1 There were very few there who knew what "tete" meant, but the poem was very satisfactory, nevertheless.
2 The humorous poem was admirably recited, and the speaker much applauded.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE 3 The beginning of the poem he praised with great generosity: he even found the idea original and effective.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContext Highlight In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE 4 One wrote a whole poem about it, and said the bell sounded like the voice of a mother to a good dear child, and that no melody was sweeter than the tones of the bell.
5 The history which he related to me of his lost son touched me to the quick; indeed, his griefs, hopes, and fears on that subject might furnish material for a most touching and pathetic poem.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 56. Andrea Cavalcanti. 6 Albert's lips scarcely whispered "Good-by," but his look was more explicit; it expressed a whole poem of restrained anger, proud disdain, and generous indignation.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 91. Mother and Son. 7 Those who hear the bitter cry are as much impressed as if they listened to an entire poem, and when the sufferer is sincere they are right in regarding his outburst as sublime.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 111. Expiation. 8 This obscure, whimsical, and disagreeable poem was despised upon its first publication, and I only treat it now as it was treated in its own country by contemporaries.
9 Lord Byron was beginning to make his mark; a note to a poem by Millevoye introduced him to France in these terms: a certain Lord Baron.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817 10 He would put in his poem, a loquacious old fellow, like me, and he would call him Nestor.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER ... 11 I have begun a poem in verses of one syllable.
12 Aramis, who was constantly at work at his poem, shut himself up in Athos's closet, and begged not to be disturbed before the moment of drawing swords.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 30 D'ARTAGNAN AND THE ENGLISHMAN 13 Aramis, who had the third canto of his poem to finish, behaved like a man in haste.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 31 ENGLISH AND FRENCH 14 It's a poem, pasted on the back of this bill.
15 As encore to "An Old Sweetheart of Mine," she gave a peculiarly optimistic poem regarding the value of smiles.