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1  As we have said, he was lying on the deck.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
2  He found Edmond lying prone, bleeding, and almost senseless.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
3  "You lie," said the Abbe Busoni, with a tone of irresistible authority.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 82. The Burglary.
4  "You lie," repeated the abbe a third time, with a still more imperative tone.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 82. The Burglary.
5  If I wished to surprise him, it was evident this was the spot to lie in wait for him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 44. The Vendetta.
6  Suddenly, about nine o'clock in the evening, Edmond heard a hollow sound in the wall against which he was lying.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
7  Hastily snatching up the lighted candle, I hurried to the staircase; about midway a body was lying quite across the stairs.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood.
8  There is a sort of consolation at the contemplation of the yawning abyss, at the bottom of which lie darkness and obscurity.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
9  A piece of biscuit and a small quantity of rum formed his supper, and he snatched a few hours' sleep, lying over the mouth of the cave.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
10  They were armed with their long guns inlaid with mother-of-pearl and silver, and cartridges in great numbers were lying scattered on the floor.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 77. Haidee.
11  He stretched forth his hand, and touched stone; he rose to his seat, and found himself lying on his bournous in a bed of dry heather, very soft and odoriferous.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 32. The Waking.
12  I am about to be seized with a fit of catalepsy; when it comes to its height I shall probably lie still and motionless as though dead, uttering neither sigh nor groan.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber.
13  All around him were lying the Palikares, writhing in convulsive agonies, while two or three who were only slightly wounded were trying to escape by springing from the windows.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 77. Haidee.
14  Then, by the gleam of a lamp, similar to that which lighted the columbarium, Albert was to be seen wrapped up in a cloak which one of the bandits had lent him, lying in a corner in profound slumber.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
15  They are ignorant of the consequences of the murder; they see neither the police commissary with his badge of office, nor the corporal with his four men; and so the poor fools believe that the whole thing is as easy as lying.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 52. Toxicology.
16  Around him, and in groups, according to their fancy, lying in their mantles, or with their backs against a sort of stone bench, which went all round the columbarium, were to be seen twenty brigands or more, each having his carbine within reach.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
17  Soon the water rushes out of the scupper-holes like a whale spouting, the vessel gives a last groan, spins round and round, and disappears, forming a vast whirlpool in the ocean, and then all is over, so that in five minutes nothing but the eye of God can see the vessel where she lies at the bottom of the sea.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
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