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1  de Villefort; 'they fancy that their countryman is still emperor.'
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 44. The Vendetta.
2  Edmond fancied he heard a bitter laugh resounding from the depths.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
3  He saw in fancy the burial of his father, and the marriage of Mercedes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 113. The Past.
4  Hitherto I have fancied myself merely waging war against circumstances, not men.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 16. A Learned Italian.
5  He started when he saw Renee, for he fancied she was again about to plead for Dantes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal.
6  He fancied for a moment that he had been shot, and listened for the report; but he heard nothing.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
7  Fortunately, he fancied that Dantes was delirious; and placing the food on the rickety table, he withdrew.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
8  Well, you soon become tired of singing, and you take a fancy to study diplomacy with the minister's secretary.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 65. A Conjugal Scene.
9  He fancied that these two forms were looking at the sea; doubtless these strange grave-diggers had heard his cry.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
10  But I too have had the idea you have, and two or three times the same fancy has come over me; but I have always given it up.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 32. The Waking.
11  Finally ten months and a half had gone by and no favorable change had taken place, and Dantes began to fancy the inspector's visit but a dream, an illusion of the brain.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners.
12  He fancied that every wave behind him was a pursuing boat, and he redoubled his exertions, increasing rapidly his distance from the chateau, but exhausting his strength.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
13  Thus every now and then he saw in fancy amid the sailors, seated on a rock, or undulating in the vessel, one of the shadows which had shared his dream with looks and kisses.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 32. The Waking.
14  The chief beauty of trees consists in the deep shadow of their umbrageous boughs, while fancy pictures a moving multitude of shapes and forms flitting and passing beneath that shade.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood.
15  The two young ladies were seen seated on the same chair, at the piano, accompanying themselves, each with one hand, a fancy to which they had accustomed themselves, and performed admirably.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 76. Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger.
16  At length one evening, as the jailer was visiting him for the last time that night, Dantes, with his ear for the hundredth time at the wall, fancied he heard an almost imperceptible movement among the stones.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
17  Around him, and in groups, according to their fancy, lying in their mantles, or with their backs against a sort of stone bench, which went all round the columbarium, were to be seen twenty brigands or more, each having his carbine within reach.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
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