1 Prefects of the police do not deem it possible that a cat can transform itself into a lion; that does happen, however, and in that lies the miracle wrought by the populace of Paris.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—AT BOMBARDA'S 2 On the horizon through the trees, he perceived a sort of little elevation, and on this elevation something which at that distance resembled a lion.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES 3 It was there that the lion has been placed, the involuntary symbol of the supreme heroism of the Imperial Guard.
4 It was not worth while to place a lion there.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE? 5 He thought himself stronger than he was, and believed that he could play at the game of the mouse and the lion.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT 6 On the first goblet this inscription could be read, monkey wine; on the second, lion wine; on the third, sheep wine; on the fourth, hog wine.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IX—A CENTURY UNDER A GUIMPE 7 The old lion seemed to scent an unknown monster in that gloom.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER V—ORIGINALITY OF PARIS 8 They gazed into the dark barricade as one would gaze into a lion's den.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 14: CHAPTER IV—THE BARREL OF POWDER 9 When a man is as much in love as a tiger, the least that he can do is to fight like a lion.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV—WHEREIN WILL APPEAR THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS' MIS... 10 Jean Valjean remained inert beneath Javert's grasp, like a lion submitting to the claws of a lynx.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF ... 11 The cardinal could not drive from his mind the fear he entertained of his terrible emissary--for he comprehended the strange qualities of this woman, sometimes a serpent, sometimes a lion.
12 The idea was not that of a Christian, I knew; but without doubt, that eternal enemy of our souls, that lion roaring constantly around us, breathed it into my mind.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY 13 "My turn," said Athos, himself trembling as the lion trembles at the sight of the serpent--"my turn.
14 It's as if tha'd walked straight into a lion's den.
15 And at last the man yielded with a heavy heart, and took the rose; and said he would give the lion whatever should meet him first on his return.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContext Highlight In LILY AND THE LION