They do not abate one iota of their rights, and for that reason they respect the rights of others; they demand the performance of what is due to them, and for that reason they perform their own duties.
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Fathers and Children, CHAPTER X
ContextHe had never said as much before, and I must admit that his words gave me keen pleasure, for I had often been piqued by his indifference to my admiration and to the attempts which I had made to give publicity to his methods.
A. Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
ContextI was standing watching his pursuit with a mixture of admiration for his extraordinary activity and fear lest he should lose his footing in the treacherous mire, when I heard the sound of steps and, turning round, found a woman near me upon the path.
A. Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
ContextI have had ten or twelve sailors under me, and if you question them, they will tell you that they love and respect me, not as a father, for I am too young, but as an elder brother.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 7. The Examination
ContextFaria smiled encouragingly on him, and the young man retired to his task, in the spirit of obedience and respect which he had sworn to show towards his aged friend.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber
ContextQuestions and answers followed in a nonchalant manner that made Dantes indignant, for he felt that all the world should have for the poor abbe a love and respect equal to his own.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 19. The Third Attack
ContextThis is all I know, but I know not, count, how you contrived to inspire so much respect in the bandits of Rome who ordinarily have so little respect for anything.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 40. The Breakfast
ContextShe raised the hand extended towards her to her lips, and kissed it with a mixture of love and respect.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood
ContextHis relations with the former court, of which he always spoke with dignity and respect, made him respected by the new one, and he knew so many things, that not only was he always carefully considered, but sometimes consulted.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 48. Ideology
ContextOne thing above all the rest heightened the respect, nay almost the veneration, of Danglars for Cavalcanti.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 64. The Beggar
ContextRenee regarded him with fond affection; and certainly his handsome features, lit up as they then were with more than usual fire and animation, seemed formed to excite the innocent admiration with which she gazed on her graceful and intelligent lover.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi
ContextDantes gazed on the man who could thus philosophically resign hopes so long and ardently nourished with an astonishment mingled with admiration.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 16. A Learned Italian
ContextDantes examined it with intense admiration, then looked around to see the instrument with which it had been shaped so correctly into form.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber
ContextBut their wonder was soon changed to admiration at seeing the perfect skill with which Dantes handled the helm.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 25. The Unknown
ContextMonte Cristo watched her with an air so thoughtful, and so full of affectionate admiration, that she turned back and grasped his hand; at the same time she seized that of her son, and joined them together.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 71. Bread and Salt
ContextAn indescribable ray of joy illumined that wretched countenance like the last ray of the sun before it disappears behind the clouds which bear the aspect, not of a downy couch, but of a tomb.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 92. The Suicide
ContextEvery one looked with astonishment on that grave and severe face, whose calm expression personal griefs had been unable to disturb, and the aspect of a man who was a stranger to all human emotions excited something very like terror.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 110. The Indictment
ContextIn that case your mother would hold me in aversion, and I do not at all wish that; on the contrary, I desire to stand high in her esteem.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 54. A Flurry in Stocks
ContextHe will, perhaps, hold me in greater esteem than the money itself, seeing that I sacrifice everything in order to keep my word with him.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 60. The Telegraph
ContextAlbert felt his heart bursting at these particulars, but gratitude mingled with his sorrow: he would gladly have embraced those who had given his father this proof of esteem at a moment when his honor was so powerfully attacked.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 86. The Trial
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