1 It seemed to him that he might commit himself to that silent little street.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—IT IS LUCKY THAT THE PONT D'AUSTERLITZ BEARS ... 2 As soon as it was mentioned to her, she became silent, she who was so fond of talking.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IX—A CENTURY UNDER A GUIMPE 3 But behind each angle of the walls, behind each door, behind each tree, stood a silent man.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP 4 Jean Valjean had already forgotten the means which he had employed to make Cosette keep silent.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII—CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA 5 The Bishop remained silent for a moment; then he turned abruptly to the director of the hospital.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME 6 The door yielded to this pressure, and made an imperceptible and silent movement, which enlarged the opening a little.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XI—WHAT HE DOES 7 Moreover, all the windows of this silent dwelling were grated with heavy iron bars, even the attic windows in the roof.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—THE GROPINGS OF FLIGHT 8 He seated Cosette with her back against a stone post, with an injunction to be silent, and ran to the spot where the conduit touched the pavement.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—THE GROPINGS OF FLIGHT 9 In addition to his other qualities, Thenardier was attentive and penetrating, silent or talkative, according to circumstances, and always highly intelligent.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—TWO COMPLETE PORTRAITS 10 Jean Valjean remained silent, motionless, with his back towards the door, seated on the chair from which he had not stirred, and holding his breath in the dark.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND ... 11 If one did not know it, the voice ceased, the wall became silent once more, as though the terrified obscurity of the sepulchre had been on the other side of it.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS 12 Javert remained silent for an instant as though collecting his ideas, then raised his voice with a sort of sad solemnity, which did not, however, preclude simplicity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP 13 He came and listened at the mysterious lodger's door, hoping to catch the sound of his voice, but Jean Valjean saw his candle through the key-hole, and foiled the spy by keeping silent.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT 14 From time to time he halted, scrutinized the plain around him as though to see whether he were observed, bent over abruptly, disturbed something silent and motionless on the ground, then rose and fled.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT 15 The first voice which had addressed you was that of the portress who always sat motionless and silent, on the other side of the wall, near the square opening, screened by the iron grating and the plate with its thousand holes, as by a double visor.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 62 RUE PETIT-PICPUS 16 Everything that surrounded him, that peaceful garden, those fragrant flowers, those children who uttered joyous cries, those grave and simple women, that silent cloister, slowly permeated him, and little by little, his soul became compounded of silence like the cloister, of perfume like the flowers, of simplicity like the women, of joy like the children.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContextHighlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED 17 When this legion had been reduced to a handful, when nothing was left of their flag but a rag, when their guns, the bullets all gone, were no longer anything but clubs, when the heap of corpses was larger than the group of survivors, there reigned among the conquerors, around those men dying so sublimely, a sort of sacred terror, and the English artillery, taking breath, became silent.
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