1 Yes, yes, the mortuary deposition.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 28. The Prison Register. 2 The dying man had signed a deposition declaring Benedetto to be the assassin.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 84. Beauchamp. 3 The servant instantly showed it to one of the others, who, without saying a word to any of the family, went to a magistrate; and, upon their deposition, Justine was apprehended.
4 I thank you," replied I; "listen, therefore, to the deposition that I have to make.
5 These are the terms of his deposition: 'I do not even stand in need of circumstantial proofs and moral presumptions to give the lie to the prisoner's denial.'
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS 6 immediately after having given his deposition.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III—JAVERT SATISFIED 7 Everyone believed the victory to have been complete, and some even spoke of Napoleon's having been captured, of his deposition, and of the choice of a new ruler for France.
8 Rhett rose swiftly, deposited Wade in Fanny's lap, and went into the parlor.
9 And Frank had deposited it in the bank in his own name, so now she could not even hire a rig.
10 That night when Frank deposited her and Aunt Pitty and the children at Melanie's and rode off down the street with Ashley, Scarlett could have burst with rage and hurt.
11 Instead, she approached her desk, and lighting a taper, tied and sealed the packet; then she opened the wardrobe, drew out a despatch-box, and deposited the letters within it.
12 Lily sat down on one of the plush and rosewood sofas, and he deposited himself in a rocking-chair draped with a starched antimacassar which scraped unpleasantly against the pink fold of skin above his collar.
13 Fern had driven him home; deposited him, retching and wabbling, on the Bogart porch.
14 But it was a young black girl, who came in, bringing a small bundle of laundry, which she deposited in the adjoining room, and went away.
15 Her principal thought was of fire, for she had deposited her money in bills, and was afraid that if they were burned up the bank would not give her any others.