1 To be a saint is the exception; to be an upright man is the rule.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS 2 With that exception, his ordinary diet consisted only of vegetables boiled in water, and oil soup.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU MADE HIS CASSOCKS LAST TOO... 3 All the rooms in the house, without exception, those on the ground floor as well as those on the first floor, were white-washed, which is a fashion in barracks and hospitals.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM 4 With this exception, he was in all things just, true, equitable, intelligent, humble and dignified, beneficent and kindly, which is only another sort of benevolence.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—A RESTRICTION 5 He fulfilled his duties as mayor; but, with that exception, he lived in solitude.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE 6 With the exception of a few incidents this attack succeeded Papelotte was taken; La Haie-Sainte was carried.
Les Misérables (V2) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES 7 With the exception of the feeble reserve echelonned behind the ambulance established at the farm of Mont-Saint-Jean, and of Vivian's and Vandeleur's brigades, which flanked the left wing, Wellington had no cavalry left.
Les Misérables (V2) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN 8 It was France who committed this monstrous violence; by foul means, for, with the exception of wars of liberation, everything that armies do is by foul means.
Les Misérables (V2) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN... 9 With the exception of the two or three streets, of which we shall presently speak, all was wall and solitude there.
Les Misérables (V2) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727 10 The pupils conformed, with the exception of the austerities, to all the practices of the convent.
Les Misérables (V2) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER III—AUSTERITIES 11 This meagre fare, which was reserved for the pupils alone, was, nevertheless, an exception.
Les Misérables (V2) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER V—DISTRACTIONS 12 With the exception of the archbishop and the gardener, no man entered the convent, as we have already said.
Les Misérables (V2) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VII—SOME SILHOUETTES OF THIS DARKNESS 13 The Vaugirard cemetery formed an exception among the cemeteries of Paris.
Les Misérables (V2) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ... 14 Let us make an exception in favor of Paris, nevertheless.
Les Misérables (V3) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—A BIT OF HISTORY 15 In a relative measure, and in spite of the souvenir which we have just recalled, the exception is just.
Les Misérables (V3) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—A BIT OF HISTORY