1 "My present happiness equals my past misery," said the count.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 71. Bread and Salt. 2 His misery was depicted in sinister lines on his countenance.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 86. The Trial. 3 There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October. 4 He told himself that it was the enmity of man, and not the vengeance of heaven, that had thus plunged him into the deepest misery.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27. 5 Mercedes had never known misery; she had often, in her youth, spoken of poverty, but between want and necessity, those synonymous words, there is a wide difference.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds. 6 God forgive me," said the young man, "for rejoicing at happiness derived from the misery of others, but, Heaven knows, I did not seek this good fortune; it has happened, and I really cannot pretend to lament it.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 2. Father and Son. 7 Still, let it not be supposed that amid this affected resignation to the will of Providence, the unfortunate inn-keeper did not writhe under the double misery of seeing the hateful canal carry off his customers and his profits, and the daily infliction of his peevish partner's murmurs and lamentations.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn. 8 And, as though to add to the daily misery which this prosperous canal inflicted on the unfortunate inn-keeper, whose utter ruin it was fast accomplishing, it was situated between the Rhone from which it had its source and the post-road it had depleted, not a hundred steps from the inn, of which we have given a brief but faithful description.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn. 9 The beautiful Catalane and noble countess had lost both her proud glance and charming smile, because she saw nothing but misery around her; the walls were hung with one of the gray papers which economical landlords choose as not likely to show the dirt; the floor was uncarpeted; the furniture attracted the attention to the poor attempt at luxury; indeed, everything offended eyes accustomed to refinement and elegance.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds.