1 "I shall bring that forward as an extenuating circumstance," replied Eugenie.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 97. The Departure for Belgium. 2 "There will be extenuating circumstances," he replied.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 110. The Indictment. 3 On these three considerations alone is based the conception of irresponsibility for crimes and the extenuating circumstances admitted by all legislative codes.
4 There is here a sort of delicacy of the divine justice, hesitating to let loose upon the illustrious usurper the formidable historian, sparing Caesar Tacitus, and according extenuating circumstances to genius.
Les Misérables (V4) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER II—THE ROOT OF THE MATTER 5 Impostor," repeated Villefort; "certainly, madame, you appear to extenuate some cases, and exaggerate others.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 99. The Law. 6 It would avail me nothing to extenuate it now.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 44. OUR HOUSEKEEPING 7 "It was a small estate that brought in no profit," replied Prince Andrew, trying to extenuate his action so as not to irritate the old man uselessly.
8 I sometimes thought of standing my trial, for, although I could not deny the facts alleged in the several articles, yet I hoped they would admit of some extenuation.
Gulliver's Travels(V1) By Jonathan SwiftContext Highlight In PART 1: CHAPTER VII. 9 The circumstances of his marriage, too, were found to admit of much extenuation.
10 He appeared, and confirmed the whole account: but with much more advantage to the captain, whose modesty had extenuated or concealed a great part of his merit.
Gulliver's Travels(V2) By Jonathan SwiftContext Highlight In PART 3: CHAPTER VIII.