1 This manoeuvre was incomprehensible to Dantes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If. 2 I tendered my resignation, for when you have gained your epaulets on the battle-field, you do not know how to manoeuvre on the slippery grounds of the salons.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 41. The Presentation. 3 My dear sir," said Chateau-Renaud, "allow me to tell you that you do not understand that manoeuvre with the eye-glass half so well as Debray.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 109. The Assizes. 4 The artillery had to wait until it became a little firmer before they could manoeuvre.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815 5 This manoeuvre is peculiar to the hunted stag.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—THE ZIGZAGS OF STRATEGY 6 On soil where an imprint of the track may be left, this manoeuvre possesses, among other advantages, that of deceiving the huntsmen and the dogs, by throwing them on the wrong scent.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—THE ZIGZAGS OF STRATEGY 7 During the laughing relation of this manoeuvre, Selden had time for a rapid impression of Miss Bart, who had seated herself opposite to him in the golden afternoon light.
8 Of all the wondrous devices and dexterities, the sleights of hand and countless subtleties, to which the veteran whaleman is so often forced, none exceed that fine manoeuvre with the lance called pitchpoling.
9 However, this was only a light skirmishing manoeuvre, intended to create a little disorder, and the men easily drove the geese off with their sticks.
10 He had SEEMED to oppose the windmill, simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of Snowball, who was a dangerous character and a bad influence.
11 In the meantime, Boulatruelle's manoeuvres in the forest ceased; and he resumed his regular occupation of roadmending; and people gossiped of something else.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH... 12 These old sailors, accustomed to correct manoeuvres and having as resource and guide only tactics, that compass of battles, are utterly disconcerted in the presence of that immense foam which is called public wrath.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS 13 The troops broke in the doors of houses whence shots had been fired; at the same time, manoeuvres by the cavalry dispersed the groups on the boulevards.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII—PASSING GLEAMS 14 The artillery-men rapidly performed their manoeuvres in force and placed this second piece in line with the first.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV—WHEREIN WILL APPEAR THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS' MIS... 15 Gregson and Lestrade had watched the manoeuvres of their amateur companion with considerable curiosity and some contempt.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY