meals with me. He ki
- 149 "From you.""Well, for the moment, sir, I'm dashed, for I did not think that wit meant impudence.""I am not telling you any lies. You it was who with your own hands gave me all the requisites--oil, flint, and matches; the rest
- 148 "Truly, sir, I pity you, for the air here is as hot as a furnace. Get up, and thank G.o.d for giving you such good company.""Come in, my lord, come in," said he to the poor wretch who followed him. Then, without heeding my nakedness, t
- 147 The long nights of winter distressed me, for I had to pa.s.s nineteen mortal hours in darkness; and on the cloudy days, which are common enough at Venice, the light I had was not sufficient for me to be able to read. Without any distractions I fell back o
- 146 "Who are you?" said I."I am Maggiorin, of Vicenza. My father, who was a coachman, kept me at school till I was eleven, by which time I had learnt to read and write; I was afterwards apprenticed to a barber, where I learnt my business thorou
- 145 "Where can I get some?""Nowhere."What displeased this ignorant and gossiping fellow about me was my silence and my laconic manner of talking.Next day he told me that the Tribunal had a.s.signed me fifty sous per diem of which he would
- 144 I have noticed at other times that surprise at a deed of oppression acts on me as a powerful narcotic, but I found out at the time I speak of that great surprise is also a diuretic. I make this discovery over to the doctors, it is possible that some learn
- 143 Enjoying foolishly enough, his look of astonishment, I shewed him the books which teach one how to summon the elementary spirits. My readers will, I hope, do me the favour to believe that I put no faith in these conjuring books, but I had them by me and u
- 142 Leaving them at an early hour, I went to my lodging and was greatly surprised to find my bedroom balcony occupied. A young lady of an exquisite figure rose as soon as she saw me, and gracefully asked me pardon for the liberty she had taken."I am,&quo
- 141 "My dear Barberine, what do you think I can see?""What you have often seen with my sister.""That's true! but you are prettier than she is."The girl made no reply, but, as if she could not reach the fruit, she put her foo
- 140 The amba.s.sador, who like an Englishman kept quite cool the whole time, poured him out a gla.s.s of Chambertin, and the blackguard drank his health. Murray seeing he had on a fine ring set with brilliants, praised it, and shewing some curiosity to see it
- 139 Her cloak and mask were on the bed, but she was dressed as a nun. As I wanted to see her face, I politely asked her to do me the favour of shewing it."I don't know you," said she; "who are you?""You are in my house, and don&#
- 138 "The only thing I ask you is to come sharp to time; and not to come too late for a convent.""Will an hour after sunset suit you?""Admirably.""I shall also make it my business to compel my masked mistress to stop where sh
- 137 Towards the end of April I saw M. M. at the grating, looking thin and much changed, but out of danger. I therefore returned to Venice. In my interview, calling my attachment and tender feelings to my aid, I succeeded in behaving myself in such wise that s
- 136 "In the morning," I said, "I will tell Laura to get me something less seducing;" but the night brought counsel, and in the morning I put on the armour of sophism, telling myself that my weakness was no fault of the girl's, and tha
- 135 This truly heroic action was known all over the town, and it was Murray himself who made it known, citing me as his witness.This famous courtezan, whose beauty was justly celebrated, feeling herself eaten away by an internal disease, promised to give a hu
- 134 The day after Shrove Tuesday, going to the casino of Muran, I found there a letter from M---- M----, who gave me two pieces of bad news: that C---- C---- had lost her mother, and that the poor girl was in despair; and that the lay-sister, whose rheum was
- 133 M---- M---- took up a book full of the most lascivious engravings, and said, with a significant glance in my direction: "Do you wish me to have a fire lighted in the alcove?"I understood her, and replied: "You would oblige me, for the bed b
- 132 With these words he looked at me attentively, as people will do when they are trying to recollect a person whom they have lost sight of. I then told him that we had never spoken to one another, and that he had not seen enough of me to recollect my feature
- 131 "Silence, dearest! Love would not be of divine origin did he not possess the faculty of divination. He knows all, and here is the proof. Do you not wish to know whether my friend was with me during the fatal night which has cost me so many tears?&quo
- 130 "Believe me, dearest, I am sick from unhappiness. I love you with my whole soul, but I am in such a situation that....""What! you are weeping, my love! Oh! I entreat you, spare my heart! I am so sorry to have told you such a thing, but I ca
- 129 I answered that she had guessed rightly, that the locket of her friend was a present from me and contained my likeness, but that she was to keep the secret, and to be certain that my friends.h.i.+p for M---- M---- interfered in no way with the feeling whi
- 128 Adieu."The small key enclosed in the letter belonged to a bureau in the boudoir. Anxious to know the nature of the present that she could offer me at the instance of her friend, I opened the bureau, and found a parcel containing a letter and a morocc
