1 There may be some fault even in this obedience; but the fault thus committed is venial; it is a fall, but a fall on the knees which may terminate in prayer.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS 2 In this manner Cosette traversed the labyrinth of tortuous and deserted streets which terminate in the village of Montfermeil on the side of Chelles.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE 3 But Fauchelevent was in too great a hurry to terminate this adventure to take any notice of this sad side of his success.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYI... 4 To terminate this duel, to amalgamate the pure idea with the humane reality, to cause right to penetrate pacifically into the fact and the fact into right, that is the task of sages.
5 de Treville thought of an expedient which might terminate it quietly.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 6 HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII 6 Go out this way," said she, opening a small private door, "and come back at eleven o'clock; we will then terminate this conversation.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 36 DREAM OF VENGEANCE 7 How all this will terminate, I know not, but I had rather die than return shamefully, my purpose unfulfilled.
8 This was understood to terminate the Course for the evening, and we emerged into the air with shrieks of intellectual victory.
9 Few augured the possibility that the encounter could terminate well for the Disinherited Knight, yet his courage and gallantry secured the general good wishes of the spectators.
10 I was much astounded by this programme, though I remembered that Holmes had said to Stapleton on the night before that his visit would terminate next day.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets 11 It seemed, however, to Edmond, who was hidden from his comrades by the inequalities of the ground, that at sixty paces from the harbor the marks ceased; nor did they terminate at any grotto.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo. 12 Mile after mile was, however, passed through the boundless woods, in this painful manner, without any prospect of a termination to their journey.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 10 13 But the spectacle which most concerned the young soldier was on the western bank of the lake, though quite near to its southern termination.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 14 14 It seemed as if, with the termination of the roar of artillery and the plunging of shot, nature had also seized the moment to assume her mildest and most captivating form.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 15 15 It was, however, maintained for hours, until they had reached a bay, nigh the northern termination of the lake.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 20