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1  The brigadier advanced to him, sword in hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern.
2  We bring to his widow his sword and cross of honor.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival.
3  I have hung up my sword, and cast myself into politics.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 41. The Presentation.
4  In France people fight with the sword or pistol, in the colonies with the carbine, in Arabia with the dagger.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 88. The Insult.
5  'The president went up the steps, after pushing his sword into his cane; a track of blood on the snow marked his course.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 75. A Signed Statement.
6  The light made the two swords appear like flashes of lightning; as for the men, they were scarcely perceptible, the darkness was so great.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 75. A Signed Statement.
7  He received him on his sword and three times the general drew back on finding himself too closely engaged, and then returned to the charge.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 75. A Signed Statement.
8  The president's sword, which was simply, as he had said, one he carried in his cane, was five inches shorter than the general's, and had no guard.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 75. A Signed Statement.
9  Albert passed his hand over his forehead, as if to try his strength, as a man who is preparing to defend his life proves his shield and bends his sword.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 86. The Trial.
10  You are alone, one alone shall answer you; you have a sword by your side, I have one in my cane; you have no witness, one of these gentlemen will serve you.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 75. A Signed Statement.
11  "Come, come," said Andrea, "sheathe your sword, my fine fellow; there is no occasion to make such a fuss, since I give myself up;" and he held out his hands to be manacled.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern.
12  , a sword, pale, on an oval shield, like all the Italian armorial bearings, and surmounted by a cardinal's hat; Dantes easily recognized them, Faria had so often drawn them for him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
13  The general proposed to cast lots for the swords, but the president said it was he who had given the provocation, and when he had given it he had supposed each would use his own arms.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 75. A Signed Statement.
14  Before he had spoken a word, the count saw in the next room a veiled woman, who had followed closely after Baptistin, and now, seeing the count with a pistol in his hand and swords on the table, rushed in.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 89. A Nocturnal Interview.
15  Your name is celebrated, your position magnificent; and then the Comte de Morcerf is a soldier, and it is pleasing to see the integrity of a Bayard united to the poverty of a Duguesclin; disinterestedness is the brightest ray in which a noble sword can shine.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 54. A Flurry in Stocks.
16  Yet he did not leave a foot of this granite wall, as impenetrable as futurity, without strict scrutiny; he did not see a fissure without introducing the blade of his hunting sword into it, or a projecting point on which he did not lean and press in the hopes it would give way.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 32. The Waking.
17  On the walls, over the doors, on the ceiling, were swords, daggers, Malay creeses, maces, battle-axes; gilded, damasked, and inlaid suits of armor; dried plants, minerals, and stuffed birds, their flame-colored wings outspread in motionless flight, and their beaks forever open.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 39. The Guests.
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