- 127 The charm of that style consists in the negligence with which the paint is applied. The rouge must not appear natural; it is used to please the eyes which see in it the marks of an intoxication heralding the most amorous fury. She told me that she had put
- 126 Five or six months ago, I was reading La Sagesse, by Charron, and somehow or other my confessor heard of it; when I went to him for confession, he took upon himself to tell me to give up reading that book. I answered that my conscience did not reproach me
- 125 "Are you mad, dearest? I am yours this very instant, if you wish it.""Ah! if I wish it! Although fasting, come! Love and happiness will be my food!"She felt cold, we sat near the fire; and unable to master my impatience I unfastened a
- 124 "The abbess," she said, "told me how glad she was to see you, and that she was certain to find out who you are."I then related to her the adventure of the spy, and we both thought that it was most likely the means taken by the sainted
- 123 "And he forgives your amorous caprices?""What do you mean by caprices? A year ago he obtained possession of me, and before him I had never belonged to a man; you are the first who inspired me with a fancy. When I confessed it to him he was
- 122 "But what will your lover say?""He will be delighted to see me happy with such a lover as you. It is in his nature.""What an admirable nature! Such heroism is quite beyond me!""What sort of a life do you lead in Venice?&
- 121 In my ridiculous position I was sorely tempted to complain to Countess S----; but I am happy to say I was prudent enough not to cross the threshold of her door. At last I bethought myself that the giddy nun was certainly labouring under constant dread, kn
- 120 "Recollect that, if I did not suppose you endowed with a n.o.ble soul and a high mind, I could never have resolved on taking a step which might give you an unfavorable opinion of my character"The tone of that letter, which I have copied word by
- 119 When I saw the linen which she had concealed under her clothes to bring it out, I could not disguise my horror, and I thought the sight would kill me. I fancied myself in a slaughter-house! Laura, thinking of consoling me, told me that I could rely upon t
- 118 We were to go away early on the Tuesday, and I instinctively longed for that moment. The counts whom P---- C---- had invited were delighted with his mistress, and they came to supper; but I avoided meeting them.On the Tuesday morning I was duly informed t
- 117 Necessity, that imperious law and my only excuse, having made me almost the partner of a cheat, there was still the difficulty of finding the three hundred sequins required; but I postponed the task of finding them until after I should have made the acqua
- 116 I immediately sat down to write to my dear recluse, intending at first to write only a few lines, as she had requested me; but my time was too short to write so little. My letter was a screed of four pages, and very likely it said less than her note of on
- 115 This time our enjoyment seemed to us more substantial; we relished it with a more refined delight, and, so to speak, we reasoned over it."Oh, my best beloved!" she said to me, "do all in your power to render me pregnant; for in that case my
- 114 "Oh, dear! am I indeed so near happiness!"After kissing her tenderly, I went down to tell the mistress of the house not to disturb us, and not to bring up our dinner until we called for it. During my short absence, my charming C---- C---- had th
- 113 "And I feel certain that you would not have had recourse to that stratagem, if you could have guessed how deeply it would pain me.""Do you then feel much interest in me?""I would do anything in the world to convince you of it. I l
- 112 "What!" I exclaimed warmly, "what! beautiful C----, you do not condescend to ascribe my reserve to the feeling which you have inspired me with? You suppose that you do not please me? If a kiss is all that is needed to prove the contrary to
- 111 He left me with an apology for having troubled me, and saying that he hoped to see me in the evening at St. Mark's Square, where he would be with Madame C----, he gave me his address, telling me that he had retained possession of his apartment unknow
- 110 CHAPTER XI I Return the Portrait I Had Stolen in Vienna I Proceed to Padua; An Adventure on My Way Back, and Its Consequences-- I Meet Therese Imer Again--My Acquaintance With Mademoiselle C. C.I found myself again in my native country with that feeling o
- 109 The baroness was not long before she gave me to understand that she felt kindly disposed towards me, and that she would receive my attentions with pleasure; I paid her a visit the very next day. "If you are fond of cards," she said, "come i
- 108 The court at Dresden was at that time the most brilliant in Europe; the fine arts flourished, but there was no gallantry, for King Augustus had no inclination for the fair s.e.x, and the Saxons were not of a nature to be thus inclined unless the example w
- 107 "What!" said the count, "is it the pomatum the history of which I know?""Precisely.""It is astonis.h.i.+ng.""I wish to ask one more question concerning a woman the name of whom I would rather not give."&qu
- 106 This young man, well-made, pale, grave, as cold as a piece of marble, madly in love, who, in his reason mixed with utter despair, came to speak to me in such a manner with the most surprising calm, made me pause and consider. Undoubtedly I was not afraid,
- 105 His majesty then sat down, took the young girl on his knees, bestowed a few caresses on her, and having ascertained with his royal hand that the fruit had not yet been plucked, he gave her a kiss.O-Morphi was looking attentively at her master, and smiled.
