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1 Cosette gazed at the marvellous doll in a sort of terror.
Les Misérables 2By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S ...
2 That which we admire above all, in an encounter of the nature of Waterloo, is the marvellous cleverness of chance.
Les Misérables 2By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE?
3 Not to mention these new marvels, the ancient vessel of Christopher Columbus and of De Ruyter is one of the masterpieces of man.
Les Misérables 2By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN ...
4 On the one hand, there was profound meditation, on the other, the religious admiration with which one watches the birth and development of a marvel of the human mind.
Les Misérables 2By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—THENARDIER AND HIS MANOEUVRES
5 All that day, this marvel had been displayed to the wonderment of all passers-by under ten years of age, without a mother being found in Montfermeil sufficiently rich or sufficiently extravagant to give it to her child.
Les Misérables 2By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IV—ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE OF A DOLL
6 Every time that immense force is displayed to culminate in an immense feebleness it affords men food for thought, Hence in the ports curious people abound around these marvellous machines of war and of navigation, without being able to explain perfectly to themselves why.
Les Misérables 2By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN ...