1 He might fail, but something must be left to chance.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 33 SOUBRETTE AND MISTRESS 2 "And besides, it will be a chance for displaying our new equipments," said Porthos.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 39 A VISION 3 This chance did, then, for him at once more than he would have dared to ask of Providence.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 19 PLAN OF CAMPAIGN 4 All these successive accidents were perhaps the result of chance; but they might be the fruits of a plot.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 20 THE JOURNEY 5 D'Artagnan declined all others, being unwilling to take the first chance from those who had the priority.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE 6 Yet in spite of all this seduction Milady might fail--for Felton was forewarned, and that against the least chance.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 54 CAPTIVITY: THE THIRD DAY 7 Nevertheless, as the crossroads offered him a better chance than any other place of meeting somebody, he stood still.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 64 THE MAN IN THE RED CLOAK 8 de Treville was not in the habit of making promises, and that when by chance he did promise, he more than kept his word.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 25 PORTHOS 9 But all this eager attention might have been useless if the doctor so loudly called for had not chanced to be in the hotel.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 3 THE AUDIENCE 10 He resolved, then, to carry on the war alone, and to look for no success foreign to himself, but as we look for a fortunate chance.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 51 OFFICER 11 Then the young woman confided in him the terrible secret of which chance had already communicated to him a part in front of the Samaritaine.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 18 LOVER AND HUSBAND 12 The minister and the king exchanged numerous caresses, felicitating each other upon the fortunate chance which had freed France from the inveterate enemy who set all Europe against her.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 67 CONCLUSION 13 This excess of bilious humor could not be attributed to play; for unlike Porthos, who accompanied the variations of chance with songs or oaths, Athos when he won remained as unmoved as when he lost.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 27 THE WIFE OF ATHOS 14 "Friend d'Artagnan," continued he, speaking to himself with all the amenity that he thought due himself, "if you escape, of which there is not much chance, I would advise you to practice perfect politeness for the future."
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 4 THE SHOULDER OF ATHOS, THE BALDRIC OF PORTHOS AND THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ARAMIS 15 My dear friend," said Aramis, "remember that he goes in an opposite direction from that in which we are going, that he has a fresh horse, and ours are fatigued, so that we shall disable our own horses without even a chance of overtaking him.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 60 IN FRANCE 16 He was to wait at the gate; if by chance the Musketeers should appear, the carriage was to set off as fast as possible, pass around the convent, and go and wait for Milady at a little village which was situated at the other side of the wood.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 63 THE DROP OF WATER 17 And then he--a wanderer on the earth, a man without fortune, a man without family, a soldier accustomed to inns, cabarets, taverns, and restaurants, a lover of wine forced to depend upon chance treats--was about to partake of family meals, to enjoy the pleasures of a comfortable establishment, and to give himself up to those little attentions which "the harder one is, the more they please," as old soldiers say.
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