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For an instant I thought the poor man entwined by the devilfish might be torn loose from its powerful suction.
As we swung around the Emerald Isle, I spotted Cape Clear for an instant, plus the lighthouse on Fastnet Rock that guides all those thousands of ships setting out from Glasgow or Liverpool.
His face was pale from some spasm of his heart, which must have stopped beating for an instant.
Not one crewman was visible for a single instant.
So he kept a devoted watch on his friend every instant.
His large dark eyes, which, in moments of calm, suggested a reflective, fiery spirit, were animated at this instant with an expression of the most ferocious hatred.
As for her, she could not look at him without blushing to the whites of her eyes, and could not live for an instant without looking at him; she noticed her own confusion, and her efforts to conceal it increased.
'I would give my life a thousand times to know how I can be of most use to you,' replied Julien; 'never have I so loved you, my dear angel, or rather, from this instant only, I begin to adore you as you deserve to be adored.
What woman is there in society to whom he has not addressed one or more letters, extremely witty and even a trifle gallant?''Has he written to you?''He writes frequently.''Show me his letters this instant, I order you'; and M. de Renal added six feet to his stature.
'This very instant, damn it!' cried M. de Renal, blind with rage, and yet happier than he had been at any time in the last twelve hours.
'Will you swear to me,' said Madame de Renal solemnly, 'never to quarrel with the Governor of the Poorhouse over these letters?''Quarrel or no quarrel, I can take the foundlings away from him; but,' he continued, furiously, 'I want those letters this instant; where are they?''In a drawer in my desk; but you may be certain, I shall not give you the key of it.'
From that instant the conduct, like the features of Madame de Renal was noble, firm, and perfectly conventional.
But almost at the same instant she said to herself: 'If I do not prevent this duel, as I certainly can, I shall be my husband's murderess.'
Amanda observed his courage; it formed a charming contrast with the simplicity of his manners; in an instant, she preferred him to the big young man in the long coat.
Amanda was as greatly agitated as himself, and had turned very red; she counted out his change as slowly as she could, repeating to him in a whisper as she did so:'Leave the cafe this instant, or I shan't like you any more; I do like you, though, very much.'Julien did indeed leave, but slowly.
All the time that he had spent in the Seminary seemed to him no more than an instant.
'I have come to see you after fourteen months of a cruel parting.''Go, leave me this instant.
He admired the other's gravity, blended with a certain modest fatuity but never discarded for a single instant.
The duel was over in an instant: Julien received a bullet in his arm; they bound it up for him with handkerchiefs; these were soaked in brandy, and the Chevalier de Beauvoisis asked Julien most politely to allow him to take him home, in the carriage that had brought them.
He had no idea that such magnificence could exist; in an instant his imagination had taken wings and flown a thousand leagues away from ill humour.
Whenever, for an instant, the strength of her will made her remorse silent, feelings of shyness and outraged modesty made her extremely wretched.
If, instead of remaining hidden in a remote corner, he had wandered through the house and into the garden, so as to be within reach of any opportunity, he might perhaps in a single instant have converted his fearful misery into the keenest happiness.
This speech destroyed in an instant all the pleasure that lademoiselle de La Mole found in speaking to him of the state of her heart.
This speech, so frank but so stupid, altered the whole situation an instant: Mathilde, certain of being loved, despised him completely.
Whether by accident or by the express design of Madame de La Mole, Mathilde was not left alone for an instant that day.
Without departing for a single instant from what she owed to herself, Mademoiselle de La Mole had addressed to him certain of those disagreeable statements, so well calculated that they can appear to be true, even when one remembers them in cold blood.
The first instant in which he perceived this relaxation was one of extreme joy.
For an instant jealousy and love had overcome pride.
'It is probably because of that pride,' Julien went on, 'that you have singled me out for an instant; it is certainly because of that courageous firmness, becoming in a man, that you respect me at this moment.
What guarantee will you give me?'Julien went on in sharp, firm accents, seeming to abandon for an instant the prudent forms of diplomacy.
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