At Monterey, and on the coast between Monterey and Santa Barbara the dress 'du plus riche consiste en un manteau dapeau de loutre qui couvre ses reins et descend au dessous des sines.
At any rate, the matter of life is a veritable peau de chagrin, and for every vital act it is somewhat the smaller.
In the wonderful story of the Peau de Chagrin,[103] the hero becomes possessed of a magical wild ass' skin, which yields him the means of gratifying all his wishes.
My peau de chagrin will be distinctly smaller at the end of the discourse than it was at the beginning.
But, happily, the protoplasmic peaude chagrin differs from Balzac's in its capacity of being repaired, and brought back to its full size, after every exertion.
Early then on the following morning I sent for "La Peau de Chagrin.
The preface to "La Peau de Chagrin" appears to be written chiefly for the purpose of excusing the licentiousness of a former work entitled "La Physiologie du Mariage.
It is difficult to imagine admiration and delight expressed more forcibly; and as I had never read a single line of this "Peau de Chagrin," my preconceived notions of the merit of M.
Among many of his works whose names he cited with enthusiasm, that entitled "La Peau de Chagrin" was the one which evidently raised his spirit to the most exalted pitch.
And yet, how many of us have at this very moment a peau de chagrin of our own, diminishing with every costly wish indulged, and incapable, like the magical one of the story, of being arrested in its progress.
Such is the fate of the financial peau de chagrin.
Your diploma seems very broad to-day with your list of accomplishments, but it begins to shrink from this hour like the Peau de Chagrin of Balzac's story.
She gave me advice as to the arrangement of my little affairs, encouraged my coquettish tastes, deluged me with glycerine and peau d'Espagne, covered my arms with cold cream, and sprinkled me with powder.
I write on paper perfumed a la peau d'Espagne, beautiful paper, some of it pink, some light blue, which I have collected from my former mistresses.
To Mr Mansion also is due the credit for the translation of the "Les Souhaits Ridicules" and for the adaptation of "Peau d'Asne.
You remember Balzac's tale of thePeau de Chagrin, and how every time the possessor used it for the accomplishment of some wish the fairy Peau shrank a little and the owner's life correspondingly shortened?
Of the novels, 'La Peau de chagrin' is easily first.
I am looking for the author of 'La Peau de Chagrin.
This article, rearranged, forms the commencement of La Peau de Chagrin.
In "La Peau de Chagrin," the individual is destroyed by the force of desire.
But Balzac's ownPeau de chagrin was now reduced to its last morsel.
Besides, I had heard the whisper of silk petticoats, and smelled the strong odor of peau d'Espagne which always preceded Miss Mollie Merk to her desk.
But to-night she followed thepeau d'Espagne across the room to me and clapped her hand on my shoulder.
It is said by some, probably with a certain degree of truth, that Peau d'Espagne is of all perfumes that which most nearly approaches the odor of a woman's skin; whether it also suggests the odor of leather is not so clear.
Peau d'Espagne may be mentioned as a highly complex and luxurious perfume, often the favorite scent of sensuous persons, which really owes a large part of its potency to the presence of the crude animal sexual odors of musk and civet.
Balzac wrote the "Peau de Chagrin," and probably this tale is as good a one as was ever written of that kind.
The idea of the book may have been suggested by Balzac's "Peau de Chagrin," and it is none the worse for that.
These peau d'ane fans were used by elegantes at balls, as tablets upon which the names of partners for the dance were inscribed by means of a leaden or silver pencil.
This is probably of the scented variety, peau de senteur, made both in Italy and Spain at this period.
Illustration: THE SUN ROBE IN THE FAIRY SCENE OF THE "PEAU D'ANE.
He became one of the founders of the 'Gazette de Franche-Comte' and an article in the pages of this journal about 'Peau de chagrin' earned him the thanks and the friendship of Balzac.
But, happily, the protoplasmic peau de chagrin differs from Balzac's in its capacity of being repaired, and brought back to its full size, after every exertion.
In the wonderful story of the "Peau de Chagrin," the hero becomes possessed of a magical wild ass's skin, which yields him the means of gratifying all his wishes.
At any rate, the matter of life is a veritable peau de chagrin, and for every trivial act it is somewhat the smaller.
My peau de chagrin will be distinctly smaller at the end of the discourse than it was at the beginning.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "peau" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
