The Monikins: Bilingual Edition (English – French)电子书

THE MONIKINS

CHAPTER I. - THE AUTHOR'S PEDIGREE, — ALSO THAT OF HIS FATHER.

CHAPTER II. - TOUCHING MYSELF AND TEN THOUSAND POUNDS.

CHAPTER III. - OPINIONS OF OUR AUTHOR'S ANCESTOR, TOGETHER WITH SOME OF HIS OWN, AND SOME OF OTHER PEOPLE'S.

CHAPTER IV. - SHOWING THE UPS AND DOWNS, THE HOPES AND FEARS, AND THE VAGARIES OF LOVE, SOME VIEWS OF DEATH, AND AN ACCOUNT OF AN INHERITANCE.

CHAPTER V. - ABOUT THE SOCIAL-STAKE SYSTEM, THE DANGERS OF CONCENTRATION, AND OTHER MORAL AND IMMORAL CURIOSITIES.

CHAPTER VI. - A THEORY OF PALPABLE SUBLIMITY — SOME PRACTICAL IDEAS, AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF ADVENTURES.

CHAPTER VII. - TOUCHING AN AMPHIBIOUS ANIMAL, A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.

CHAPTER VIII. - AN INTRODUCTION TO FOUR NEW CHARACTERS, SOME TOUCHES OF PHILOSOPHY, AND A FEW CAPITAL THOUGHTS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY.

CHAPTER IX. - THE COMMENCEMENT OF WONDERS, WHICH ARE THE MORE EXTRAORDINARY ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR TRUTH.

CHAPTER X. - A GREAT DEAL OF NEGOTIATION, IN WHICH HUMAN SHREWDNESS IS COMPLETELY SHAMED, AND HUMAN INGENUITY IS SHOWN TO BE OF A VERY SECONDARY QUALITY.

CHAPTER XI. - A PHILOSOPHY THAT IS BOTTOMED ON SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL — SOME REASONS PLAINLY PRESENTED, AND CAVILLING OBJECTIONS PUT TO FLIGHT BY A CHARGE OF LOGICAL BAYONETS.

CHAPTER XII. - BETTER AND BETTER — A HIGHER FLIGHT OF REASON — MORE OBVIOUS TRUTHS, DEEPER PHILOSOPHY, AND FACTS THAT EVEN AN OSTRICH MIGHT DIGEST.

CHAPTER XIII. - A CHAPTER OF PREPARATIONS — DISCRIMINATION IN CHARACTER — A TIGHT FIT, AND OTHER CONVENIENCES, WITH SOME JUDGMENT.

CHAPTER XIV. - HOW TO STEER SMALL — HOW TO RUN THE GAUNTLET WITH A SHIP — HOW TO GO CLEAR — A NEW-FASHIONED SCREW — DOCK, AND CERTAIN MILE-STONES.

CHAPTER XV. - AN ARRIVAL — FORMS OF RECEPTION — SEVERAL NEW CHRISTENINGS — AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, AND TERRA FIRMA.

CHAPTER XVI. - AN INN — DEBTS PAID IN ADVANCE, AND A SINGULAR TOUCH OF HUMAN NATURE FOUND CLOSELY INCORPORATED WITH MONIKIN NATURE

CHAPTER XVII. - NEW LORDS, NEW LAWS — GYRATION, ROTATION, AND ANOTHER NATION; ALSO AN INVITATION.

CHAPTER XVIII. - A COURT, A COURT-DRESS, AND A COURTIER — JUSTICE IN VARIOUS ASPECTS, AS WELL AS HONOR.

CHAPTER XIX. - ABOUT THE HUMILITY OF PROFESSIONAL SAINTS, A SUCCESSION OF TAILS, A BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM, AND OTHER HEAVENLY MATTERS, DIPLOMACY INCLUDED.

CHAPTER XX. - A VERY COMMON CASE: OR A GREAT DEAL OF LAW, AND VERY LITTLE JUSTICE — HEADS AND TAILS, WITH THE DANGERS OF EACH.

CHAPTER XXI. - BETTER AND BETTER — MORE LAW AND MORE JUSTICE — TAILS AND HEADS: THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING EACH IN ITS PROPER PLACE.

CHAPTER XXII. - A NEOPHYTE IN DIPLOMACY — DIPLOMATIC INTRODUCTION — A CALCULATION — A SHIPMENT OF OPINIONS — HOW TO CHOOSE AN INVOICE, WITH AN ASSORTMENT.

CHAPTER XXIII. - POLITICAL BOUNDARIES — POLITICAL RIGHTS — POLITICAL SELECTIONS, AND POLITICAL DISQUISITIONS; WITH POLITICAL RESULTS.

CHAPTER XXIV. - AN ARRIVAL — AN ELECTION — ARCHITECTURE — A ROLLING-PIN, AND PATRIOTISM OF THE MOST APPROVED WATER.

CHAPTER XXV. - A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE, A FUNDAMENTAL LAW, AND A FUNDAMENTAL ERROR.

CHAPTER XXVI. - HOW TO ENACT LAWS — ORATORY, LOGIC, AND ELOQUENCE; ALL CONSIDERED IN THEIR EVERY-DAY ASPECTS.

CHAPTER XXVII. - AN EFFECT OF LOGARITHMS ON MORALS — AN OBSCURATION, A DISSERTATION, AND A CALCULATION.

CHAPTER XXVIII. - THE IMPORTANCE OF MOTIVES TO A LEGISLATOR — MORAL CONSECUTIVENESS, COMETS, KITES, AND A CONVOY; WITH SOME EVERY-DAY LEGISLATION; TOGETHER WITH CAUSE AND EFFECT.

CHAPTER XXIX. - SOME EXPLANATIONS — A HUMAN APPETITE — A DINNER AND A BONNE BOUCHE.

CHAPTER XXX. - EXPLANATIONS — A LEAVE-TAKING — LOVE — CONFESSIONS, BUT NO PENITENCE.

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