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1  The steward could not restrain himself.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 43. The House at Auteuil.
2  I do not condemn you, Albert; I only restrain you.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 87. The Challenge.
3  "No, no," cried Maximilian, quite unable to restrain his feelings.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 90. The Meeting.
4  In spite of his usual command over himself, Dantes could not restrain his impetuosity.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
5  Her grief, which she had hitherto tried to restrain, now burst out in a violent fit of hysterical sobbing.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
6  Yet he could not restrain a hope that in Italy, as elsewhere, there might be an exception to the general rule.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 34. The Colosseum.
7  Let him run on," said Danglars, restraining the young man; "drunk as he is, he is not much out in what he says.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 4. Conspiracy.
8  He found his carriage at the door, and doing his utmost to restrain his anger he went at once to find Beauchamp, who was in his office.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 78. We hear From Yanina.
9  Mercedes uttered these words with such deep anguish, with an accent of such intense despair, that Monte Cristo could not restrain a sob.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 89. A Nocturnal Interview.
10  The count left his box, and a moment later was saluting the Baronne Danglars, who could not restrain a cry of mingled pleasure and surprise.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 53. Robert le Diable.
11  Suddenly he rallied, made a violent effort to restrain himself, and then a smile gradually widened the features of his disturbed countenance.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 104. Danglars Signature.
12  Madame Danglars did not see them; she was engaged in stilling the beatings of her heart, and restraining the tears which were ready to gush forth.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds.
13  Suddenly a distant sound of rapidly advancing wheels was heard, and almost immediately a carriage appeared, drawn by a pair of wild, ungovernable horses, while the terrified coachman strove in vain to restrain their furious speed.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays.
14  The explosion, which had been so long restrained from a feeling of respect to the court of justice, now burst forth like thunder from the breasts of all present; the court itself did not seek to restrain the feelings of the audience.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 110. The Indictment.
15  When I think of you my heart beats fast, the blood burns in my veins, and I can hardly breathe; but I solemnly promise you to restrain all this ardor, this fervor and intensity of feeling, until you yourself shall require me to render them available in serving or assisting you.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 51. Pyramus and Thisbe.
16  The count bit his lips till the blood almost started, to prevent the ebullition of anger which his proud and irritable temper scarcely allowed him to restrain; understanding, however, that in the present state of things the laugh would decidedly be against him, he turned from the door, towards which he had been directing his steps, and again confronted the banker.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 78. We hear From Yanina.
17  His first movement was to free himself by a violent push from the encircling arms of his mother, and to rush forward to the casket from whence the count had taken the phial of elixir; then, without asking permission of any one, he proceeded, in all the wilfulness of a spoiled child unaccustomed to restrain either whims or caprices, to pull the corks out of all the bottles.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays.
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