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1  His white locks added a gentle majesty to the gay radiance of his visage.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY ...
2  Jean Valjean elevated his head with so much majesty of attitude that he seemed to grow even to the ceiling.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN
3  Even when they miscarry, they are worthy of veneration; and it is, perhaps, in failure, that they possess the most majesty.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE ...
4  They perceived something floating, steered for the edge like ships, as they are, and slowly directed their course toward the brioche, with the stupid majesty which befits white creatures.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
5  The spirit of revolution covered with its cloud this summit where rumbled that voice of the people which resembles the voice of God; a strange majesty was emitted by this titanic basket of rubbish.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND ...
6  He found some difficulty in moving his forearm, his feet had lost all movement, and in proportion as the wretchedness of limb and feebleness of body increased, all the majesty of his soul was displayed and spread over his brow.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY
7  The menacing majesty of Enjolras disarmed and motionless, appeared to oppress this tumult, and this young man, haughty, bloody, and charming, who alone had not a wound, who was as indifferent as an invulnerable being, seemed, by the authority of his tranquil glance, to constrain this sinister rabble to kill him respectfully.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIII—ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK