1 The man began to eat with avidity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE. 2 He began by putting himself on trial.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR 3 Then his heart burst, and he began to cry.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS 4 She began to make coarse shirts for soldiers of the garrison, and earned twelve sous a day.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IX—MADAME VICTURNIEN'S SUCCESS 5 This physiognomy was strangely composed; it began by seeming humble, and ended by seeming severe.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING 6 The local deputy, who nosed out all rivalry everywhere, soon began to grow uneasy over this religion.
7 Then Madame Magloire began the whole story afresh, exaggerating it a little without being aware of the fact.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM. 8 Good," said she to Mademoiselle Baptistine; "Monseigneur began with other people, but he has had to wind up with himself, after all.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME 9 Then the child began to laugh; and although the mother held fast to her, she slipped to the ground with the unconquerable energy of a little being which wished to run.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER 10 The conventionary began to pant; the asthma of the agony which is mingled with the last breaths interrupted his voice; still, there was a perfect lucidity of soul in his eyes.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT 11 So long as Monseigneur held his peace, she talked to him resolutely with a mixture of respect and freedom; but as soon as Monseigneur began to speak, as we have seen, she obeyed passively like her mistress.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM. 12 The frightened child looked at him, then began to tremble from head to foot, and after a few moments of stupor he set out, running at the top of his speed, without daring to turn his neck or to utter a cry.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS 13 As long as Cosette was little, she was the scape-goat of the two other children; as soon as she began to develop a little, that is to say, before she was even five years old, she became the servant of the household.
14 Later on, when her hair, arranged in a romantically drooping fashion, began to grow gray, when the Magaera began to be developed from the Pamela, the female Thenardier was nothing but a coarse, vicious woman, who had dabbled in stupid romances.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES 15 Mademoiselle Baptistine turned round, beheld the man entering, and half started up in terror; then, turning her head by degrees towards the fireplace again, she began to observe her brother, and her face became once more profoundly calm and serene.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE. 16 At the expiration of a few moments he darted convulsively towards the silver coin, seized it, and straightened himself up again and began to gaze afar off over the plain, at the same time casting his eyes towards all points of the horizon, as he stood there erect and shivering, like a terrified wild animal which is seeking refuge.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS 17 The Russian mountains having been exhausted, they began to think about dinner; and the radiant party of eight, somewhat weary at last, became stranded in Bombarda's public house, a branch establishment which had been set up in the Champs-Elysees by that famous restaurant-keeper, Bombarda, whose sign could then be seen in the Rue de Rivoli, near Delorme Alley.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—AT BOMBARDA'S Your search result possibly is over 17 sentences. If you upgrade to a VIP account, you will see up to 500 sentences for one search.