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1  "Yes," said Danglars, while the perspiration started from the roots of his hair.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 104. Danglars Signature.
2  It seemed as if his feet were rooted to the ground, and his eyes on the Count of Morcerf.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 41. The Presentation.
3  Villefort and Madame Danglars remained for a moment, as if rooted to their seats; they questioned each other with vague and stupid glances.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 63. The Dinner.
4  Oh, great city, it is in thy palpitating bosom that I have found that which I sought; like a patient miner, I have dug deep into thy very entrails to root out evil thence.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 112. The Departure.
5  The young shepherd stopped, as if his feet had been rooted to the ground; then he put the butt of his carbine to his shoulder, took aim at the ravisher, followed him for a second in his track, and then fired.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
6  And yet the two young people had never declared their affection; they had grown together like two trees whose roots are mingled, whose branches intertwined, and whose intermingled perfume rises to the heavens.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
7  Albert had proceeded no farther than the door, where he remained rooted to the spot, being completely fascinated by the sight of such surpassing beauty, beheld as it was for the first time, and of which an inhabitant of more northern climes could form no adequate idea.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 77. Haidee.
8  There is," said he, at the end of his meditations, "a clever maxim, which bears upon what I was saying to you some little while ago, and that is, that unless wicked ideas take root in a naturally depraved mind, human nature, in a right and wholesome state, revolts at crime.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber.
9  While Madame de Villefort remained rooted to the spot like a statue of terror, and Villefort, with his head hidden in the bedclothes, saw nothing around him, d'Avrigny approached the window, that he might the better examine the contents of the glass, and dipping the tip of his finger in, tasted it.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 102. Valentine.
10  A large stone had served as a wedge; flints and pebbles had been inserted around it, so as to conceal the orifice; this species of masonry had been covered with earth, and grass and weeds had grown there, moss had clung to the stones, myrtle-bushes had taken root, and the old rock seemed fixed to the earth.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
11  Madame Danglars was rooted to the spot; she made a violent effort to reply to this last attack, but she fell upon a chair thinking of Villefort, of the dinner scene, of the strange series of misfortunes which had taken place in her house during the last few days, and changed the usual calm of her establishment to a scene of scandalous debate.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 65. A Conjugal Scene.
12  But my real treasure is not that, my dear friend, which awaits me beneath the sombre rocks of Monte Cristo, it is your presence, our living together five or six hours a day, in spite of our jailers; it is the rays of intelligence you have elicited from my brain, the languages you have implanted in my memory, and which have taken root there with all their philological ramifications.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 19. The Third Attack.