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1  Nay, madame, I pray you pardon this little traitor.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi.
2  Do as you please; but, first of all, pray have a servant, father.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2. Father and Son.
3  Now, sir," said Albert, "if you think my apology sufficient, pray give me your hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 90. The Meeting.
4  I have already made my excuses to the count for quitting him, and I pray you to do so also.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 41. The Presentation.
5  Yes; pray take a cigar, and cease to defend yourself, and to struggle to escape marrying Mademoiselle Danglars.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 68. A Summer Ball.
6  You mistake, Fernand; it is not a law, but merely a custom, and, I pray of you, do not cite this custom in your favor.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3. The Catalans.
7  Now, sir, pray do not be offended at the question I am about to put to you, as it comes in the way of my duty as your patron.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 56. Andrea Cavalcanti.
8  "Take it, then, and pray disturb us no longer," said Madame de Villefort, giving the album to Edward, who then went towards the door, led by his mother.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 52. Toxicology.
9  One night, however, I heard his sobs, and I could not resist my desire to go up to him, but when I reached his door he was no longer weeping but praying.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 27. The Story.
10  I remember well that the slaves, convinced of the precarious tenure on which they held their lives, passed whole days and nights in praying, crying, and groaning.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 77. Haidee.
11  Oh, no, no, count," cried Maximilian, seizing the count's hands, "pray laugh; be happy, and prove to me, by your indifference, that life is endurable to sufferers.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
12  Then, while Madame de Saint-Meran remained on her knees, praying fervently, Villefort sent for a cab, and went himself to fetch his wife and daughter from Madame de Morcerf's.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 72. Madame de Saint-Meran.
13  No, monsieur, I swear to you, by my hopes of salvation, I will tell you all, for the Abbe Busoni himself only knew a part of my secret; but, I pray you, go away from that plane-tree.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 43. The House at Auteuil.
14  Oh," replied the wretched woman, mournfully shaking her head, "the prosperity of which you speak, and which, from the bottom of my heart, I pray God in his mercy to grant him, I can never enjoy.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 112. The Departure.
15  Ten minutes afterwards the surgeon and the procureur arrived, the one accompanied by the porter, the other by Ali, and were received by the Abbe Busoni, who was praying by the side of the corpse.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 83. The Hand of God.
16  She had turned from the window, which remained open, and was praying in accents that would have affected the most unfeeling; her words were rapid, incoherent, unintelligible, for the burning weight of grief almost stopped her utterance.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 73. The Promise.
17  Tell the angel who will watch over your future destiny, Morrel, to pray sometimes for a man, who like Satan thought himself for an instant equal to God, but who now acknowledges with Christian humility that God alone possesses supreme power and infinite wisdom.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
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