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  1 Pre|  certainly afford our readers but little amusement.  It will suffice,
  2 1  |           and endeavoring by this little flattery to make up matters
  3 1  |     nothing in his pocket but his little old velvet purse with the
  4 1  |          answered d'Artagnan, but little convinced, as he knew better
  5 1  |       Paris on foot, carrying his little packet under his arm, and
  6 2  |        the way of honor, but very little in the way of wealth; so
  7 2  |         and that was not saying a little. The captain of the Musketeers
  8 2  |        due season. ~D'Artagnan, a little recovered from his first
  9 2  |          cerulean-blue doublet, a little faded and worn, and over
 10 2  | transparency. Habitually he spoke little and slowly, bowed frequently,
 11 3  |      grievously wounded, was very little better. For you know Athos.
 12 3  |      yourself. Do not refuse this little service. Our best-born and
 13 3  |          could not but perceive a little coldness in this reception. ~"
 14 4  |         de Treville speak to us a little cavalierly today that other
 15 4  |           Artagnan had left him a little cavalier. ~Besides this,
 16 4  |      replied Aramis, coldly, very little sensible to the reparation.
 17 5  |          you are ignorant of this little fact," said Athos. ~"My
 18 5  |        then, and you will enjoy a little amusement without cost to
 19 6  |            Monsieur d'Artagnan is little more than a boy; and as
 20 6  |           as long as you like, my little gentleman! I have said what
 21 6  |         unfortunately I have very little time to spare, having an
 22 7  |          On these days he spoke a little. ~Porthos, as we have seen,
 23 7  |       much, but he talked loudly, little caring, we must render him
 24 7  |          to Aramis, he dwelt in a little lodging composed of a boudoir,
 25 7  |          floor, looked out upon a little fresh green garden, shady
 26 7  |           of mysteries, answering little to questions put to him
 27 7  |        princess, wished to gain a little insight into the amorous
 28 7  |       moment of being ordained, a little difficulty with--But that
 29 8  |           perceived, who made but little noise, and yet was much
 30 8  |         although she had but very little dowry, because Monsieur
 31 9  |          said Aramis. "You grow a little too warm, in my opinion,
 32 10 |           Mme. Bonacieux into the little apartment of which we have
 33 10 |     concentrate upon her charming little person; and while he descended
 34 11 |          to the winds through the little orthodox counsels which
 35 11 |          one could enjoy charming little dinners, where one touches
 36 11 |          for talking about pretty little Mme. Bonacieux, of whom
 37 11 |       betrayed her, she emitted a little cough which denoted a sweet
 38 11 |          the shutter was opened a little way. ~It may be judged whether
 39 11 |          Mme. Bonacieux uttered a little cry and fled. ~D'Artagnan
 40 11 |       other upon the knocker of a little door almost hidden in the
 41 11 |  swiftness of his legs, already a little fatigued however, with the
 42 11 |        she owed him nothing but a little gratitude for having delivered
 43 12 |         was the reputation of the little wife of a mercer? ~Once
 44 12 |           Mme. Bonacieux pushed a little servants' door, open by
 45 12 |         could only have desired a little less rouge, and the most
 46 12 |        most fastidious sculptor a little more fineness in the nose. ~
 47 13 |         appeared to take but very little notice. This personage was
 48 13 |          at the accused as if his little eyes had the faculty of
 49 13 |          appeared to experience a little uneasiness. ~"And his name?"
 50 14 |      nobody opposed, he resumed a little courage, and ventured to
 51 14 |           Yes; but only to take a little rosewood casket, with her
 52 15 |           Tremouille, commanded a little reflection. ~Athos was then
 53 15 |        answer for it, will be but little pleased at being exposed
 54 16 |         of a crime which he cared little about, and innocent of a
 55 17 |          studs were enclosed in a little rosewood box which he held
 56 17 |     presses." ~The queen ran to a little table, on which were ink,
 57 17 |         husband's friends--people little capable of inspiring any
 58 17 |                     Let us talk a little," said she. ~"How!" said
 59 17 |       said Bonacieux, hurt at the little interest his wife showed
 60 17 |        saw she was regaining some little influence over her husband. "
 61 17 |           my dear love, reflect a little upon what you require of
 62 17 |       Bonacieux, who remembered a little too late that Rochefort
 63 17 |           duties will afford me a little liberty, and I will take
 64 17 |        Bonacieux, open for me the little door on the alley, and I
 65 20 |         to breathe their horses a little as to wait for Porthos.
