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1  You see," said Danglars, addressing Caderousse, "the turn things have taken.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
2  Oh, he has been taken to Fenestrelles, to Pignerol, or to the Sainte-Marguerite islands.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13. The Hundred Days.
3  I say the two, because Cardinal Rospigliosi, who had not taken any precaution, was completely despoiled.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18. The Treasure.
4  Asked me questions about the vessel, the time she left Marseilles, the course she had taken, and what was her cargo.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival.
5  Mercedes came again, and she found him so altered that she was even more anxious than before to have him taken to her own home.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 27. The Story.
6  Dantes said, "I wish to die," and had chosen the manner of his death, and fearful of changing his mind, he had taken an oath to die.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
7  Morrel's service, and a most singular change had taken place in his position; he had at the same time risen to the rank of cashier, and sunk to the rank of a servant.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.
8  Finally ten months and a half had gone by and no favorable change had taken place, and Dantes began to fancy the inspector's visit but a dream, an illusion of the brain.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners.
9  He found with pleasure that his captivity had taken away nothing of his power, and that he was still master of that element on whose bosom he had so often sported as a boy.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
10  Look after the house, wife, and I shall be back in two hours, and Caderousse left the house in haste, and ran rapidly in the direction opposite to that which the priest had taken.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 27. The Story.
11  He had taken the silence of the old man for a return to reason; and now these few words uttered by Faria, after so painful a crisis, seemed to indicate a serious relapse into mental alienation.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18. The Treasure.
12  No sooner had this idea taken possession of him than he became more composed, arranged his couch to the best of his power, ate little and slept less, and found existence almost supportable, because he felt that he could throw it off at pleasure, like a worn-out garment.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
13  As to the note which accompanied this, the Englishman understood that it might have been added by some inspector who had taken a momentary interest in Dantes' situation, but who had, from the remarks we have quoted, found it impossible to give any effect to the interest he had felt.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 28. The Prison Register.
14  A large stone had served as a wedge; flints and pebbles had been inserted around it, so as to conceal the orifice; this species of masonry had been covered with earth, and grass and weeds had grown there, moss had clung to the stones, myrtle-bushes had taken root, and the old rock seemed fixed to the earth.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
15  The day after that in which the scene we have just described had taken place on the road between Bellegarde and Beaucaire, a man of about thirty or two and thirty, dressed in a bright blue frock coat, nankeen trousers, and a white waistcoat, having the appearance and accent of an Englishman, presented himself before the mayor of Marseilles.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 28. The Prison Register.
16  But my real treasure is not that, my dear friend, which awaits me beneath the sombre rocks of Monte Cristo, it is your presence, our living together five or six hours a day, in spite of our jailers; it is the rays of intelligence you have elicited from my brain, the languages you have implanted in my memory, and which have taken root there with all their philological ramifications.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 19. The Third Attack.
17  'The king's attorney is informed by a friend to the throne and the religions institutions of his country, that one named Edmond Dantes, mate of the ship Pharaon, this day arrived from Smyrna, after having touched at Naples and Porto-Ferrajo, has been the bearer of a letter from Murat to the usurper, and again taken charge of another letter from the usurper to the Bonapartist club in Paris.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi.
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