Les Miserables

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  1. Rousseau
    French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland
    He sprang to his feet, stood erect, with his hair flying in the wind, his hands on his hips, his eyes fixed on the National Guardsmen who were firing, and sang:
    "On est laid a Nanterre, "Men are ugly at Nanterre,
    C'est la faute a Voltaire; 'Tis the fault of Voltaire;
    Et bete a Palaiseau, And dull at Palaiseau,
    C'est la faute a Rousseau."
  2. Voltaire
    French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)
    He sprang to his feet, stood erect, with his hair flying in the wind, his hands on his hips, his eyes fixed on the National Guardsmen who were firing, and sang:
    "On est laid a Nanterre, "Men are ugly at Nanterre,
    C'est la faute a Voltaire; 'Tis the fault of Voltaire;
    Et bete a Palaiseau, And dull at Palaiseau,
    C'est la faute a Rousseau."
  3. fusillade
    rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
    Then he picked up his basket, replaced the cartridges which had fallen from it, without missing a single one, and, advancing towards the fusillade, set about plundering another cartridge-box.
  4. couplet
    a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
    A fifth bullet only succeeded in drawing from him a third couplet.
  5. guardsman
    a soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards'
    He sprang to his feet, stood erect, with his hair flying in the wind, his hands on his hips, his eyes fixed on the National Guardsmen who were firing, and sang:
    "On est laid a Nanterre, "Men are ugly at Nanterre,
    C'est la faute a Voltaire; 'Tis the fault of Voltaire;
    Et bete a Palaiseau, And dull at Palaiseau,
    C'est la faute a Rousseau."
  6. drawing
    a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
    A fifth bullet only succeeded in drawing from him a third couplet.
Created on Mon Dec 13 10:30:50 EST 2010

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