1 Danglars opened his enormous eyes on hearing this gigantic joke.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 115. Luigi Vampa's Bill of Fare. 2 Do no such thing, I beg of you; he would only send you another, formed of a magnificent sapphire, or hollowed out of a gigantic ruby.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 53. Robert le Diable. 3 He was an athletic, gigantic bandit, with large eyes, thick lips, and a flat nose; his red hair fell in dishevelled masses like snakes around his shoulders.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 115. Luigi Vampa's Bill of Fare. 4 The supper consisted of a roast pheasant garnished with Corsican blackbirds; a boar's ham with jelly, a quarter of a kid with tartar sauce, a glorious turbot, and a gigantic lobster.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor. 5 Here and there on the walls of the staircase, were reflected gigantic shadows, which trembled in the flickering light of the pine-torches till they seemed to reach to the vaulted roof above.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 77. Haidee. 6 Clear sky, swift-flitting boats, and brilliant sunshine disappeared; the heavens were hung with black, and the gigantic structure of the Chateau d'If seemed like the phantom of a mortal enemy.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 113. The Past. 7 Franz had so managed his route, that during the ride to the Colosseum they passed not a single ancient ruin, so that no preliminary impression interfered to mitigate the colossal proportions of the gigantic building they came to admire.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 8 The heights of Pindus towered above us; the castle of Yanina rose white and angular from the blue waters of the lake, and the immense masses of black vegetation which, viewed in the distance, gave the idea of lichens clinging to the rocks, were in reality gigantic fir-trees and myrtles.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 77. Haidee. 9 A red handkerchief encircled his gray head; torn and filthy garments covered his large bony limbs, which seemed as though, like those of a skeleton, they would rattle as he walked; and the hand with which he leaned upon the young man's shoulder, and which was the first thing Andrea saw, seemed of gigantic size.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 64. The Beggar.