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Examples

  • Felicite knelt down before the crucifix, and the druggist himself slightly bent his knees, while Monsieur Canivet looked out vaguely at the Place.

    Madame Bovary 2003

  • Then, while apparently listening to Canivet, he rubbed his fingers up and down beneath his nostrils, and repeated — “Good! good!”

    Madame Bovary 2003

  • At last, when Canivet came in, he threw himself into his arms.

    Madame Bovary 2003

  • He found him alone (Monsieur Canivet had left), sitting in an arm-chair near the window, staring with an idiotic look at the flags of the floor.

    Madame Bovary 2003

  • Canivet, always retaining his self-command, nevertheless began to feel uneasy.

    Madame Bovary 2003

  • Bovary raised his hands; Canivet stopped short; and Homais pulled off his skull-cap long before the doctor had come in.

    Madame Bovary 2003

  • Canivet, who did not care either to have Emma die under his hands.

    Madame Bovary 2003

  • Canivet, who launched out on the exigencies of his art.

    Madame Bovary 2003

  • Canivet was about to administer some theriac, when they heard the cracking of a whip; all the windows rattled, and a post-chaise drawn by three horses abreast, up to their ears in mud, drove at a gallop round the corner of the market.

    Madame Bovary 2003

  • He called Monsieur Canivet into consultation; he sent for Dr. Lariviere, his old master, from Rouen; he was in despair.

    Madame Bovary 2003

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