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Since he was acquainted with everything, it was only needful that she, with all determination and bravery, should utilize him as her docile instrument.
Puisqu’il était au courant, elle n’avait qu’à l’utiliser comme un instrument docile, en toute volonté, en toute bravoure.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Therese, resigned and docile, listened to her with bowed head, ready to give satisfaction to her slightest wish.
Thérèse l'écoutait, la tête basse, résignée et docile, prête à contenter ses moindres souhaits.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
He, at any rate, would be an easy and docile master, and would never compromise them.
Ce maître-là, au moins, serait docile et ne les compromettrait pas.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
On two occasions, I wanted to run away, to go straight before me, towards the sun; but my courage failed. They had turned me into a docile brute with their tame benevolence and sickly tenderness.
A deux reprises, j'ai voulu fuir, aller devant moi, au soleil; le courage m'a manqué, ils avaient fait de moi une brute docile avec leur bienveillance molle et leur tendresse écœurante.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
For three hours Pierre, easy, calm, and happy, wandered to and fro over the dancing waters, guiding the thing of wood and canvas, which came and went at his will, under the pressure of his hand, as if it were a swift and docile winged creature.
Pendant trois heures, Pierre tranquille, calme et content, vagabonda sur l'eau frémissante, gouvernant, comme une bête ailée, rapide et docile, cette chose de bois et de toile qui allait et venait à son caprice, sous une pression de ses doigts.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Delestang on his side evinced the most docile obedience.
Delestang se montrait d'ailleurs d'une obéissance absolue.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
Monseigneur Martha, who was all-powerful at the Catholic University, said to his intimates, however, that three generations of devout and docile pupils would be needed before the Church would again be absolute sovereign of France.
On disait que Mgr Martha était tout-puissant à l’Université catholique et qu’il répétait à ses intimes qu’il faudrait trois générations d’élèves bien-pensants et dociles, avant que l’Église redevînt la maîtresse souveraine de la France.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
She was becoming docile and coquettish; she appeared to be seeking for the young man's love like a poor shy woman.
Elle se faisait souple, coquette; elle avait l’air de quêter l’amour du jeune homme comme une pauvre honteuse.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
He set off like a docile child, while I worked at Scudder's notes.
Il s'en alla, docile comme un enfant, tandis que je piochais les notes de Scudder.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
Covered with dust, thirsty and weary, he trudged onward without saying a word, like one of those docile animals that herdsmen drive along.
Couvert de poussière, mourant de soif et de fatigue, il marchait toujours, sans une parole, comme une de ces bêtes dociles qui vont en troupeaux sous le fouet des vachers.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
That gentle, docile, emotional little sheep was not a Seguin, she often remarked. Then, while feigning to defend the girl.
Ainsi qu’elle le disait souvent, ce mouton là, si docile, d’un charme si attendri, n’était pas une Séguin.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
He seems to have become quiet, childish, docile; and sways slowly towards the trench.
Il semble devenu sage, enfantin, docile. Il ondule doucement vers le creux…
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Was it true then that this pope, whose opportunist tendencies were so freely displayed, was one of them, a mere docile instrument in their hands, though he fancied himself penetrated with the doctrines of St. Thomas Aquinas?
Était-ce donc vrai qu’à son insu même, si imbu qu’il croyait être de la doctrine de saint Thomas, ce pape politique, d’un opportunisme toujours en éveil, était un des leurs, un instrument docile entre leurs souples mains de conquête sociale ?
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
It weakens and stupefies; the sanctimoniousness bequeathed by heredity produces humiliated, timorous generations, decadent and docile nations, who are an easy prey to the powerful of the earth.
Elle affaiblit, elle abêtit, les tares dévotes que l’hérédité lègue font des générations humiliées et craintives, des peuples dégénérés et dociles, toute une proie aisée aux puissants de ce monde.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
In his opinion that body of three thousand men who had just passed through the town was an invincible army, whose mere proximity would suffice to keep the bourgeois humble and docile in his hands.
Pour lui, cette bande de trois mille hommes qui venait de traverser la ville était une armée invincible, dont le voisinage suffirait pour tenir ses bourgeois humbles et dociles sous sa main.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

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