1 He beseeches the tempest; the imperturbable tempest obeys only the infinite.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII—BILLOWS AND SHADOWS 2 She was almost renowned in the congregation for this imperturbable veracity.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE 3 They ascended, grave, threatening, imperturbable; in the intervals between the musketry and the artillery, their colossal trampling was audible.
Les Misérables (V2) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX—THE UNEXPECTED 4 When the limit of endurance is overstepped, the most imperturbable virtue is disconcerted.
Les Misérables (V4) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 15: CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER 5 Aunt Gillenormand surveyed all this with her imperturbable placidity.
Les Misérables (V5) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER ... 6 Rhett never deviated from his smooth, imperturbable manners, even in their most intimate moments.
7 She paused a moment before the last name, and shot a query through her lashes; but he remained imperturbable.
8 She expected the agent to fly into a passion, but he was, to her bewilderment, as ever imperturbable; he even offered to go and get a lawyer for her, but she declined this.
9 The boy drew his chubby face down to a formidable length, and commenced toning a psalm tune through his nose, with imperturbable gravity.
10 At the same time Mercedes reappeared, paler than before, but with that imperturbable expression of countenance which she sometimes wore.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 70. The Ball. 11 "Probably," said Monte Cristo with his imperturbable tranquillity.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 88. The Insult. 12 The count's anxiety was manifested by a bright color which seldom appeared on the face of that imperturbable man.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise. 13 Anatole was not quick-witted, nor ready or eloquent in conversation, but he had the faculty, so invaluable in society, of composure and imperturbable self-possession.
14 With her imperturbable calm she did not begin to speak in front of the valet.
15 She thought it would annoy him, but he only folded his arms under his head, with an imperturbable, "That's not bad."