1 And I did more than that," replied Morcerf, "for I caught one.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 40. The Breakfast. 2 Emmanuel looked around the room and caught sight of the pistols; his eyes rested on the weapons, and he pointed to them.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise. 3 So long as the nets were good, they caught fish; and so long as they sold their fish, they were able to buy twine for new nets.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds. 4 No," replied he; "I will not be caught like a fool at a first disclosure by a rendezvous under the clock, as they say at the opera-balls.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome. 5 All at once his ear caught a sound resembling that of a stone rolling down the staircase opposite the one by which he had himself ascended.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 6 In the struggle her clothes caught fire, and they were obliged to let go their hold in order to preserve themselves from sharing the same fate.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood. 7 The latter, faithful to the principle of Horace, nil admirari, had contented himself with showing his knowledge by declaring in what lake the best lampreys were caught.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 64. The Beggar. 8 Morrel was about to cast himself on his knees before his son, but Maximilian caught him in his arms, and those two noble hearts were pressed against each other for a moment.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September. 9 I became weary of ranging fields and scaling walls, and seriously alarmed at the idea suggested by you, that if caught hovering about here your father would very likely have me sent to prison as a thief.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 51. Pyramus and Thisbe. 10 It seems the fellow had been caught wandering nearer to the harem of the Bey of Tunis than etiquette permits to one of his color, and he was condemned by the bey to have his tongue cut out, and his hand and head cut off; the tongue the first day, the hand the second, and the head the third.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor. 11 Nevertheless, had Caderousse but retained his post a few minutes longer, he might have caught a dim outline of something approaching from the direction of Bellegarde; as the moving object drew nearer, he would easily have perceived that it consisted of a man and horse, between whom the kindest and most amiable understanding appeared to exist.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn.