And so, being in Heaven, it was easy for him to lose sight of earth.
If he had had all Peru in his pocket, he would certainly have given it to this dancer; but Gringoire had not Peru in his pocket; and besides, America was not yet discovered. (p. 66)
When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
Inanimate objects sometimes appear endowed with a strange power of sight. A statue notices, a tower watches, the face of an edifice contemplates.
For sight is woman-like and shuns the old.
As for the bishop, the sight of the guillotine was a great shock to him, from which he recovered only slowly.
No matter who you are, the thought of so much suffering and degradation must cause you to shudder at the sight of a veil or cassock, those two shrouds of human invention.