1 He had tried his strength to the utmost.
2 The MELEE became general, but strength was on the side of the Musketeers.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 6 HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII 3 Porthos boasted of the strength of Mousqueton, who was big enough to thrash four men of ordinary size.
4 She then thought that Lord de Winter would come, and by his presence give fresh strength to her jailer.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 52 CAPTIVITY: THE FIRST DAY 5 As for Planchet, he had been lifted from his horse as stiff as a rush; the poor lad's strength was almost exhausted.
6 And as if he only felt strength to detach himself by a violent effort from the hand he held, he sprang away, running, while Mme.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 11 IN WHICH THE PLOT THICKENS 7 I can hold out no longer, for I fear I shall be wanting in strength at the moment when I shall be forced to undergo the struggle, and confess my faith.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 54 CAPTIVITY: THE THIRD DAY 8 Anne of Austria stretched forth her hand, closing her eyes, and leaning with the other upon Estafania, for she felt that her strength was about to fail her.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM 9 In fact, Milady still held the harmless weapon in her clenched hand; but these last words, this supreme insult, relaxed her hands, her strength, and even her will.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 52 CAPTIVITY: THE FIRST DAY 10 Perhaps if I employed my strength against women I might perchance find them weaker than myself, and consequently conquer them; but it is with men that I struggle, and I am but a woman to them.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 52 CAPTIVITY: THE FIRST DAY 11 Of this wine, the first bottle being a little thick at the bottom, Brisemont poured the lees into a glass, and d'Artagnan desired him to drink it, for the poor devil had not yet recovered his strength.
12 For the rest, the storm which raged within her doubled her strength, and she would have burst the walls of her prison if her body had been able to take for a single instant the proportions of her mind.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY 13 Felton no doubt felt within himself that his strength was abandoning him, and he made several steps toward the door; but the prisoner, whose eye never left him, sprang in pursuit of him and stopped him.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 54 CAPTIVITY: THE THIRD DAY 14 He was of middle height; but his person was so admirably shaped and so well proportioned that more than once in his struggles with Porthos he had overcome the giant whose physical strength was proverbial among the Musketeers.
15 Then Milady attempted to tear down the doorcase, with a strength apparently above that of a woman; but finding she could not accomplish this, she in her fury stabbed at the door with her poniard, the point of which repeatedly glittered through the wood.
16 In an instant all the strength of mind of this creature, though drawn from the most vigorous sources, abandoned her; she sank into a large easy chair, with her arms crossed, her head lowered, and expecting every instant to see a judge enter to interrogate her.
17 A tall, pale clerk, his face shaded by a forest of virgin hair, opened the door, and bowed with the air of a man forced at once to respect in another lofty stature, which indicated strength, the military dress, which indicated rank, and a ruddy countenance, which indicated familiarity with good living.
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