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1  advanced a step, and folded his arms over his chest as Napoleon would have done.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre.
2  Old Dantes, who was only sustained by hope, lost all hope at Napoleon's downfall.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13. The Hundred Days.
3  Napoleon, in the Island of Elba, is too near France, and his proximity keeps up the hopes of his partisans.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi.
4  He left Gorgone on his right and La Pianosa on his left, and went towards the country of Paoli and Napoleon.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22. The Smugglers.
5  , but it will never succeed now, for they attempted it fruitlessly, and Napoleon was unable to complete his work.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 16. A Learned Italian.
6  Fernand would have been court-martialed if Napoleon had remained on the throne, but his action was rewarded by the Bourbons.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 27. The Story.
7  The Bourbons left him quietly enough at the Catalans, but Napoleon returned, a special levy was made, and Fernand was compelled to join.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 27. The Story.
8  But when Napoleon returned to Paris, Danglars' heart failed him, and he lived in constant fear of Dantes' return on a mission of vengeance.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13. The Hundred Days.
9  This petition to Napoleon, kept back by Villefort, had become, under the second restoration, a terrible weapon against him in the hands of the king's attorney.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 28. The Prison Register.
10  It was at this period I learned that the destiny which seemed subservient to every wish formed by Napoleon, had bestowed on him a son, named king of Rome even in his cradle.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 16. A Learned Italian.
11  Policar Morrel, who served under the other government, and who does not altogether conceal what he thinks on the subject, you are strongly suspected of regretting the abdication of Napoleon.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
12  Villefort dictated a petition, in which, from an excellent intention, no doubt, Dantes' patriotic services were exaggerated, and he was made out one of the most active agents of Napoleon's return.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13. The Hundred Days.
13  Morrel of his wish to quit the sea, and obtained a recommendation from him to a Spanish merchant, into whose service he entered at the end of March, that is, ten or twelve days after Napoleon's return.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13. The Hundred Days.
14  In fact, the minister, who, in the plenitude of his power, had been unable to unearth Napoleon's secret, might in despair at his own downfall interrogate Dantes and so lay bare the motives of Villefort's plot.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre.
15  My dear fellow," replied Albert, with perfect ease of mind, "remember, for the future, Napoleon's maxim, 'Never awaken me but for bad news;' if you had let me sleep on, I should have finished my galop, and have been grateful to you all my life.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
16  My father has been a Jacobin more than anything else," said Villefort, carried by his emotion beyond the bounds of prudence; "and the senator's robe, which Napoleon cast on his shoulders, only served to disguise the old man without in any degree changing him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 60. The Telegraph.