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1  At length they arrived at the famous room.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 63. The Dinner.
2  I had known the famous Vampa for more than ten years.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 40. The Breakfast.
3  Just at this time the famous massacres took place in the south of France.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 44. The Vendetta.
4  He had reserved from his annuity his family papers, his library, composed of five thousand volumes, and his famous breviary.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18. The Treasure.
5  Monte Cristo waited, according to his usual custom, until Duprez had sung his famous "Suivez-moi;" then he rose and went out.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 89. A Nocturnal Interview.
6  Then, with his knife, he began to carve all sorts of objects in wood; it was thus that Pinelli, the famous sculptor, had commenced.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
7  Albert, then, had fallen into the hands of the famous bandit chief, in whose existence he had for so long a time refused to believe.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
8  You know that the famous waistcoat was found in his house, containing the letter which stopped the signature of the marriage-contract.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 109. The Assizes.
9  He has already dug up all the garden two or three times to find the famous spring, and, being unsuccessful, he will soon purchase all the contiguous houses.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 69. The Inquiry.
10  Every one knows the history of the famous return from Elba, a return which was unprecedented in the past, and will probably remain without a counterpart in the future.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13. The Hundred Days.
11  And he measured ten double handfuls of pearls, diamonds, and other gems, many of which, mounted by the most famous workmen, were valuable beyond their intrinsic worth.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
12  "de Villefort," cried a beautiful young creature, daughter to the Comte de Salvieux, and the cherished friend of Mademoiselle de Saint-Meran, "do try and get up some famous trial while we are at Marseilles."
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi.
13  If there had been no bolt, it would have been impossible for him to pass through the midst of the garrison who held the catacombs of St. Sebastian, encamped round a master whom our readers must have recognized as the famous Luigi Vampa.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 114. Peppino.
14  Caesar thought they could make use of one of the means which he always had ready for his friends, that is to say, in the first place, the famous key which was given to certain persons with the request that they go and open a designated cupboard.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18. The Treasure.
15  Fearing, however, to make use of any valuable piece of paper, I hesitated for a moment, then recollected that I had seen in the famous breviary, which was on the table beside me, an old paper quite yellow with age, and which had served as a marker for centuries, kept there by the request of the heirs.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18. The Treasure.
16  This door was a mockery to the concierge, from whose vigilance and jurisdiction it was free, and, like that famous portal in the "Arabian Nights," opening at the "Sesame" of Ali Baba, it was wont to swing backward at a cabalistic word or a concerted tap from without from the sweetest voices or whitest fingers in the world.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 39. The Guests.
17  One thought in particular tormented him: namely, that during his journey hither he had sat so still, whereas he might, a dozen times, have plunged into the sea, and, thanks to his powers of swimming, for which he was famous, have gained the shore, concealed himself until the arrival of a Genoese or Spanish vessel, escaped to Spain or Italy, where Mercedes and his father could have joined him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If.
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