1 It was the period of the conflict of the republics of South America with the King of Spain, of Bolivar against Morillo.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XII—M. BAMATABOIS'S INACTIVITY 2 In this conflict, viewed through the exaggerations of terror, these two men had appeared to her like two giants; the one spoke like her demon, the other like her good angel.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WIT... 3 The violent conflict which had been going on within him since the preceding evening was not yet ended; and every moment he encountered some new phase of it.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION... 4 There is in this day an obscure interval, from mid-day to four o'clock; the middle portion of this battle is almost indistinct, and participates in the sombreness of the hand-to-hand conflict.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES 5 It was no longer a hand-to-hand conflict; it was a shadow, a fury, a dizzy transport of souls and courage, a hurricane of lightning swords.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN 6 This conflict lasted two hours.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN 7 The conflict on the plateau continued.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN 8 A severe thought, starting oddly from a clash of words, suddenly traversed the conflict of quips in which Grantaire, Bahorel, Prouvaire, Bossuet, Combeferre, and Courfeyrac were confusedly fencing.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON 9 This conflict of right and fact has been going on ever since the origin of society.
10 From this secret conflict, always muzzled, but always growling, was born armed peace, that ruinous expedient of civilization which in the harness of the European cabinets is suspicious in itself.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION 11 She bit her lips; she seemed to hesitate, as though a prey to some sort of inward conflict.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—AN APPARITION TO MARIUS 12 To meet the needs of this conflict, wretchedness has invented a language of combat, which is slang.
13 Each man had taken up his position for the conflict.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 14: CHAPTER I—THE FLAG: ACT FIRST 14 War, strife, conflict, were the very air he breathed and put him in a good humor.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND... 15 One word more before returning to our subject, the conflict.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE N...