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1  "I am, indeed, most wretched," replied Mercedes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 112. The Departure.
2  Then, wretched creature, then you tempted God a third time.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 83. The Hand of God.
3  "My wretched curiosity has brought all this about," pursued the lady.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays.
4  Then boats filled with armed soldiers will pursue the wretched fugitive.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
5  Yes, as you said, you are indeed wretched and a miracle alone can cure you.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
6  It was, indeed, Maximilian Morrel, who had passed a wretched existence since the previous day.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 73. The Promise.
7  For the last month this wretched house had presented the gloomy appearance of a lazaretto infected with the plague.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 99. The Law.
8  Then his eyes lighted up with hatred as he thought of the three men who had caused him so long and wretched a captivity.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
9  When the wretched man again opened his eyes, the count looked at him with a mournful expression of pity, and his lips moved as if in prayer.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 83. The Hand of God.
10  By the light of the wretched and wavering lamp, of which we have spoken, Dantes saw the old man, pale, but yet erect, clinging to the bedstead.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 19. The Third Attack.
11  One morning my father sent for us; my mother had been crying all the night, and was very wretched; we found the pasha calm, but paler than usual.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 77. Haidee.
12  It is a wretched, damp, nay, even horrible spot, more especially when we consider the agonizing conferences which have taken place between those iron bars.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 107. The Lions' Den.
13  Yes; because instead of expecting two hundred wretched francs, you expect five or six thousand, perhaps ten, perhaps even twelve, for you take care not to let any one know the utmost.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 81. The Room of the Retired Baker.
14  Caligula or Nero, those treasure-seekers, those desirers of the impossible, would have accorded to the poor wretch, in exchange for his wealth, the liberty he so earnestly prayed for.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners.
15  An indescribable ray of joy illumined that wretched countenance like the last ray of the sun before it disappears behind the clouds which bear the aspect, not of a downy couch, but of a tomb.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 92. The Suicide.
16  Oh," replied the wretched woman, mournfully shaking her head, "the prosperity of which you speak, and which, from the bottom of my heart, I pray God in his mercy to grant him, I can never enjoy.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 112. The Departure.
17  Franz now listened to it for the third time; yet its notes, so tenderly expressive and fearfully grand as the wretched husband and wife give vent to their different griefs and passions, thrilled through the soul of Franz with an effect equal to his first emotions upon hearing it.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 34. The Colosseum.
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