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1 He seemed prepared to crush that skull or to kiss that hand.
Les Misérables 1By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XI—WHAT HE DOES
2 There are moments when a man has a furnace within his skull.
Les Misérables 4By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER II—MARIUS
3 The man had no hair; we could see his skull and the veins on it.
Les Misérables 1By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
4 He was wrinkled and toothless, and he had the beginning of a bald spot, of which he himself said with sadness, the skull at thirty, the knee at forty.
Les Misérables 1By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE
5 Two of the ruffians laid their hands on his shoulder, and the masked man with the ventriloquist's voice took up his station in front of him, ready to smash his skull at the slightest movement.
Les Misérables 3By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP
6 On the following day, as the sun was declining, the very rare passers-by on the Boulevard du Maine pulled off their hats to an old-fashioned hearse, ornamented with skulls, cross-bones, and tears.
Les Misérables 2By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
7 As for the rest, he had very little skull and a great deal of jaw; his hair concealed his forehead and fell over his eyebrows; between his eyes there was a permanent, central frown, like an imprint of wrath; his gaze was obscure; his mouth pursed up and terrible; his air that of ferocious command.
Les Misérables 1By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON