1 The man of superior abilities always finds admirers, go where he will.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits. 2 "These are the ideas that render your nation superior to any other," returned Monte Cristo.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 41. The Presentation. 3 Edmond looked at them for a moment with the sad and gentle smile of a man superior to his fellows.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo. 4 You live in a manner far superior to many clerks who work ten times harder than you do for their money.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 46. Unlimited Credit. 5 They all rushed towards him, for all loved Edmond in spite of his superiority; yet Jacopo reached him first.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo. 6 The old patron did not interfere, for he too had recognized the superiority of Dantes over the crew and himself.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo. 7 Everywhere the last requests of a dying man are sacred; but with a sailor the last requests of his superior are commands.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 7. The Examination. 8 A man of the count's temperament could not long indulge in that melancholy which can exist in common minds, but which destroys superior ones.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 113. The Past. 9 What I most loved after you, Mercedes, was myself, my dignity, and that strength which rendered me superior to other men; that strength was my life.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 89. A Nocturnal Interview. 10 The superior education of Dantes gave an air of such extreme probability to this statement that it never once occurred to Jacopo to doubt its accuracy.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 25. The Unknown. 11 This voice made every one bow before it, resembling in its effect the wind passing over a field of wheat, by its superior strength forcing every ear to yield obeisance.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 77. Haidee. 12 Madame," replied Villefort "I can truly say that I have always entertained a high respect for my father, because, to the natural feeling of relationship was added the consciousness of his moral superiority.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 60. The Telegraph. 13 This obliged them to make all the speed they could to evade the enemy, when they could but lament the absence of Dantes, whose superior skill in the management of a vessel would have availed them so materially.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 25. The Unknown. 14 The gratings are every day carefully examined by jailers, whose herculean proportions and cold pitiless expression prove them to have been chosen to reign over their subjects for their superior activity and intelligence.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 107. The Lions' Den. 15 "Alas, excellency," returned Bertuccio, joining his hands, and shaking his head in a manner that would have excited the count's laughter, had not thoughts of a superior interest occupied him, and rendered him attentive to the least revelation of this timorous conscience.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 43. The House at Auteuil. 16 Seeing a stranger, escorted by two turnkeys holding torches and accompanied by two soldiers, and to whom the governor spoke bareheaded, Dantes, who guessed the truth, and that the moment to address himself to the superior authorities was come, sprang forward with clasped hands.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners. 17 This picturesque attire set him off to great advantage; and when he had bound the scarf around his waist, and when his hat, placed coquettishly on one side, let fall on his shoulder a stream of ribbons, Franz was forced to confess that costume has much to do with the physical superiority we accord to certain nations.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome. Your search result possibly is over 17 sentences. If you upgrade to a VIP account, you will see up to 500 sentences for one search.