1 "And scratches himself for amusement," added the king.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 2 The king was seated in the same place where the duke had left him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 3 "Caninus surdis," replied the king, continuing the annotations in his Horace.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 4 Villefort bowed, and advancing a few steps, waited until the king should interrogate him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 5 But the kings of modern times, restrained by the limits of mere probability, have neither courage nor desire.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners. 6 The dominions of kings are limited either by mountains or rivers, or a change of manners, or an alteration of language.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 48. Ideology. 7 de Blacas returned as speedily as he had departed, but in the ante-chamber he was forced to appeal to the king's authority.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 8 de Breze, who was all astonishment at finding that this young man had the audacity to enter before the king in such attire.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 9 Beauchamp, one of the kings of the press, and therefore claiming the right of a throne everywhere, was eying everybody through his monocle.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 109. The Assizes. 10 Punctuality," said Monte Cristo, "is the politeness of kings, according to one of your sovereigns, I think; but it is not the same with travellers.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 40. The Breakfast. 11 I am, sir," said the king, much agitated; "and recently we have had information that the Bonapartist clubs have had meetings in the Rue Saint-Jacques.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 12 "Speak as fully as you please, sir," said the king, who began to give way to the emotion which had showed itself in Blacas's face and affected Villefort's voice.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries. 13 The only difference consists in the opposite character of the equality advocated by these two men; one is the equality that elevates, the other is the equality that degrades; one brings a king within reach of the guillotine, the other elevates the people to a level with the throne.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi. 14 He was about to marry a young and charming woman, whom he loved, not passionately, but reasonably, as became a deputy attorney of the king; and besides her personal attractions, which were very great, Mademoiselle de Saint-Meran's family possessed considerable political influence, which they would, of course, exert in his favor.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 7. The Examination. 15 The honorable, the king's attorney, is informed by a friend of the throne and religion, that one Edmond Dantes, mate of the ship Pharaon, arrived this morning from Smyrna, after having touched at Naples and Porto-Ferrajo, has been intrusted by Murat with a letter for the usurper, and by the usurper with a letter for the Bonapartist committee in Paris.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 4. Conspiracy. 16 But the skilful manner in which Dantes had handled the lugger had entirely reassured him; and then, when he saw the light plume of smoke floating above the bastion of the Chateau d'If, and heard the distant report, he was instantly struck with the idea that he had on board his vessel one whose coming and going, like that of kings, was accompanied with salutes of artillery.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 22. The Smugglers. 17 'The king's attorney is informed by a friend to the throne and the religions institutions of his country, that one named Edmond Dantes, mate of the ship Pharaon, this day arrived from Smyrna, after having touched at Naples and Porto-Ferrajo, has been the bearer of a letter from Murat to the usurper, and again taken charge of another letter from the usurper to the Bonapartist club in Paris.
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