1 It was the tone of austerity answering the tone of severity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT 2 Mabeuf, in his venerable, infantile austerity, had not accepted the gift of the stars; he had not admitted that a star could coin itself into louis d'or.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF 3 But this time she had to contend with an unpolished nature, concentrated and insensible by force of austerity.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY 4 He examined my face, I thought, with austerity, as I came near: the traces of tears were doubtless very visible upon it.
5 His countenance rather gained in austerity; and he scarcely opened his lips.
6 It might be partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER 7 She was a lively young woman, sir, before marriage, and their gloom and austerity destroyed her.
8 He spoke calmly, however, without austerity, without reproach, and she revived a little.
9 That he should have kept himself in training under such circumstances is remarkable, but his diet was usually of the sparest, and his habits were simple to the verge of austerity.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face 10 "I told you he was a charmer," said Colin austerely.
11 He was stoical, serious, austere; a melancholy dreamer, humble and haughty, like fanatics.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON 12 Thanks to these children, there was, among so many austere hours, one hour of ingenuousness.
13 Their names, also, had vanished from among men; they no longer existed except under austere appellations.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED 14 This was a place of expiation, and not of punishment; and yet, it was still more austere, more gloomy, and more pitiless than the other.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED 15 A useful and graciously austere half-light which dissipates puerile fears and obviates falls.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IV—CHANGE OF GATE