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1  "But they appear to speak French with a very pure accent," said Danglars.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 62. Ghosts.
2  "I am at your service, sir," said the abbe, with a marked Italian accent.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 69. The Inquiry.
3  "Dentro la testa," replied the same voice, with the same menacing accent.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 114. Peppino.
4  "No, excellency; and never shall I forget it," returned Peppino, with an accent of profound gratitude.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
5  Villefort pronounced these words with an accent which would have made the count shudder had he heard him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 67. At the Office of the King's Attorney.
6  Alas," returned the captain with an accent of the most profound pity, "we ought always to help one another.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
7  There was a moment's silence, and then a voice, in excellent French, although, with a foreign accent, said, "Welcome, sir."
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
8  He might be recognized, not only by these signs, but also from the accent with which he spoke to the postilion, as a Frenchman.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 114. Peppino.
9  This was said in excellent Tuscan, and with that soft Roman accent which makes the language of Dante as sonorous as that of Homer.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 77. Haidee.
10  Mercedes uttered these words with such deep anguish, with an accent of such intense despair, that Monte Cristo could not restrain a sob.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 89. A Nocturnal Interview.
11  "Oh," he cried, in an accent of despair, "the count has deceived me; I am yet living;" and extending his hand towards the table, he seized a knife.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
12  These few words were uttered with an accent that left no doubt of his sincerity; Dantes rose, dispersed the fragments with the same precaution as before, and pushed his bed back against the wall.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
13  She had turned from the window, which remained open, and was praying in accents that would have affected the most unfeeling; her words were rapid, incoherent, unintelligible, for the burning weight of grief almost stopped her utterance.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 73. The Promise.
14  The day after that in which the scene we have just described had taken place on the road between Bellegarde and Beaucaire, a man of about thirty or two and thirty, dressed in a bright blue frock coat, nankeen trousers, and a white waistcoat, having the appearance and accent of an Englishman, presented himself before the mayor of Marseilles.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 28. The Prison Register.
15  "Madame," replied Monte Cristo gravely, and gazing earnestly on the two liquid pearls that trickled down Julie's cheeks, "had Lord Wilmore seen what I now see, he would become attached to life, for the tears you shed would reconcile him to mankind;" and he held out his hand to Julie, who gave him hers, carried away by the look and accent of the count.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 50. The Morrel Family.