- 104 "Your question, my dear girl, is not an easy one to answer, for moral philosophy does not know a more important one, or a more difficult one to decide; it is a lesson which lasts throughout life. I will tell you in a few words that we call prejudice
- 103 "No, my dear:""Well, then, be good enough to take me somewhere out of Paris; to some place where I can breathe the fresh air freely; I shall then recover that appearance which you think I must have to interest in my favour those who will se
- 102 "Yes. I intend to call with my brother upon the secretary of war, and I hope he will take pity on me.""You do not know anybody here?""Not one person, sir; you are the first man in France to whom I have exposed my situation."&
- 101 "But she declares that she is pregnant from your doings.""That may be, but it is not certain.""She says it is certain, and she swears that she has never known any other man.""If it is so, she is unfortunate; for in such
- 100 "Nothing extraordinary in that," I answered; "honest men generally contrive to be hung far away from their native country; and as a proof of it, sixty Frenchmen have been hung in the course of last year between Naples, Rome, and Venice. Fiv
- 99 But the man whom she really wished to marry was Count Saint Simon. He would have married her if she had not given him false addresses to make enquiries respecting her birth. The Preati family of Verona denied all knowledge of her, as a matter of course, a
- 98 "Perhaps her adventures are not known.""Ah, monsieur! at the court everything is known."I went about alone, sauntering through the apartments, when suddenly I met a dozen ugly ladies who seemed to be running rather than walking; they w
- 97 And saying those words she got out, took her seat in the vis-a-vis, and I found myself very much in the position of Lot's wife, but not motionless.Dear reader, if you have ever been in such a predicament you will easily realize the rage with which I
- 96 "Oh! that is one of those things which can easily be ascertained. I see you are a foreigner, sir.""You are right."But I was delighted at the French opera, with the rapidity of the scenic changes which are done like lightning, at the si
- 95 "Ah! pray excuse me, I thought you were the mother of the three.""You were not mistaken, I am their mother."As she said these words she looked at Patu, and both burst into hearty laughter which did not make me blush, but which shewed m
- 94 "Very likely the d.u.c.h.ess has no idea of the good she has done.""Quite the reverse, for it was a cunning artifice on her part. The d.u.c.h.ess, feeling interested in the newly-married young woman, and wis.h.i.+ng to serve her in a delica
- 93 After the supper, which was protracted to a late hour, I repaired to the house of Madame Quinson, my landlady, where I found myself very comfortable. When I woke in the morning, the said Madame Quinson came to my room to tell me that a servant was outside
- 92 Thereupon an elderly man told me, with a voice full of sweetness, that I ought not to say that the gentlemen were wrong, though I might say that they were not right, thus imitating Cicero, who, instead of declaring to the Romans that Catilina and the othe
- 91 "That's all very well! You are as witty as a cousin of Satan, but I shall not wait your return to marry you; our wedding must take place at once.""What folly! Well, wait until this evening.""Not a bit of it, for I can almost
- 90 Cantarini wishes to speak to you only as a private citizen, as he sends you word to call at his palace and not at the court-house. He is an elderly man, strict but just, to whom you must speak frankly and without equivocating, otherwise you would make mat
- 89 "I advise you for the future not to hurl at me the slightest taunt respecting the life I am leading with Bavois, when we are in the presence of my three worthy friends. I do not object to listen to you when we are alone.""You are wrong in t
- 88 The fellow, drawing his sword, dared me to murder him, but at the same moment De la Haye threw himself between us, stamping violently on the floor. The landlord came up, and threatened the officer to send for the police if he did not withdraw immediately.
