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It is true that her friends said that she was adopting conciliatory tactics merely in conformity with the advice of her son Eugène, the minister, who had charged her to personify at Plassans the gentleness and amiability of the Empire.
Il est vrai que les intimes prétendaient qu'elle obéissait à une tactique de conciliation, conseillée par son fils Eugène, le ministre, qui la chargeait de personnifier, à Plassans, les douceurs et les amabilités de l'empire.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Did not the Pope personify living religion, intelligence to understand, justice based upon truth?
Est-ce que le pape n’était pas la religion vivante, l’intelligence qui comprend, la justice qui fait la vérité ?
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Did not that adorable, unoccupied, indolent, ignorant creature, who only knew how to defend her love, personify the Italy of yesterday?
N’était-elle pas l’Italie d’hier, cette créature admirable, indolente, ignorante, inoccupée, ne sachant que défendre son amour ?
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Baroness is really kindness personified, and I said all along that she would sacrifice herself in order to ensure the happiness of her daughter and Gerard.
La baronne, au fond, est la bonté même, et j’ai toujours dit qu’elle se sacrifierait pour assurer le bonheur de sa fille et de Gérard...
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
She personified his youth.
Elle était toute sa jeunesse.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
And all at once the fete reappears, the chandeliers sparkle, the orchestra resounds amorously; suddenly each name is personified, and the ball, of which she was the queen, begins again with its ovations, its fondling and flattering words.
Et soudain la fête renaît pour elle, les lustres brillent, l’orchestre chante amoureusement ; soudain chaque nom se personnifie, et le bal, dont elle était la reine, recommence avec ses ovations, ses paroles caressantes et flatteuses.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
She, Our Lady of Lourdes, was there personified by a slender statuette, standing above the commemorative inscription, against the naked wall whose only decorations were a few bead wreaths hanging from nails.
Elle se trouvait là, Notre-Dame de Lourdes, une statuette mince, placée au-dessus de l’inscription funéraire contre la grande muraille nue, que décoraient seulement quelques couronnes de perles, pendues à des clous.
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
He personifies Revolution in the Church, and is against God."
Il est la révolution dans l’Église, il est contre Dieu ! »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
For was not this banker the master? Was he not money personified--money, which is the only stable, everlasting force, far above all ephemeral tenure of power, such as attaches to those ministerial portfolios which pass so rapidly from hand to hand?
N’était-il pas le maître, l’argent, le seul pouvoir stable, éternel, au-dessus des pouvoirs éphémères, de ces portefeuilles de ministre qui passaient si rapidement de main en main ?
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
And if his sufferings had thus always come from the warfare which his reason had waged against his heart, it was because he was man personified, ever struggling between his intelligence and his passions.
S’il n’avait jamais souffert que des combats qu’elle livrait à son cœur, il était tout l’homme, en lutte sans cesse avec son intelligence et avec sa passion.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Already on the Sunday when he had seen her on the balcony he had been seized with terror at the thought that she personified the revenge of the world and the flesh amidst all the mystical exaltation of immaculate Lourdes.
Déjà, le dimanche, quand il s’était aperçu qu’une femme vivait cachée dans la chambre voisine, il avait eu cette terreur pudique, en se disant qu’elle était la revanche de la chair, au milieu de l’exaltation mystique de Lourdes l’immaculée.
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
She was virginity personified with all its redoubtable mystery.
Elle était la vierge dans tout son inconnu redoutable.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
With hands crossed on her bosom, and breathing lightly, lay Helene, asleep--mother and widow alike personified by the quiet unrestraint of her attitude.
Hélène, les mains croisées, dans sa tranquille attitude de mère et de veuve, avait un léger souffle.
Zola, Emile / A Love EpisodeZola, Emile / Une page d'amour
Une page d'amour
Zola, Emile
© 2009 GRIN Verlag
A Love Episode
Zola, Emile
© 2005 Mondial
All the lower part of this picture, which was coarsely printed, was covered in like manner with figurative names personifying some vice in each demon.
Tout le bas de cette image, grossièrement imprimée, était ainsi couvert de noms figurés personnifiant un vice dans chaque démon.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Was not the whole of humanity, pitiable humanity, saved by love, personified by that poor childish man who suddenly became sublime because he found his daughter resuscitated?
L’humanité entière, l’humanité pitoyable, sauvée par l’amour, n’était-elle pas chez ce pauvre homme, tout d’un coup sublime, parce qu’il retrouvait sa fille ressuscitée ?
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

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personify

verb
Basic forms
Pastpersonified
Imperativepersonify
Present Participle (Participle I)personifying
Past Participle (Participle II)personified
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I personifywe personify
you personifyyou personify
he/she/it personifiesthey personify
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am personifyingwe are personifying
you are personifyingyou are personifying
he/she/it is personifyingthey are personifying
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have personifiedwe have personified
you have personifiedyou have personified
he/she/it has personifiedthey have personified
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been personifyingwe have been personifying
you have been personifyingyou have been personifying
he/she/it has been personifyingthey have been personifying
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I personifiedwe personified
you personifiedyou personified
he/she/it personifiedthey personified
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was personifyingwe were personifying
you were personifyingyou were personifying
he/she/it was personifyingthey were personifying
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had personifiedwe had personified
you had personifiedyou had personified
he/she/it had personifiedthey had personified
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been personifyingwe had been personifying
you had been personifyingyou had been personifying
he/she/it had been personifyingthey had been personifying
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will personifywe shall/will personify
you will personifyyou will personify
he/she/it will personifythey will personify
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be personifyingwe shall/will be personifying
you will be personifyingyou will be personifying
he/she/it will be personifyingthey will be personifying
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have personifiedwe shall/will have personified
you will have personifiedyou will have personified
he/she/it will have personifiedthey will have personified
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been personifyingwe shall/will have been personifying
you will have been personifyingyou will have been personifying
he/she/it will have been personifyingthey will have been personifying
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would personifywe should/would personify
you would personifyyou would personify
he/she/it would personifythey would personify
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be personifyingwe should/would be personifying
you would be personifyingyou would be personifying
he/she/it would be personifyingthey would be personifying
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have personifiedwe should/would have personified
you would have personifiedyou would have personified
he/she/it would have personifiedthey would have personified
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been personifyingwe should/would have been personifying
you would have been personifyingyou would have been personifying
he/she/it would have been personifyingthey would have been personifying
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am personifiedwe are personified
you are personifiedyou are personified
he/she/it is personifiedthey are personified
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being personifiedwe are being personified
you are being personifiedyou are being personified
he/she/it is being personifiedthey are being personified
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been personifiedwe have been personified
you have been personifiedyou have been personified
he/she/it has been personifiedthey have been personified
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was personifiedwe were personified
you were personifiedyou were personified
he/she/it was personifiedthey were personified
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being personifiedwe were being personified
you were being personifiedyou were being personified
he/she/it was being personifiedthey were being personified
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been personifiedwe had been personified
you had been personifiedyou had been personified
he/she/it had been personifiedthey had been personified
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be personifiedwe shall/will be personified
you will be personifiedyou will be personified
he/she/it will be personifiedthey will be personified
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been personifiedwe shall/will have been personified
you will have been personifiedyou will have been personified
he/she/it will have been personifiedthey will have been personified