1 She believed the order ready for execution.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 54 CAPTIVITY: THE THIRD DAY 2 He was a man of execution, this worthy Porthos.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 29 HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS 3 This time there was no longer any doubt; it was at the Traitor's Cross that lesser criminals were executed.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 13 MONSIEUR BONACIEUX 4 Then, certain that there could be no mistake in the execution of her orders, she started her horse and disappeared.
5 Mr. Jackson," said he, "go instantly to the Lord Chancellor, and tell him that I charge him with the execution of these orders.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 21 THE COUNTESS DE WINTER 6 Bonacieux in the convent of the Carmelites at Bethune, the trial in the isolated house, and the execution on the banks of the Lys.
7 If they meant to execute him at La Greve, it could scarcely be worth while to gag him, as they had nearly reached the place of execution.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 13 MONSIEUR BONACIEUX 8 If they meant to execute him at La Greve, it could scarcely be worth while to gag him, as they had nearly reached the place of execution.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 13 MONSIEUR BONACIEUX 9 The day after tomorrow it will return signed by his hand and marked with his seal; and four-and-twenty hours afterward I will answer for its being carried into execution.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 54 CAPTIVITY: THE THIRD DAY 10 This execution quieted the ill-disposed, who resolved to allow themselves to die of hunger--this death always appearing to them more slow and less sure than strangulation.
11 His ears had perceived sounds without comprehending them; he might have been executed at that moment without his making a single gesture in his own defense or uttering a cry to implore mercy.
12 Milady dreamed that she at length had d'Artagnan in her power, that she was present at his execution; and it was the sight of his odious blood, flowing beneath the ax of the headsman, which spread that charming smile upon her lips.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 53 CAPTIVITY: THE SECOND DAY 13 de Laffemas, chief gamekeeper of France; then, at length, invested with the entire confidence of the cardinal--a confidence which he had so well earned--he received the singular commission for the execution of which he presented himself in the queen's apartments.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 16 IN WHICH M. SEGUIER, KEEPER OF THE SEALS, LOOKS MORE THAN ONCE FOR THE BELL 14 Sometimes, Grimaud, who feared his master as he did fire, while entertaining a strong attachment to his person and a great veneration for his talents, believed he perfectly understood what he wanted, flew to execute the order received, and did precisely the contrary.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 7 THE INTERIOR* OF THE MUSKETEERS 15 D'Artagnan employed himself in arranging a little plan, of which we shall hereafter see the execution, and which promised him some agreeable adventure, as might be seen by the smiles which from time to time passed over his countenance, whose thoughtfulness they animated.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 30 D'ARTAGNAN AND THE ENGLISHMAN 16 For two days no one knew what had become of her, and everything remained in suspense; but once free, and placed in communication with Laporte, matters resumed their course, and she accomplished the perilous enterprise which, but for her arrest, would have been executed three days earlier.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM 17 To take spies and hang them, to make hazardous expeditions upon the dyke or the sea, to imagine wild plans, and to execute them coolly--such were the pastimes which made the army find these days short which were not only so long to the Rochellais, a prey to famine and anxiety, but even to the cardinal, who blockaded them so closely.
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