orgueil

He sometimes lifted and sustained enormous weights on his back; and when the occasion demanded it, he replaced that implement which is called a jack-screw, and was formerly called orgueil

Les Miserables 2008

He sometimes lifted and sustained enormous weights on his back; and when the occasion demanded it, he replaced that implement which is called a jack-screw, and was formerly called orgueil [pride], whence, we may remark in passing, is derived the name of the Rue Montorgueil, near the Halles [Fishmarket] in Paris.

Les Miserables, Volume I, Fantine 1862

He sometimes lifted and sustained enormous weights on his back; and when the occasion demanded it, he replaced that implement which is called a jack-screw, and was formerly called orgueil

Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843

Nouveau Promethee il subit le chatiment de son orgueil!

The Life of Charlotte Bronte 2002

_Ah, je vois que votre orgueil est plus fort que votre amour!

The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts Arthur Wing Pinero 1894

Cest orgueil desdaigneux qui vous fait ne m'aimer,

A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892

No doubt, her conceptions of the words differed from those generally accepted: by "pride" (orgueil), for instance, she seems to have meant a kind of womanly self-respect debased by a supercilious haughtiness and self-idolatry.

Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

Cette malheureuse force propre, cette éloquence propre, cette science propre, cette influence propre, forme en nous comme un petit sanctuaire favori, que notre orgueil jaloux tient fermé à la force Dieu, pour s'y réserver un dernier refuge.

The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 James Stalker 1887

Les chats puissants et doux, orgueil de la maison,

Balthasar and Other Works - 1909 Anatole France 1884

'_Aidons le développement des facultés humaines pendant la faiblesse de l'enfance_,' he said admirably, '_mais n'abusons pas de cette faiblesse pour les mouler au gré de nos opinions de nos intérêts, ou de notre orgueil.

Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 3: Condorcet John Morley 1880