 66 20 |         here--at the foot of that little hill, that slated roof." ~"
 67 20 |    gentleman as he was entering a little wood. ~"Monsieur," you appear
 68 20 |        the bound man were at some little distance within the wood,
 69 20 |          night, they had made but little progress. At ten o'clock
 70 21 |     Artagnan did the same, with a little more concern, however, for
 71 21 |      which the duke opened with a little gold key which he wore suspended
 72 21 |           he will convey you to a little port, where certainly you
 73 21 |     passed so quickly that he had little more than a glimpse of her. ~
 74 21 |       right. You must stop at the little village of Eccuis, in which
 75 21 |           nearly sixty leagues in little more than twelve hours. ~
 76 21 |          when pressing his hand a little more warmly than usual,
 77 22 |   delicacies, was prepared in the little room on the side of the
 78 22 |     placed upon her mouth, with a little imperative gesture full
 79 23 |         is it possible to avoid a little condescension toward a husband
 80 23 |      friends and I have been on a little journey." ~"Far from here?" ~"
 81 23 |         am so." ~"Not yet; wait a little! This evening, you said." ~"
 82 23 |          been very short and very little explicative. ~He found Treville
 83 23 |          all this appears to be a little mysterious; and be assured
 84 24 |            and on the other was a little garden connected with a
 85 24 |          eyes were fixed upon the little pavilion situated at the
 86 24 |         no doubt that behind this little window, which threw forth
 87 24 |          fixed upon that charming little abode of which he could
 88 24 |          traces of violence. ~The little soft light shone on in the
 89 24 |     quietly, and took out of it a little man, stout, short, elderly,
 90 24 |          ascended the ladder. The little old man remained at the
 91 24 |          carriage, into which the little old man got after her. The
 92 24 |      awaited him at the door of a little blind cabaret, before which
 93 25 |           the mask may be, with a little attention we may always
 94 25 |          mind of d'Artagnan. That little stout man, short and elderly,
 95 25 |          have been philandering a little also, Monsieur Bonacieux?
 96 25 |      himself if he had not been a little inconsiderate. ~At the top
 97 25 |          house; and we are even a little uneasy--" ~"On what account?" ~"
 98 25 |           satisfied with a pretty little room on the third floor;
 99 25 |      upstairs, leaving his host a little better satisfied with respect
100 25 |         ours, I had recourse to a little of my old trade. While walking
101 26 |          But d'Artagnan took very little heed of the eloquent discourse
102 26 |           swordsman can have very little weight," replied d'Artagnan,
103 26 |      caused me to neglect study a little. I should find myself, therefore,
104 26 |             replied the Jesuit, a little put out, while the curate,
105 26 |           OBLATIONE'; that is, 'A little regret is not unsuitable
106 26 |      Reverend-" replied Aramis, a little amazed by the shower of
107 26 |         politeness mingled with a little impatience. "I do not say
108 26 |         Artagnan; "it will make a little change." ~"Not so, for it
109 26 |          is," said Aramis, with a little look of diffidence, which,
110 26 |         have almost forgotten the little Latin I have ever known.
111 26 |        you.' 'I am,' said I, 'the little abbe who reads LIVES OF
112 26 |         while we do so, tell me a little of what is going on in the
113 27 |          my poor Bazin, reflect a little. Of what use is it to be
114 27 |          to the horse, ride him a little every day, and that will
115 27 |           hands, of which he took little care, were the despair of
116 27 |         his education had been so little neglected, even with respect
117 27 |       come in, these devourers of little children, and we shall see!" ~
118 28 |          fatigue, remember, and a little rest will do no harm." ~"
119 28 |          Nothing!" ~"My faith! So little that it is not worth reckoning
120 29 |           interior. His hat was a little napless, his feather was
121 29 |        napless, his feather was a little faded, his gold lace was
122 29 |        faded, his gold lace was a little tarnished, his laces were
123 29 |           the velvet cushion, the little Negro, and the maid-servant. ~
124 29 |     fingers placed upon the lips, little assassinating smiles, which
125 30 |     half-lied, which is lying but little, when he said that by going
126 30 |          Lubin, and holding out a little billet to him said, "For
127 30 |      master but you; so- a pretty little lass, my faith, is that
128 30 |          with such force that the little feminine weapon flew into
129 30 |         for you forget there is a little quarrel to arrange between
130 30 |   employed himself in arranging a little plan, of which we shall
131 31 |        presumptuous hero gave but little heed to that, although the
132 31 |         rose to her head, and her little foot worked with impatience
133 31 |     beautiful teeth. ~That pretty little SOUBRETTE whom d'Artagnan
134 31 |     gracious expression; but some little red spots on her handkerchief
135 32 |            and which the hands--a little wrinkled, it is true, but
136 32 |          give himself up to those little attentions which "the harder
137 32 | procurator; to pluck the clerks a little by teaching them BASSETTE,
138 32 |            was brisk and dry. His little gray eyes shone like carbuncles,
139 32 |          in the species, smiled a little, and colored a great deal. ~
