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'You relieve me of a difficulty; for the last ten minutes, I have been trying to think of a way of thanking you for the pleasant evening which you have given me, and certainly in a most unexpected manner.
Then, as Julien found some difficulty in translating the Bishop's conversation into Latin:'Speak French, and repeat to me Monseigneur's own words, without adding or omitting anything,' said the ex-Director of the Seminary, in his harsh tone and profoundly inelegant manner.
On the following morning, Julien detected something strange in the manner in which his companions addressed him.
His attention was wholly concentrated on the manner in which his visit was to end.
He was received in the old manner.
At first, he played with Julien's absurdities, for his own entertainment; soon he found it more interesting to correct, in the gentlest manner, the young man's mistaken view of life.
Curiosity made him step forward with a pleasure which the low cut of the gown on Mathilda's shoulders rapidly enhanced, in a manner, it must be admitted, by no means flattering to his self-esteem.
In those conditions, a man springs at once to the rank which his manner of facing death assigns to him.
Her embarrassment grew, she adopted a light manner:'What can suddenly have turned you, who are ordinarily so cold, into an inspired creature, a sort of Michelangelo prophet?'
In course of time his conversations with this girl, whose manner was at once so imposing and so easy, became more interesting.
At times she displayed with him an enthusiasm and a frankness which formed a perfect contrast with her normal manner, so haughty and cold.
He did indeed find an increased coldness in Comte Herbert's manner, and a stiffening of pride in that of MM. de Caylus, de Luz and de Croisenois.
This love was founded only upon Mathilde's rare beauty, or rather upon her regal manner and her admirable style in dress.
This piece of news was introduced in the most casual manner, but it never failed to come out.
Julien had by this time sufficient experience to feel that he ought to appear thoroughly deceived by the light manner that was being assumed for his benefit.
It is, on the contrary, to her calm and phlegmatic Dutch manner that she owes her rare beauty and the freshness of her complexion.'
CHAPTER 26 Moral LoveThere also was of course in AdelineThat calm patrician polish in the address,Which ne'er can pass the equinoctial lineOf anything which nature would express;Just as a mandarin finds nothing fine,At least his manner suffers not to guessThat anything he views can greatly please.
Julien, for his part, found in the Marechale's manner an almost perfect example of that patrician calm which betokens a scrupulous politeness and still more the impossibility of any keen emotion.
The black heart of M. Tanbeau was torn asunder by the thought of Julien's successes; but inasmuch as, looking at it from another angle, a deserving man cannot, any more than a fool, be in two places at once, 'if Sorel becomes the lover of the sublime Marechale,' the future professor told himself, 'she will place him in the Church in some advantageous manner, and I shall be rid of him at the Hotel de La Mole.'M. l'abbe Pirard also addressed long sermons to Julien on his successes at the Hotel de Fervaques.
I have been outraged in a terrible manner; I have taken life, I deserve death, but that is all.
How could he fail to see in all this manner of speech and action a noble, disinterested sentiment, far above anything that a petty, vulgar spirit would have dared?
Mademoiselle de La Mole imagined herself to be dressed simply and in a manner becoming a woman stricken with grief; she was dressed in such a fashion as to attract every eye.
'He will punish me in some abominable manner ...'But if I meet the God of Fenelon!
'She has come, faithful to her theory, to attack my resolve by force of tender sentiments.'Irritated by the prospect of this fresh scene in the pathetic manner, he did not open his eyes.
Can we not spend two months together in a delicious manner?
He thought she would look up at him, but without changing her manner she said,"Forgive me, but it was the suddenness of the knocking that startled me so much, not so much what the consequences of the captain being here might be.
K. was able to quietly watch everything as nobody paid any attention to him, the office director took over as leader of the conversation as seemed to be his habit once he had been called forward, the lawyer listened attentively with his hand to his ear, his initial weakness having perhaps only had the function of driving away his new visitors, K.'s uncle served as candle-bearer - balancing the candle on his thigh while the office director frequently glanced nervously at it - and was soon free of his embarrassment and was quickly enchanted not only by the office director's speaking manner but also by the gentle, waving hand-movements with which he accompanied it.
They said he never once suggested by his tone or manner that he was singing anything funny - that would spoil it.
We thought this very funny: we said his earnest manner was half the humour.
We looked around for the two young men who had done this thing, but they had left the house in an unostentatious manner immediately after the end of the song.
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