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1  But he did not abuse his knowledge.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER II—FAUCHELEVENT IN THE PRESENCE OF A DIFFICULTY
2  To destroy abuses is not sufficient; customs must be modified.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
3  weaving shop; this is an abuse of the contractor, since the cloth.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—JAVERT
4  It is our right to cherish suspicion, although suspicion directed above ourselves is an abuse.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
5  The glance has been so much abused in love romances that it has finally fallen into disrepute.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE BATTLE BEGUN
6  But the right to live apart, even with its inconveniences and its abuses, insists on being stated and taken into account.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME
7  It did not know how to manage its own affairs either morally or materially, and could not sweep out filth any better than it could abuses.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—BRUNESEAU
8  Whether there had not been more abuse on the part of the law, in respect to the penalty, than there had been on the part of the culprit in respect to his fault.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR
9  An enormous fortress of prejudices, privileges, superstitions, lies, exactions, abuses, violences, iniquities, and darkness still stands erect in this world, with its towers of hatred.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER III—THE EXTREME EDGE