He was only waiting to make fun of the pursuer and the pursuit, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

Leftovers, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Quichon, Henri Fournier

One would be able to blame you for three years if you dropped their hat, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Auguste Barbant, Henri Fournier

He rose like those small sea monsters that decorate the fountains, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Quichon, Henri Fournier

...Happy to get away with it so cheaply, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Henri Fournier

They began at once their frightful charivari, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Henri Fournier

Do you see me reduced to driving by the roughest paths their little delicate feet, in the grip of the mockery of the leaders?, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Henri Fournier

I was deprived of the happiness to pick it up... I saw a hundred times an agile rival offer it smiling to our common goddess, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Auguste Barbant, Henri Fournier

Did anyone ever forgive an awkward visit?, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Brugnot, Henri Fournier

Only everywhere are water faucets, watering cans of any shape, shovels and pots of any size, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Henri Fournier

All voters, big and small, gather to humbly coax each other..., from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Brugnot, Henri Fournier

Wait your turn, Monsieur... I had that first, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Brugnot, Henri Fournier

It is good that he coaxes and flatters her in front of her husband, from "Little Miseries of Human Life"

J. J. Grandville, Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues, Auguste Barbant, Henri Fournier