1 The four friends exchanged a joyful glance; half of the work was done.
2 But at this sort of work, many doublets must be slashed and many swords broken.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 6 HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII 3 The hostler, enchanted with the good day's work he had done, returned to the yard.
4 In the first place he had made rough work of it; one man was killed on the spot, and two others were severely wounded.
5 The four Musketeers went to work; and as they were loading the last musket Grimaud announced that the breakfast was ready.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 47 THE COUNCIL OF THE MUSKETEERS 6 He quickly saw two heads appear above an abandoned work within thirty paces of him; they were the heads of the two soldiers.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE 7 Milady reflected that the more people she had around her the more she would have to work upon, and Lord de Winter would redouble his watch.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 53 CAPTIVITY: THE SECOND DAY 8 Aramis, who was constantly at work at his poem, shut himself up in Athos's closet, and begged not to be disturbed before the moment of drawing swords.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 30 D'ARTAGNAN AND THE ENGLISHMAN 9 Planchet seeing there was no longer any hope of making his master renounce his project, heaved a profound sigh and set to work to groom the third horse.
10 All, therefore, of the vast resources of his genius were at work night and day, engaged in listening to the least report heard in any of the great kingdoms of Europe.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 43 THE SIGN OF THE RED DOVECOT 11 He fancied himself a burden to the society, forgetting in his perfectly juvenile good faith that he had fed this society for a month; and he set his mind actively to work.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 8 CONCERNING A COURT INTRIGUE 12 Then, if he persists, notwithstanding all this--as that is, as I have said, the limit of my mission--I shall have nothing to do but to pray God to work a miracle for the salvation of France.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 44 THE UTILITY OF STOVEPIPES 13 Moreover, its port was the last in the kingdom of France open to the English, and by closing it against England, our eternal enemy, the cardinal completed the work of Joan of Arc and the Duc de Guise.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE 14 The prisoner did not wish to lose time; and she resolved to make that very evening some attempts to ascertain the nature of the ground she had to work upon, by studying the characters of the men to whose guardianship she was committed.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 52 CAPTIVITY: THE FIRST DAY 15 The confusion of his mind, the terror which spurred him on, the cries of some of the patrol who started in pursuit of him, and the hooting of the people who, notwithstanding the early hour, were going to their work, only made him precipitate his course.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In 38 HOW, WITHOUT INCOMMDING HIMSELF, ATHOS PROCURES HIS EQUIPMENT 16 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 DumasContextHighlight In 43 THE SIGN OF THE RED DOVECOT 17 His whole body appeared in its ordinary state of calmness, only an unusual fire beamed from his eyes, like the effects of a fever; his brow was more pale than it generally was; his teeth were clenched, and his speech had a short dry accent which indicated that something dark was at work within him.
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