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1  The next morning he gathered an armful of pieces of slate and began.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
2  The countess left the arm of Monte Cristo, and gathered a bunch of Muscatel grapes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 71. Bread and Salt.
3  As usual, Valentine strolled for a short time among her flowers, but without gathering them.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 72. Madame de Saint-Meran.
4  He began gathering the grape-leaves which screened the sun from the grapes, and won the heart of the gardener.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 61. How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice ...
5  Plaints made in common are almost prayers, and prayers where two or three are gathered together invoke the mercy of heaven.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
6  The soldiers you believe to be dying with hunger, worn out with fatigue, ready to desert, gather like atoms of snow about the rolling ball as it hastens onward.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 12. Father and Son.
7  Villefort, becoming somewhat reassured, perceived that to avert the maternal storm gathering over his head, he must inspire Madame Danglars with the terror he felt.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 67. At the Office of the King's Attorney.
8  Albert gathered up his papers hastily, rang the bell to pay the thirty francs he owed to the landlord, and offering his arm to his mother, they descended the stairs.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds.
9  The thieves looked at one another with low murmurs, and a storm gathered over the head of the aristocratic prisoner, raised less by his own words than by the manner of the keeper.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 107. The Lions' Den.
10  Fortunately, as we have said, Edmond was only wounded, and with certain herbs gathered at certain seasons, and sold to the smugglers by the old Sardinian women, the wound soon closed.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22. The Smugglers.
11  The bride blushed, while Fernand, restless and uneasy, seemed to start at every fresh sound, and from time to time wiped away the large drops of perspiration that gathered on his brow.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
12  After remaining for a short time in the parterre surrounding the house, and gathering a rose to place in her waist or hair, she turned into the dark avenue which led to the bench; then from the bench she went to the gate.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 72. Madame de Saint-Meran.
13  Morcerf paused at these words, quietly waiting till the cloud should have dispersed which had gathered on the brow of Danglars, and which he attributed to his silence; but, on the contrary, to his great surprise, it grew darker and darker.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 78. We hear From Yanina.
14  Debray, who perceived the gathering clouds, and felt no desire to witness the explosion of Madame Danglars' rage, suddenly recollected an appointment, which compelled him to take his leave; while Monte Cristo, unwilling by prolonging his stay to destroy the advantages he hoped to obtain, made a farewell bow and departed, leaving Danglars to endure the angry reproaches of his wife.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays.