| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | 431 | It View more quotes about seemed">seemed that a draft beast of enormous size could have exerted little more stress on that metal. |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | 428 | "He will tear his limbs from his body," said a man. |
| 31 | 429 | But I did not think the peasant, that violent giant, that simple, outraged behemoth of a man, in his present state of mind, in his agitation, in the singleness of his purpose, in this ferocious, puissant concentration of all of his force, his power, against iron and rock, was troubled by pain, or even capable of feeling it. |
| 31 | 430 | Again and again the chains drew against the rings. |
| 31 | 431 | It seemed that a draft beast of enormous size could have exerted little more stress on that metal. |
| 31 | 432 | Some of the men then laughed. |
| 31 | 433 | But almost at the same time there was heard the slippage of a bolt, and we saw, on his left, our right, as we looked upon him, the plate to which the ring was attached, jerk outward an inch. |
| 31 | 434 | "Ai," said a man, in awe. |