1 Yes, I do, or may the devil take me.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 81. The Room of the Retired Baker. 2 "The devil take me, if I remember," returned Chateau-Renaud.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 40. The Breakfast. 3 Well, sir, I was educated at home by a poor devil of an abbe, who disappeared suddenly.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 28. The Prison Register. 4 He hesitated a moment, he was so very desirous to complete the poor devil's punishment.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor. 5 But he has discovered a thousand means of taking it away, and the devil has somewhat aided him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome. 6 We shall see," said the inspector; then, turning to the governor, "On my word, the poor devil touches me.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners. 7 This devil of a fellow," he muttered, shaking his head; "I said at the time he would create a sensation here, and I measure his effect by an infallible thermometer.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 41. The Presentation. 8 In reality," observed Albert, "he seemed to me somewhat eccentric; were he at Paris, and a frequenter of the theatres, I should say he was a poor devil literally mad.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome. 9 Perhaps I am; but one thing I have resolved on, and that is, to stop at nothing to restore a poor devil to liberty, who has got into this scrape solely from having served me.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 10 "Bertuccio," said the count, "I am very glad to tell you, that while you gesticulate, you wring your hands and roll your eyes like a man possessed by a devil who will not leave him; and I have always observed, that the devil most obstinate to be expelled is a secret."
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 43. The House at Auteuil. 11 From his past life, from his resolution to shrink from nothing, the count had acquired an inconceivable relish for the contests in which he had engaged, sometimes against nature, that is to say, against God, and sometimes against the world, that is, against the devil.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 82. The Burglary. 12 Very often the bandits are hard pressed by gendarmes or carbineers; well, they see a vessel, and good fellows like us on board, they come and demand hospitality of us; you can't refuse help to a poor hunted devil; we receive them, and for greater security we stand out to sea.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.