1 Tears, entreaties, prayers, have availed me nothing.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 73. The Promise. 2 Morcerf and Chateau-Renaud were amongst the first to avail themselves of this permission.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 53. Robert le Diable. 3 The president himself advanced to place a seat for the young lady; but she declined availing herself of it.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 86. The Trial. 4 As Franz had sufficient time, and his apartments at Rome were not yet available, he accepted the proposition.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor. 5 Noirtier and Valentine had given him leave to go twice a week, and he was now availing himself of that permission.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 93. Valentine. 6 Beauchamp availed himself of Albert's permission, and left him, promising to call for him at a quarter before eight.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 88. The Insult. 7 An overhanging rock offered him a temporary shelter, and scarcely had he availed himself of it when the tempest burst forth in all its fury.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen. 8 Morrel had long thought of Danglars, but had kept away from some instinctive motive, and had delayed as long as possible availing himself of this last resource.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September. 9 This obliged them to make all the speed they could to evade the enemy, when they could but lament the absence of Dantes, whose superior skill in the management of a vessel would have availed them so materially.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 25. The Unknown. 10 Gladly availing himself of this opportunity, the coachman leaped from his box; but Ali had promptly seized the nostrils of the second horse, and held them in his iron grasp, till the beast, snorting with pain, sunk beside his companion.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays. 11 He contemplated with unspeakable delight the large diamond which shone on the major's little finger; for the major, like a prudent man, in case of any accident happening to his bank-notes, had immediately converted them into an available asset.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 64. The Beggar. 12 I know it sir," replied Monte Cristo; "but when I visit a country I begin to study, by all the means which are available, the men from whom I may have anything to hope or to fear, till I know them as well as, perhaps better than, they know themselves.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 48. Ideology. 13 When I think of you my heart beats fast, the blood burns in my veins, and I can hardly breathe; but I solemnly promise you to restrain all this ardor, this fervor and intensity of feeling, until you yourself shall require me to render them available in serving or assisting you.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 51. Pyramus and Thisbe. 14 Her opera-glass was so fixedly directed towards them, that Franz saw it would be cruel not to satisfy her curiosity; and, availing himself of one of the privileges of the spectators of the Italian theatres, who use their boxes to hold receptions, the two friends went to pay their respects to the countess.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.