1 Ah, there is your proud and selfish nature.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 68. A Summer Ball. 2 Danglars has sacrificed them to the selfish consideration of gaining some thousands of paltry francs.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays. 3 I will remember it," said the young man, "as selfish children recollect their parents when they want their aid.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 92. The Suicide. 4 Noirtier to prevent his granddaughter marrying; old men are always so selfish in their affection, said Madame de Villefort.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 60. The Telegraph. 5 "Alas," said Morrel with a feeling of selfish joy; for he thought this death would cause the wedding to be postponed indefinitely.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 73. The Promise. 6 "Do not appeal to me, mademoiselle; I shall be a bad judge in such a case; my selfishness will blind me," replied Morrel, whose low voice and clinched hands announced his growing desperation.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 73. The Promise. 7 With the rapid instinct of selfishness, Caderousse readily perceived the solidity of this mode of reasoning; he gazed, doubtfully, wistfully, on Danglars, and then caution supplanted generosity.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast. 8 "Yet," continued the count, becoming each moment more absorbed in the anticipation of the dreadful sacrifice for the morrow, which Mercedes had accepted, "yet, it is impossible that so noble-minded a woman should thus through selfishness consent to my death when I am in the prime of life and strength; it is impossible that she can carry to such a point maternal love, or rather delirium."
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 90. The Meeting.