1 He held the blotter in his hand and contemplated it in stupid delight, almost ready to laugh at the hallucination of which he had been the dupe.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 15: CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER 2 de Treville was the more the dupe, from having himself, as we have said, observed something fresh between the cardinal, the king, and the queen.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 10 A MOUSETRAP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 3 "Certainly, madame," said Porthos, winking to himself, as a gambler does who laughs at the dupe he is about to pluck.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 29 HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS 4 Thus the poor woman was completely the dupe of the prisoner, whom, notwithstanding her hints, she persisted in watching all night.
5 A woman who could betray me for such a rival was not worth contending for; she deserved only scorn; less, however, than I, who had been her dupe.
6 Forth now, dupe, and face thankless perils; forth, cut down the Tyrrhenian lines; give the Latins peace in thy protection.
7 These despised themselves, as being the dupes of a wily fraud, a guileful snake in the grass.
8 But the clerks were not the dupes of this deceit, and their lugubrious looks settled down into resigned countenances.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 32 A PROCURATOR'S DINNER 9 Cease, then, to allow yourself to be duped by vain hopes, that even your own excellent heart refuses to believe in.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber. 10 Thus the Genoese, subtle as he was, was duped by Edmond, in whose favor his mild demeanor, his nautical skill, and his admirable dissimulation, pleaded.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 22. The Smugglers. 11 This letter gave Elizabeth some pain; but her spirits returned as she considered that Jane would no longer be duped, by the sister at least.