1 Dantes ordered the helmsman to put down his helm, in order to leave La Pianosa to starboard, as he knew that he should shorten his course by two or three knots.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo. 2 This embarrassment had completely escaped Albert, but it caused Lucien to shorten his visit; he was evidently ill at ease.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 54. A Flurry in Stocks. 3 Elizabeth had hoped that his resentment might shorten his visit, but his plan did not appear in the least affected by it.
4 The first project was, to shorten discourse, by cutting polysyllables into one, and leaving out verbs and participles, because, in reality, all things imaginable are but norms.
5 I come to a question that may shorten the business.
6 All the artful maneuvers suggested by our generals meant fresh movements of the army and a lengthening of its marches, whereas the only reasonable aim was to shorten those marches.
7 Huck closed up and shortened his distance, now, for they would never be able to see him.
8 So we shortened up one of the calico gowns, and I turned up my trouser-legs to my knees and got into it.
9 And the black crepe veil on her bonnet had to reach to her knees, and only after three years of widowhood could it be shortened to shoulder length.
10 One foot in the shortened stirrup and the other leg crooked about the pommel in an approximation of a side saddle, she set out across the fields toward Mimosa, steeling herself to find it burned.
11 Below him he perceived two red stars, whose rays lengthened and shortened in a singular manner through the darkness.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP 12 Every day he emerged from his house at the same hour, he undertook the same trip, but he no longer completed it, and, perhaps without himself being aware of the fact, he constantly shortened it.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION 13 The daily visits I could make him were shortened now, and he was more strictly kept.
14 In the hours that had passed, the fits of sleep, or the comatose condition that passed for it, had grown more frequent, so that the pauses when conversation was possible were shortened.
15 "I thought you were going to tell your speech to that man," said Jo, rudely shortening her sister's little reverie.