She responded to my protests and oaths with a tone of mockery so cold that I swore to die, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

As soon as I set foot on the island..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Honoré de Balzac

I urged them to eat some boiled eggs, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Honoré de Balzac

I was ignominiously arrested, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Pierre François Godard, Honoré de Balzac

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, Andrew Best Leloir, Honoré de Balzac

What's that noise? and what does this scoundrel want?, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Andrew Best Leloir, Honoré de Balzac

At this frightful story, Zemire throws himself at Azor's feet, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Honoré de Balzac

And yet we add that, outside the theater, these animals are even more ugly, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Pierre François Godard, Honoré de Balzac

The author of this attack is a delicate little wolf, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Andrew Best Leloir, Honoré de Balzac

The oldest rabbit jumped respectfully on his grandfather's lap..., from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Louis-Henri Brevière, Honoré de Balzac

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, Louis-Henri Brevière, Honoré de Balzac

My hero was good at hanging, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Honoré de Balzac

There was once, in the camp there, two little hares with their sister, and then there was also a big bad bird who wanted to stop them from passing, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Louis-Henri Brevière, Honoré de Balzac