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1 All held their peace, and Enjolras bowed his head.
Les Misérables 3By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON
2 They conversed together with a peaceful and indifferent air.
Les Misérables 3By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE SOBRIQUET: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY ...
3 The bourgeoisie loves tragedy, and the bourgeoisie must be left at peace on that score.
Les Misérables 3By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—MARIUS' ASTONISHMENTS
4 The man held his peace, the woman spoke no word, the young girl did not even seem to breathe.
Les Misérables 3By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VI—THE WILD MAN IN HIS LAIR
5 With the exception of Enjolras and Marius, who held their peace, all were haranguing rather at hap-hazard.
Les Misérables 3By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFE MUSAIN
6 All political opinions were matters of indifference to him, and he approved them all, without distinction, provided they left him in peace, as the Greeks called the Furies "the beautiful, the good, the charming," the Eumenides.
Les Misérables 3By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—M. MABEUF
7 He is firm serene, gentle, peaceful, attentive, serious, content with little, kindly; and he thanks God for having bestowed on him those two forms of riches which many a rich man lacks: work, which makes him free; and thought, which makes him dignified.
Les Misérables 3By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—MARIUS GROWN UP
8 Here is one of them: "When a man is passionately fond of women, and when he has himself a wife for whom he cares but little, who is homely, cross, legitimate, with plenty of rights, perched on the code, and jealous at need, there is but one way of extricating himself from the quandry and of procuring peace, and that is to let his wife control the purse-strings."
Les Misérables 3By Victor Hugo ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V—BASQUE AND NICOLETTE