1 They wished to elevate the people.
Les Misérables (V3) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC 2 It is by degrading myself in your eyes that I elevate myself in my own.
Les Misérables (V5) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN 3 His first act was to elevate his torch to a level with my face, squint malignantly, project his under-lip, and turn away.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XIII 4 "Why, elevate your own servants, for a specimen," said Alfred, with a half-scornful smile.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher StoweGet Context In CHAPTER XXIII 5 She felt that he had every thing to elevate him which general attention and deference, and especially the attention of all the young women, could do.
6 And believe me, if I still value my life it is only because I still hope to meet such a divine creature, who will regenerate, purify, and elevate me.
War and Peace(V2) By Leo TolstoyGet Context In BOOK 4: CHAPTER X 7 Scarlett reigned supreme at Tara now and, like others suddenly elevated to authority, all the bullying instincts in her nature rose to the surface.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXV 8 Mammy gave a little shriek and retreated and from a distance of a yard, modestly elevated her dress a few inches and showed the ruffle of a red taffeta petticoat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER L 9 In her confusion she stumbled against a man who was hurrying down the last steps of the elevated station.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 2: Chapter 10 10 He glanced at the dirty and unpropitious corner on which they stood, with the shriek of the "elevated" and the tumult of trams and waggons contending hideously in their ears.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 2: Chapter 10 11 In the street the noise of wheels had ceased, and the rumble of the "elevated" came only at long intervals through the deep unnatural hush.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 2: Chapter 13 12 When she was in charge of the magazine room the readers did not ask for suggestions about elevated essays.
13 In twenty minutes the party was again elevated to the decorum of a prayer-meeting.
14 His bone leg steadied in that hole; one arm elevated, and holding by a shroud; Captain Ahab stood erect, looking straight out beyond the ship's ever-pitching prow.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 28. Ahab. 15 And besides, when a man is elevated in that odd fashion, he has no proper foundation for his superior altitude.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 53. The Gam.