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to come out, or to appear
- Nevertheless, three emerged from the throng and came to smell of him.1.2.6 — Vol 1 Bk 2 Chpt 6 — The Broken Jug (91% in)
- The music of high and low instruments immediately became audible from the interior of the stage; the tapestry was raised; four personages, in motley attire and painted faces, emerged from it, climbed the steep ladder of the theatre, and, arrived upon the upper platform, arranged themselves in a line before the public, whom they saluted with profound reverences; then the symphony ceased.1.1.2 — Vol 1 Bk 1 Chpt 2 — Pierre Gringoire (49% in)
- ...preparing to cross the Place, in order to reach the tortuous labyrinth of the city, where meander all those old sister streets, the Rues de la Barillerie, de la Vielle-Draperie, de la Savaterie, de la Juiverie, etc., still extant to-day, with their nine-story houses, he saw the procession of the Pope of the Fools, which was also emerging from the court house, and rushing across the courtyard, with great cries, a great flashing of torches, and the music which belonged to him, Gringoire.1.2.1 — Vol 1 Bk 2 Chpt 1 — From Charybdis to Scylla (33% in)
- And then, in proportion as he plunged deeper into the street, cripples in bowls, blind men and lame men, swarmed about him, and men with one arm, and with one eye, and the leprous with their sores, some emerging from little streets adjacent, some from the air-holes of cellars, howling, bellowing, yelping, all limping and halting, all flinging themselves towards the light, and humped up in the mire, like snails after a shower.1.2.6 — Vol 1 Bk 2 Chpt 6 — The Broken Jug (17% in)
- That was, in fact,—when, after having long groped one's way up the dark spiral which perpendicularly pierces the thick wall of the belfries, one emerged, at last abruptly, upon one of the lofty platforms inundated with light and air,—that was, in fact, a fine picture which spread out, on all sides at once, before the eye; a spectacle ~sui generis~, of which those of our readers who have had the good fortune to see a Gothic city entire, complete, homogeneous,—a few of which still...1.3.2 — Vol 1 Bk 3 Chpt 2 — A Bird's-Eye View of Paris (1% in)
- ...in a winter's mist which clings to its numerous chimneys; drown it in profound night and watch the odd play of lights and shadows in that sombre labyrinth of edifices; cast upon it a ray of light which shall vaguely outline it and cause to emerge from the fog the great heads of the towers; or take that black silhouette again, enliven with shadow the thousand acute angles of the spires and gables, and make it start out more toothed than a shark's jaw against a copper-colored western...1.3.2 — Vol 1 Bk 3 Chpt 2 — A Bird's-Eye View of Paris (93% in)
- If a flood comes, the mountains will have long disappeared beneath the waves, while the birds will still be flying about; and if a single ark floats on the surface of the cataclysm, they will alight upon it, will float with it, will be present with it at the ebbing of the waters; and the new world which emerges from this chaos will behold, on its awakening, the thought of the world which has been submerged soaring above it, winged and living.1.5.2 — Vol 1 Bk 5 Chpt 2 — This Will Kill That (59% in)
- A young girl, fantastically dressed, emerged from the throng.1.6.4 — Vol 1 Bk 6 Chpt 4 — A Tear for a Drop of Water (87% in)
- He stopped a beadle who emerged from the cloister,—"Where is monsieur the archdeacon of Josas?"2.7.4 — Vol 2 Bk 7 Chpt 4 — ANARKH (11% in)
- On emerging upon the Place, he laughed yet more heartily.2.7.6 — Vol 2 Bk 7 Chpt 6 — The Effect Which Seven Oaths.... (16% in)
- On emerging into the Rue Saint-André-des-Arcs, Captain Phoebus perceived that some one was following him.2.7.7 — Vol 2 Bk 7 Chpt 7 — The Mysterious Monk (42% in)
- The hand of the shadow emerged from beneath its mantle and descended upon the arm of Phoebus with the grip of an eagle's talon; at the same time the shadow spoke,— "Captain Phoebus de Châteaupers!"2.7.7 — Vol 2 Bk 7 Chpt 7 — The Mysterious Monk (56% in)
- The cat-faced old crone was the first to emerge from the trap-door, lamp in hand; then Phoebus, twirling his moustache, then a third person, that beautiful and graceful figure, la Esmeralda.2.7.8 — Vol 2 Bk 7 Chpt 8 — The Utility of Windows Which.... (11% in)
- The captain, emboldened by her gentleness, clasped her waist without resistance; then began softly to unlace the poor child's corsage, and disarranged her tucker to such an extent that the panting priest beheld the gypsy's beautiful shoulder emerge from the gauze, as round and brown as the moon rising through the mists of the horizon.2.7.8 — Vol 2 Bk 7 Chpt 8 — The Utility of Windows Which.... (61% in)
- In this manner he skirted Mount Sainte-Geneviève, and finally emerged from the town by the Porte Saint-Victor.2.9.1 — Vol 2 Bk 9 Chpt 1 — Delirium (5% in)
- At the moment when he was passing through the courtyard of the cloister, beneath his brother's window, he heard that window open, raised his eyes and beheld the archdeacon's severe head emerge.2.10.2 — Vol 2 Bk 10 Chpt 2 — Turn Vagabond (92% in)
- On emerging from the Bastille, Gringoire descended the Rue Saint-Antoine with the swiftness of a runaway horse.2.10.6 — Vol 2 Bk 10 Chpt 6 — Little Sword in Pocket (3% in)
- They rapidly descended the staircase of the towers, crossed the church, full of shadows and solitude, and all reverberating with uproar, which formed a frightful contrast, and emerged into the courtyard of the cloister by the red door.2.11.1 — Vol 2 Bk 11 Chpt 1 — The Little Shoe (8% in)
- It was more than a chain, more than a fetter, more than a ring of iron, it was a living pair of pincers endowed with intelligence, which emerged from the wall.2.11.1 — Vol 2 Bk 11 Chpt 1 — The Little Shoe (43% in)
- When he reached the summit of the tower, before emerging from the shadow of the staircase and stepping upon the platform, he cautiously examined the position of the priest.2.11.2 — Vol 2 Bk 11 Chpt 2 — The Beautiful Creature.... (36% in)
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