1 It was like water on dry soil; no matter how much money he received, he never had any.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME 2 As the sun declined to its setting, casting long shadows athwart the soil from every pebble, Jean Valjean sat down behind a bush upon a large ruddy plain, which was absolutely deserted.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS 3 It had rained on the preceding night; the soil was soaked.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT 4 I will till the soil; it makes no difference to me.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP 5 Suppose the soil dry, and the artillery capable of moving, the action would have begun at six o'clock in the morning.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815 6 In order to do that it was necessary that the sun should come out and dry the soil.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES 7 They seemed rooted in that fatal soil on both sides.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN 8 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 9 The occupant of the in pace had this wet soil for his bed.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT 10 Fortunately, the soil, which was light and wet with the winter rains, clogged the wheels and retarded its speed.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ... 11 The social soil is everywhere undermined, sometimes for good, sometimes for evil.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—MINES AND MINERS 12 Thinkers meditated, while the soil, that is to say, the people, traversed by revolutionary currents, trembled under them with indescribably vague epileptic shocks.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION 13 The soil had given away, the pavement had crumbled, the sewer had changed into a bottomless well; they found nothing solid; a man disappeared suddenly; they had great difficulty in getting him out again.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—BRUNESEAU. 14 All sorts of obstacles hindered this operation, some peculiar to the soil, others inherent in the very prejudices of the laborious population of Paris.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS 15 Paris is built upon a soil which is singularly rebellious to the pick, the hoe, the bore, and to human manipulation.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS