Enjolras - the marble face of Justice

And with an imperious motion, the frail young man of twenty
years bent the thickset and sturdy porter like a reed, and brought him to his
knees in the mud.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables.

In French, thus is that compelling sentence written :

"Et d'un mouvement souverain le frêle jeune homme de vingt ans plia comme un roseau le crocheteur trapu et et robuste et l'agenouilla dans la boue."