1 "But delay may ruin our plan, sir," replied the young man.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 73. The Promise. 2 The count is a speculator, who will certainly ruin himself in experiments.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 69. The Inquiry. 3 They have, perhaps, some motive to serve in hastening the ruin of a rival firm.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 28. The Prison Register. 4 This was precisely what Franz had heard the evening before in the ruins of the Colosseum.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 5 The horse and cabriolet were concealed behind a small ruin, where Morrel had often waited.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 73. The Promise. 6 "I don't call those friends who betray and ruin you," murmured the wife in her turn, in a low, muttering voice.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn. 7 If I sought your ruin, fool, I should drag you to the first guard-house; besides, when that note is delivered, in all probability you will have no more to fear.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 82. The Burglary. 8 We have a hundred thousand francs or thereabouts loaned on their securities, and we are a little uneasy at reports that have reached us that the firm is on the brink of ruin.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 28. The Prison Register. 9 It would be conceding too much to allow you to put on a mask to aid you in the discovery of our secret, and then to remove it that you may ruin those who have confided in you.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 75. A Signed Statement. 10 Still confidence was not restored to all minds, and the general opinion was that the complete ruin of the unfortunate shipowner had been postponed only until the end of the month.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September. 11 Locusta and Agrippina, living at the same time, were an exception, and proved the determination of providence to effect the entire ruin of the Roman empire, sullied by so many crimes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 80. The Accusation. 12 "I think I may aspire to that honor," said Danglars with a smile, which reminded Monte Cristo of the sickly moons which bad artists are so fond of daubing into their pictures of ruins.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 66. Matrimonial Projects. 13 From time to time, by the light of the moon, which began to rise, Franz imagined that he saw something like a sentinel appear at various points among the ruins, and suddenly retreat into the darkness on a signal from Peppino.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian. 14 Franz had so managed his route, that during the ride to the Colosseum they passed not a single ancient ruin, so that no preliminary impression interfered to mitigate the colossal proportions of the gigantic building they came to admire.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 15 However, as if fate resolved on depriving the prisoners of their last chance, and making them understand that they were condemned to perpetual imprisonment, a new misfortune befell them; the gallery on the sea side, which had long been in ruins, was rebuilt.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 19. The Third Attack. 16 But however the mind of the young man might be absorbed in these reflections, they were at once dispersed at the sight of the dark frowning ruins of the stupendous Colosseum, through the various openings of which the pale moonlight played and flickered like the unearthly gleam from the eyes of the wandering dead.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 17 And, as though to add to the daily misery which this prosperous canal inflicted on the unfortunate inn-keeper, whose utter ruin it was fast accomplishing, it was situated between the Rhone from which it had its source and the post-road it had depleted, not a hundred steps from the inn, of which we have given a brief but faithful description.
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