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It was there that the corpse of Camille lay.Là couchait le cadavre de Camille.Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
Then I got a corpse--you can always get a body in London if you know where to go for it.Puis je me procurai un cadavre – il y a toujours moyen de se procurer un cadavre à Londres quand on sait où s'adresser.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
For some moments, he had been looking at a corpse, taken from the water, that was small in build and atrociously disfigured.Il regardait depuis quelques minutes un noyé, petit de taille, atrocement défiguré.Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
Two parts of a rope were passed beneath the legs and shoulders, as they are placed beneath coffins, and then the corpse was slowly lowered beneath the surface of the lake.Deux bouts d’une corde furent placés sous les jambes et sous les épaules du défunt, comme on les place sous un cercueil, après quoi le corps fut descendu lentement sous la surface du lac.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
She was pale as a corpse, but her breathing was easy and unbroken, while her voice, though lowered almost to a whisper, remained clear and distinct.Elle était pâle comme un cadavre ; mais sa voix, quoique basse, était claire et distincte, et sa respiration n’avait rien de pénible.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Across the entry to Trench 97 a felled oak twists his great body, and a corpse stops up the trench.À l’entrée du boyau 97, en travers, un chêne terrassé tord son grand corps.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Rosa suddenly retreated, and Topsy came forward and laid her offering at the feet of the corpse; then suddenly, with a wild and bitter cry, she threw herself on the floor alongside the bed, and wept, and moaned aloud.Rosa sortit en hâte; Topsy s’avança et déposa son offrande au pied du corps: puis, tout à coup, poussant un cri lugubre, sauvage, elle se roula par terre auprès du lit, et pleura et gémit à haute voix.Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle TomLa case de l'oncle TomBeecher Stowe, HarrietUncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet
A length of earth had detached itself from the hillock on which—after a fashion—we were leaning back, and had completely exhumed in the middle of us a sitting corpse, with its legs out full length.Des cris jaillirent à la ronde et nous frissonnâmes. Tout un pan de glaise s’était détaché du monticule où nous étions vaguement adossés, déterrant complètement, au milieu de nous, un cadavre assis les jambes allongées.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
As she had not sufficient life left within her to permit of her avenging her son, she preferred to be entirely dead, and to leave naught in the hands of the assassins but a corpse that could feel nothing, and with which they could do as they pleased.Puisqu'elle ne vivait déjà plus assez pour venger son fils, elle préférait être tout à fait morte et ne laisser entre les mains des assassins qu'un cadavre qui ne sentirait rien et dont ils feraient ce qu'ils voudraient.Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
His studio seemed a chamber of horrors, where he could no more continue to live, as if, indeed, he had left the corpse of some beloved being there.Son atelier lui semblait un lieu d’horreur, où il ne pouvait plus vivre, comme s’il y avait laissé le cadavre d’une affection morte.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
The corpse extended his arms to him, with a vile laugh, displaying the tip of a blackish tongue between its white teeth.Le cadavre lui tendait les bras, avec un rire ignoble, en montrant un bout de langue noirâtre dans la blancheur des dents.Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
Martineau, however, was as rigid as a corpse ; his eyes were closed and his lips pinched.Le notaire, les paupières closes, les lèvres amincies, gardait une rigidité de cadavre.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
Lying on top of the corpse, she exclaimed: "You shall not have it, it's mine, it's mine now.Couchée dessus elle criait: «Vous ne l'aurez pas, c'est à moi, c'est à moi à c't'heure.Maupassant, Guy de / Little Louise RoqueMaupassant, Guy de / La petite RoqueLa petite RoqueMaupassant, Guy deLittle Louise RoqueMaupassant, Guy de
The whole scene of long ago rose up before him; he was again in the depths of that frightful void; he could see the crushed corpse; and he could feel the gust of terror chilling him in the presence of murder, accepted and concealed.Toute la scène s’évoquait, c’était au fond de ce vide effrayant, il revoyait le corps broyé, il se sentait glacé par le même vent de terreur, devant le meurtre certain, accepté, caché.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
Silvere had remained by the corpse, through all the fusillade and the howls of agony, without even turning his head.Le jeune homme était resté penché sur la morte, au milieu de la fusillade et des hurlements d’agonie, sans même tourner la tête.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
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