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1  The young officer preserved silence.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 49 FATALITY
2  On the contrary," said Athos, "it must be preserved carefully.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 47 THE COUNCIL OF THE MUSKETEERS
3  Do as I bade you," cried the commissary, "and preserve absolute secrecy.
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ContextHighlight   In 13 MONSIEUR BONACIEUX
4  With another man, Milady might have preserved some doubt; but she knew Athos.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 45 A CONJUGAL SCENE
5  Be of good heart, Planchet, you shall preserve your reputation as a veracious man.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 25 PORTHOS
6  The cardinal, then, was seeking to preserve him from some misfortune which threatened him.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 40 A TERRIBLE VISION
7  He passed his tongue over a spoonful of preserves, and stuck his teeth into the sticky pastry of Mme.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 32 A PROCURATOR'S DINNER
8  Besides, on pressing occasions, in extreme difficulties, d'Artagnan would become the preserver of his friends.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 11 IN WHICH THE PLOT THICKENS
9  Coquenard rose and took from a buffet a piece of cheese, some preserved quinces, and a cake which she had herself made of almonds and honey.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 32 A PROCURATOR'S DINNER
10  The travelers then comprehended that there must be some reason why the unknown preserved such a silence, and ceased to address themselves to him.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 65 TRIAL
11  He preserved this opinion even after the feast, with the remnants of which he repaired his own long abstinence; but when in the evening he made his master's bed, the chimeras of Planchet faded away.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 7 THE INTERIOR* OF THE MUSKETEERS
12  Their anxiety about their outfits had all disappeared, and each countenance only preserved the expression of its own secret disquiet--for behind all present happiness is concealed a fear for the future.
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ContextHighlight   In 39 A VISION
13  My dear Cousin, His Eminence, the cardinal, whom God preserve for the happiness of France and the confusion of the enemies of the kingdom, is on the point of putting an end to the hectic rebellion of La Rochelle.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 48 A FAMILY AFFAIR
14  At ten o'clock, the king's collation, consisting of preserves and other delicacies, was prepared in the little room on the side of the church of St. Jean, in front of the silver buffet of the city, which was guarded by four archers.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 22 THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON
15  She thought it was best to preserve silence, to discreetly set off to accomplish her difficult mission with her usual skill; and then, all things being accomplished to the satisfaction of the cardinal, to come to him and claim her vengeance.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 45 A CONJUGAL SCENE
16  His delicate mustache marked a perfectly straight line upon his upper lip; he appeared to dread to lower his hands lest their veins should swell, and he pinched the tips of his ears from time to time to preserve their delicate pink transparency.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 2 THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE
17  The king, however, who sought distraction, while traveling as fast as possible--for he was anxious to be in Paris by the twenty-third--stopped from time to time to fly the magpie, a pastime for which the taste had been formerly inspired in him by de Luynes, and for which he had always preserved a great predilection.
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ContextHighlight   In 60 IN FRANCE
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