1 How fortunate that the ornaments were worth more than the watch.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds. 2 You will have to find the Abbe Busoni; and abbes who give diamonds worth two thousand louis are rare.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 44. The Vendetta. 3 I have always heard how cheap poultry is in Italy; I should think a fowl is worth about twelve sous at Rome.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 115. Luigi Vampa's Bill of Fare. 4 Well, never mind that, neighbor Caderousse; it is not worth while to contradict me for such a trifle as that.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast. 5 It was said at this moment that Danglars was worth from six to eight millions of francs, and had unlimited credit.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September. 6 The woman selected a gold chain worth about five louis, and the husband a pair of buckles, worth perhaps fifteen francs.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 44. The Vendetta. 7 As I look at it, a millionth part of a railway is worth fully as much as an acre of waste land on the banks of the Ohio.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 95. Father and Daughter. 8 The guide took them, thinking them merely a few pieces of little value; but the light of the torch revealed their true worth.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 113. The Past. 9 I have no money to pay my bill, but I am not a dishonest man; I leave behind me as a pledge this pin, worth ten times the amount.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern. 10 The jailer saw by his tone he would be happy to die; and as every prisoner is worth ten sous a day to his jailer, he replied in a more subdued tone.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If. 11 And he measured ten double handfuls of pearls, diamonds, and other gems, many of which, mounted by the most famous workmen, were valuable beyond their intrinsic worth.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave. 12 We make in our case a deposit, on a mortgage, which is an advance, as you see, since we gain at least ten, fifteen, twenty, or a hundred livres' worth of iron in exchange for our money.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 95. Father and Daughter. 13 Because, in the first place, they transfer from the vessel to their own boat whatever they think worth taking, then they bind the crew hand and foot, they attach to every one's neck a four and twenty pound ball, a large hole is chopped in the vessel's bottom, and then they leave her.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor. 14 Those who took me from my father, and who always intended, sooner or later, to sell me again to my original proprietor, as they have now done, calculated that, in order to make the most of their bargain, it would be politic to leave me in possession of all my personal and hereditary worth, and even to increase the value, if possible.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 56. Andrea Cavalcanti.