- 87 "I do not want to sell it.""Excuse me if I have disturbed you, but you look ill.""Yes, I wish to be left alone.""What is the matter with you?"Coming nearer my bed, he took my hand, and found my pulse extremely low a
- 86 I did everything she asked me. From that moment our love became sad, and sadness is a disease which gives the death-blow to affection. We would often remain a whole hour opposite each other without exchanging a single word, and our sighs would be heard wh
- 85 "You see he does not know me, and yet he wishes to call on me. You must agree with me that if I accepted his visits I should give him a singular opinion of my character. Be good enough to tell him that, although known to no one and knowing no one, I
- 84 I should have thought and acted differently if I had known all her history. Instead of remaining in Parma I should have gone with her to London, and I know now that she would have been delighted to go there.The two artists arrived soon afterwards; they we
- 83 "I think, my love, that, if we did not go, we should give some excuse for scandal-mongers to gossip. Yet, should you not like it, you know that there is no need for us to go. Do not think of me, for I prefer our pleasant chat in this room to the heav
- 82 "Are your husband's parents still alive?""His father is dead, but his mother is still alive, and resides with her uncle, Canon Casanova."That was enough. The good woman was my Welsh cousin, and her children were my Welsh nephews.
- 81 The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.Vol. II."To Paris and Prison".by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.TO PARIS AND PRISON EPISODE 6 -- PARIS CHAPTER I Leave Bologna a Happy Man--The Captain Parts from Us in Reggio, where I Spend a Delightful
- 80 "Have I not some reason to be so?" "No, for I have not given you my decision yet." "Now I breathe more freely, for I am sure you will tell me to accompany you to Parma." "Yes, come to Parma."……
- 79 "The proposal was, after all, rather agreeable to me; I consented to her wishes. I only regretted my inability to make her understand that, if she was followed by anyone from Rome, and if that person wanted to take her back, I was not in a position t
- 78 "We do nothing else. We play the game of the Pharaoh (faro), and I hold the bank."Everybody, understanding the shrewdness of this evasive answer, laughed again, and Juliette herself could not help joining in the general merriment."But tell
- 77 I hurried over my toilet, and without waiting for my hair to be dressed I proceeded to the bishop's palace, and making a great deal of noise I almost compelled the servants to take me to his room. A lackey who was at the door informed me that his lor
- 76 The next morning as I was dressing I had a call from the cowardly Alfani-Celi; I received him with a jeering smile, saying that I had expected him.The hair-dresser being in the room Celi did not answer, but as soon as we were alone he said, "How coul
- 75 Nature had operated, and the mind of a young girl soon enlarges its sphere when pleasure is her teacher. She went to bed, and as she knew that she had no longer anything to conceal from me, her modesty was not alarmed when she undressed herself in my pres
- 74 These words brought back her smile.The house was well situated, and there was not another dwelling around it for at least four hundred yards. I was glad to see that I should have comfortable quarters, but I was annoyed by a very unpleasant stink which tai
- 73 The commissary, greatly astonished, looked at his son, and said, with the voice of a judge on the bench, "Well, son, would you ever have thought that I would be offered one thousand sequins for this knife?"He then opened a drawer and took out of
- 72 O'Neilan places himself under arrest, but the next day he is set at liberty. He had, only to plead that it was an accident.The officer Laurent not having called upon me to redeem his promisory note of six sequins during the week, I told him in the st
- 71 "Since that time the lady goes to the casino, and continues to mix in society, but does not see company at her own house, and lives in perfect accord with her husband.""How did the husband take it all?""Quite well, and like an int
- 70 "Yes, my dear Marina, I do love you, but if you wish to be my mistress, you must be only mine.""Oh! of course. I have three hundred sequins, and I will give them to you to-morrow if you will take me as your mistress.""I do not wan
- 69 "Whoever you may be, go away and let me sleep quietly, for I do not believe in ghosts;" he covers himself again and composes himself to sleep.I wait five or six minutes, and pull again at the bedclothes; but when he tries to draw up the sheet, s
- 68 His enthusiasm and happiness delighted me, and I congratulated myself upon my own work. Yet I felt inwardly some jealousy, and I could not help envying a lot which I might have kept for myself.M. Daridolo and M. Barbaro having been also invited by Charles
- 67 "I do not care for love," he answered: "but I should like to get married in order to have a house of my own."When I returned to the palace, I told M. Dandolo that he might open the affair with Count Algarotti, and the count mentioned i