1 Suddenly the tumult ceased, as if by magic, and the doors of the church opened.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 35. La Mazzolata. 2 Yesterday, for two hours, I was at the church of Saint-Phillippe du Roule, and for two hours I prayed most fervently.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 73. The Promise. 3 When you arrive at the first step of the church of San Giacomo, be sure to fasten a knot of rose-colored ribbons to the shoulder of your harlequin costume, in order that you may be recognized.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome. 4 Two or three masks strove to knock his moccoletto out of his hand; but Albert, a first-rate pugilist, sent them rolling in the street, one after the other, and continued his course towards the church of San Giacomo.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome. 5 A double line of carbineers, placed on each side of the door of the church, reached to the scaffold, and formed a circle around it, leaving a path about ten feet wide, and around the guillotine a space of nearly a hundred feet.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 35. La Mazzolata. 6 The Frenchman entered, leaving in the anteroom his guide, who immediately entered into conversation with two or three of the industrious idlers who are always to be found in Rome at the doors of banking-houses, churches, museums, or theatres.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 114. Peppino. 7 The prisoners, transported the previous evening from the Carcere Nuovo to the little church of Santa Maria del Popolo, had passed the night, each accompanied by two priests, in a chapel closed by a grating, before which were two sentinels, who were relieved at intervals.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 35. La Mazzolata. 8 The Monte Pincio seemed a vast amphitheatre filled with spectators; the balconies of the two churches at the corner of the Via del Babuino and the Via di Ripetta were crammed; the steps even seemed a parti-colored sea, that was impelled towards the portico; every niche in the wall held its living statue.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 35. La Mazzolata.