1 She fell into so deep a revery that her eyes gradually closed.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 41. The Presentation. 2 The night gradually drew on, and the foliage in the garden assumed a deeper hue.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 73. The Promise. 3 Confused sights and sounds seemed to float before me, and gradually I fell into a deep, heavy slumber.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood. 4 Dantes saw the light gradually disappear, and fearing to be surprised in the cavern, left it, his gun in his hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave. 5 On descending, we saw through the lattice-work several boats which were gradually becoming more distinct to our view.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 77. Haidee. 6 We have seen that on the first rumor which reached the salon he had gradually approached the door, and crossing two or three rooms at last disappeared.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern. 7 Monte Cristo for some time kept his eyes fixed on the young girl, who gradually fell asleep, yielding to the effects of the narcotic the count had given her.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 101. Locusta. 8 At the words "I will," Beauchamp steadily raised his eyes to Albert's countenance, and then as gradually lowering them, he remained thoughtful for a few moments.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 78. We hear From Yanina. 9 The rigors which had attacked Barrois gradually increased, the features of the face became quite altered, and the convulsive movement of the muscles appeared to indicate the approach of a most serious nervous disorder.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 79. The Lemonade. 10 Conjecture soon became certainty, for the figure of a man was distinctly visible to Franz, gradually emerging from the staircase opposite, upon which the moon was at that moment pouring a full tide of silvery brightness.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 11 The strife had fairly begun, and the recollection of what they had seen half an hour before was gradually effaced from the young men's minds, so much were they occupied by the gay and glittering procession they now beheld.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome. 12 Oh, yes," replied the count; "understand me, I would fight a duel for a trifle, for an insult, for a blow; and the more so that, thanks to my skill in all bodily exercises, and the indifference to danger I have gradually acquired, I should be almost certain to kill my man.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 35. La Mazzolata. 13 Born in the neighborhood of Arles, she had shared in the beauty for which its women are proverbial; but that beauty had gradually withered beneath the devastating influence of the slow fever so prevalent among dwellers by the ponds of Aiguemortes and the marshes of Camargue.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn. 14 The draught produced a galvanic effect, a violent trembling pervaded the old man's limbs, his eyes opened until it was fearful to gaze upon them, he heaved a sigh which resembled a shriek, and then his convulsed body returned gradually to its former immobility, the eyes remaining open.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 19. The Third Attack. 15 He was for some time without reflection or thought for the divine charm which is in the things of nature, specially after a fantastic dream; then gradually this view of the outer world, so calm, so pure, so grand, reminded him of the illusiveness of his vision, and once more awakened memory.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 32. The Waking. 16 Faria, as we have said, without having recovered the use of his hand and foot, had regained all the clearness of his understanding, and had gradually, besides the moral instructions we have detailed, taught his youthful companion the patient and sublime duty of a prisoner, who learns to make something from nothing.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 19. The Third Attack. 17 This loophole, which gradually diminished in size as it approached the outside, to an opening through which a child could not have passed, was, for better security, furnished with three iron bars, so as to quiet all apprehensions even in the mind of the most suspicious jailer as to the possibility of a prisoner's escape.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 16. A Learned Italian. Your search result possibly is over 17 sentences. If you upgrade to a VIP account, you will see up to 500 sentences for one search.