All 16 Uses of
reflection
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- A very sweet reflection to poor fellows habituated to respect and obedience towards the underlings of the sergeants of the bailiff of Sainte-Geneviève, the cardinal's train-bearer.†
Chpt 1.1.4
- But, disenchanted though Gringoire was, the whole effect of this picture was not without its charm and its magic; the bonfire illuminated, with a red flaring light, which trembled, all alive, over the circle of faces in the crowd, on the brow of the young girl, and at the background of the Place cast a pallid reflection, on one side upon the ancient, black, and wrinkled façade of the House of Pillars, on the other, upon the old stone gibbet.†
Chpt 1.2.3
- This exclamation afforded him a little solace, and a sort of reddish reflection which he caught sight of at that moment, at the extremity of a long and narrow lane, completed the elevation of his moral tone.†
Chpt 1.2.6
- She gazed fixedly at him again, and said, after a momentary reflection, "Perhaps."†
Chpt 1.2.7
- This hydra of towers, giant guardian of Paris, with its four and twenty heads, always erect, with its monstrous haunches, loaded or scaled with slates, and all streaming with metallic reflections, terminated with wonderful effect the configuration of the Town towards the west.†
Chpt 1.3.2
- The reflection which resulted from this refraction was, necessarily, divergent and perverted.†
Chpt 1.4.3
- After a few moments of reflection, he motioned his visitors to be seated, and, turning to Gossip Tourangeau he said,— "You come to consult me, master, and upon what science?"†
Chpt 1.5.1
- I have not crawled so long, flat on my belly, with my nails in the earth, through the innumerable ramifications of its caverns, without perceiving far in front of me, at the end of the obscure gallery, a light, a flame, a something, the reflection, no doubt, of the dazzling central laboratory where the patient and the wise have found out God.†
Chpt 1.5.1
- And all the reflections which that strange spectacle would awaken in us to-day;†
Chpt 1.6.2
- Its rays, growing more and more horizontal, withdraw slowly from the pavement of the square, and mount up the perpendicular façade, whose thousand bosses in high relief they cause to start out from the shadows, while the great central rose window flames like the eye of a cyclops, inflamed with the reflections of the forge.†
Chpt 2.7.1
- Only the great rose window of the façade, whose thousand colors were steeped in a ray of horizontal sunlight, glittered in the gloom like a mass of diamonds, and threw its dazzling reflection to the other end of the nave.†
Chpt 2.7.2
- This reflection having brought him to a decision, he plunged resolutely into the small black doorway, and began the ascent of the spiral of Saint-Gilles, which leads to the upper stories of the tower.†
Chpt 2.7.4
- A large figure of Christ might be vaguely descried above the judges, and everywhere there were pikes and halberds, upon whose points the reflection of the candles placed tips of fire.†
Chpt 2.8.1
- Nevertheless, light was not lacking; a furnace had been constructed in the thickness of the wall; a large fire was lighted there, which filled the vault with its crimson reflections and deprived a miserable candle, which stood in one corner, of all radiance.†
Chpt 2.8.2 *
- The reflection of the dazzling vision, the reverberation of the enchanting music disappeared by degrees from my eyes and my ears.†
Chpt 2.8.4 *
- This cellar was so damp that the fire was never allowed to go out, even in midsummer; an immense chimney with a sculptured mantel, all bristling with heavy iron andirons and cooking utensils, with one of those huge fires of mixed wood and peat which at night, in village streets make the reflection of forge windows stand out so red on the opposite walls.†
Chpt 2.10.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(reflection as in: my reflection in the mirror) an image (seen on a mirror or other shiny surface)
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(2)
(reflection as in: lit by the reflection) light seen after it bounces off a surface to another; or the process of bouncing light, sound, or other energy off of a surface
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(3)
(reflection as in: is a reflection of American values) something that indirectly shows something else -- such as an indication, demonstration, expression, or representation of somethingThe exact meaning of this sense of reflection depends upon its context. For example:
- "The students' behavior is a reflection on the school." -- indication of quality
- "She says the immorality in the movie is a reflection of American values." -- expression or representation
- "It was a reflection of the selfishness she had seen growing for years." -- demonstration
- "The surrounding panic found no reflection in her." -- expression or demonstration
- "I saw no reflection of jealousy in her action." -- indication or sign
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(4)
(reflection as in: After reflection, I think...) careful thought
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(5)
(reflection as in: a humbling reflection (memory)) memories and thoughts about them
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(6)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
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