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1  Yes," said the baron, "assassinated.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 65 TRIAL
2  He then concluded it must be an assassin.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 38 HOW, WITHOUT INCOMMDING HIMSELF, ATHOS PROCURES HIS EQUIPMENT
3  I pardon you," said he, "for the poisoning of my brother, and the assassination of his Grace, Lord Buckingham.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 66 EXECUTION
4  D'Artagnan preferred the second means, and lifted the assassin onto his shoulders at the moment the enemy fired.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
5  There were also less agreeable visits--for two or three times reports were spread that the cardinal had nearly been assassinated.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 43 THE SIGN OF THE RED DOVECOT
6  "The executioner may kill, without being on that account an assassin," said the man in the red cloak, rapping upon his immense sword.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 66 EXECUTION
7  We will have him informed that his sister-in-law is on the point of having someone assassinated, and beg him not to lose sight of her.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 47 THE COUNCIL OF THE MUSKETEERS
8  The sword of the Guardsman slipped along the barrel of the now-useless weapon, and passed through the thigh of the assassin, who fell.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
9  The idea of the two soldiers who had abandoned him occurred to his mind, and with them he remembered the assassins of two evenings before.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
10  He tried in vain to remember the faces or dress of the assassins; he had escaped so rapidly that he had not had leisure to notice anything.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
11  It was almost imperceptible motions of his eyes, fingers placed upon the lips, little assassinating smiles, which really did assassinate the disdained beauty.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 29 HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS
12  It was almost imperceptible motions of his eyes, fingers placed upon the lips, little assassinating smiles, which really did assassinate the disdained beauty.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 29 HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS
13  When you have given the letter to Lord de Winter and he has read it, you will further say to him: Watch over his Grace Lord Buckingham, for they wish to assassinate him.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 48 A FAMILY AFFAIR
14  The assassins comprehended that if they fled toward the camp without having killed their man, they should be accused by him; therefore their first idea was to join the enemy.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
15  A slight shock, the dull noise of three balls which penetrated the flesh, a last cry, a convulsion of agony, proved to d'Artagnan that the would-be assassin had saved his life.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
16  On the sixth of the following month the king, in compliance with the promise he had made the cardinal to return to La Rochelle, left his capital still in amazement at the news which began to spread itself of Buckingham's assassination.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 67 CONCLUSION
17  It is true that the enemies of the cardinal said that it was he himself who set these bungling assassins to work, in order to have, if wanted, the right of using reprisals; but we must not believe everything ministers say, nor everything their enemies say.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 43 THE SIGN OF THE RED DOVECOT
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