1 This petition to Napoleon, kept back by Villefort, had become, under the second restoration, a terrible weapon against him in the hands of the king's attorney.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 28. The Prison Register. 2 He was the same man, or rather the development of the same man, whom we have heretofore seen as assistant attorney at Marseilles.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 48. Ideology. 3 Andrea had spoken very little during dinner; he was an intelligent lad, and he feared to utter some absurdity before so many grand people, amongst whom, with dilating eyes, he saw the king's attorney.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 64. The Beggar. 4 In this simple way, madame," replied Monte Cristo; "the waistcoat and the letter were both what is termed circumstantial evidence; I therefore sent them to the king's attorney.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 96. The Contract. 5 "Adieu, madame," replied the king's attorney, as in an almost joyful manner he conducted her to the door.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 99. The Law. 6 Scarcely had he entered the hall when he glanced at the whole body of magistrates and assistants; his eye rested longer on the president, and still more so on the king's attorney.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 110. The Indictment. 7 "My father is king's attorney," replied Andrea calmly.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasGet Context In Chapter 110. The Indictment. 8 Thereupon an idea occurred to the attorney for the crown.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS 9 There was in Tholomyes a district attorney, and in Courfeyrac a paladin.
Les Misérables (V3) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC 10 You are the son of my aunt, consequently my cousin; you come from Noyon, in Picardy; you have several lawsuits and no attorney.
THE THREE MUSKETEERS By Alexandre DumasGet Context In 29 HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS 11 Her father had been an attorney in Meryton, and had left her four thousand pounds.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 7 12 Having received his orders, I despatched a man to fetch the attorney, and four more, provided with serviceable weapons, to demand my young lady of her jailor.
Wuthering Heights By Emily BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXVIII 13 The other members were Dr. Westlake, Lyman Cass, Julius Flickerbaugh the attorney, Guy Pollock, and Martin Mahoney, former livery-stable keeper and now owner of a garage.
Main Street By Sinclair LewisGet Context In CHAPTER XIX 14 Her most positive experience was the revelation of Mrs. Flickerbaugh, the tall, thin, twitchy wife of the attorney.
Main Street By Sinclair LewisGet Context In CHAPTER XXVII 15 Upon that Chichikov begged her to accord the gentleman in question a power of attorney, while, to save extra trouble, he himself would then and there compose the requisite letter.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Vasilievich GogolGet Context In PART 1: CHAPTER III