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1  The count was, it may be remembered, a most temperate guest.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 40. The Breakfast.
2  They knew the count's energetic and violent temper; it must be, indeed, a dreadful blow which would deprive him of courage to defend himself.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 86. The Trial.
3  Danglars took advantage of Caderousse's temper at the moment, to take him off towards Marseilles by the Porte Saint-Victor, staggering as he went.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 4. Conspiracy.
4  The sport was bad; Franz only succeeded in killing a few partridges, and, like every unsuccessful sportsman, he returned to the boat very much out of temper.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
5  In order that he might awaken early he did not close the shutters, but contented himself with bolting the door and placing on the table an unclasped and long-pointed knife, whose temper he well knew, and which was never absent from him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern.
6  I promise you that to make up for her want of loyalty, I will be most inflexibly severe; then casting an expressive glance at his betrothed, which seemed to say, Fear not, for your dear sake my justice shall be tempered with mercy, and receiving a sweet and approving smile in return, Villefort quitted the room.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi.
7  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.