140 32 |           but otherwise he has so little time to pass in Paris, and
141 32 |    through the half-open flap the little clerk who, not being allowed
142 33 |          d'Artagnan, led him up a little dark, winding staircase,
143 33 |          a glance around him. The little apartment was charming for
144 33 |           of this?" ~Kitty drew a little note from her bosom. ~"For
145 33 |        man's hand. ~"You pity me, little one?" said d'Artagnan. ~"
146 33 |          has not conciliated that little woman he was so fond of." ~"
147 33 |      pleasure of the gods. With a little more heart, he might have
148 33 |           Milady, he had framed a little plan in his mind. ~He found
149 34 |          his breast and opening a little ebony box inlaid with mother
150 34 |         had forced us to accept a little souvenir, a magnificent
151 35 |       alone the staircase and the little chamber. She heard him enter,
152 35 |     venturing to speak a word. As little sensitive as was the heart
153 35 |        apartment, and even in the little chamber itself. Before daybreak
154 35 |         was he concealed when the little bell sounded. Kitty went
155 35 |           Artagnan to resume this little dialogue; but then all the
156 35 |         forced to regulate them a little. When your turn comes, I
157 36 |           Well, now let us talk a little seriously," said Milady,
158 37 |            do you not entertain a little fear on my account?" ~"What
159 37 |          die." ~And she flew to a little inlaid casket which stood
160 37 |          began to recover himself little by little. ~"Well, beautiful
161 37 |         recover himself little by little. ~"Well, beautiful lady,
162 38 |        accomplice; so I took what little money I had and the best
163 38 |          for instance." ~"My dear little love! In my country the
164 38 |         we both take in this poor little Madame Bonacieux. Besides,
165 38 |          at the table and wrote a little note which he sealed with
166 38 |          all very well for such a little Gascon gentleman as himself
167 39 |          Artagnan. ~The one was a little billet, genteelly folded,
168 39 |        duke. ~At the sight of the little letter the heart of d'Artagnan
169 39 |           He therefore seized the little epistle, and opened it eagerly. ~"
170 39 |         more consequence than the little piece of waste paper you
171 39 |           quite possible--for the little light that remained rendered
172 39 |       young man was not without a little uneasiness as he ascended
173 40 |   appeared ill, which detracted a little from his usual lofty bearing.
174 40 | introduced to M. Coquenard, whose little gray eyes sparkled with
175 41 |           Baron de Chantal left a little orphan girl eighteen months
176 41 |         months old, and that this little girl was afterward Mme.
177 41 |        threw a hundred men into a little fort called the fort of
178 41 |         solitarily along a pretty little road which led from the
179 42 |       eager for his post, did but little, lost his days in wavering,
180 42 |      poured the wine, which was a little shaken by its journey, carefully
181 42 |          the first bottle being a little thick at the bottom, Brisemont
182 42 |         and Aramis gave orders, a little too late, that a confessor
183 43 |          destroyed every day some little vessel; and the shore, from
184 43 |    another, day and night, in the little house of the bridge of La
185 43 |          church militant; women a little inconvenienced by their
186 44 |        Amiens; that I will have a little romance made of it, wittily
187 44 |           that you have ordered a little romance of a satirical nature
188 44 |           first place, there is a little intrigante named Bonacieux." ~"
189 44 |           dreaded by me than this little Madame Bonacieux." ~"Who
190 45 |          watch the passage of the little troop. Having recognized
191 45 |         assassinated--I care very little about that! I don't know
192 46 |         his prayers in a charming little Book of Hours, bound in
193 46 |         here instead of getting a little rest after a night spent
194 46 |            For my part, I ate but little. The day before yesterday
195 47 |          believe that I care very little about it. Now you have done,
196 47 |     replied d'Artagnan, "you care little if she kills Buckingham
197 47 |         immediately beat, and the little troop advanced at charging
198 47 |          all who were left of the little troop. ~Athos looked at
199 47 |        young man. ~"Only grazed a little," replied d'Artagnan; "my
200 48 |         Lord, do you remember the little goat pasture of the Luxembourg?" ~"
201 48 |         do you remember a certain little enclosure where your life
202 48 |           ten lines in a charming little female hand, and then with
203 48 |   crossing swords with you in the little enclosure of the Rue d'Enfer.
204 48 |       unmoved. ~"How much in that little bag?" ~"Seven thousand livres,
205 48 |         cried Porthos. "That poor little diamond was worth seven
206 48 |      resumed his pen, reflected a little, and wrote the following
207 48 |     affair must have shaken him a little; his voyage would upset
208 48 |           a gallop, his spirits a little depressed by the triple
209 48 |          said Aramis; "a charming little seamstress, whom I love
210 48 |   accidents! Life is a chaplet of little miseries which the philosopher
211 49 |           order to cast anchor, a little cutter, looking like a coastguard
212 49 |     course, still escorted by the little cutter, which sailed side
213 49 |           but obstinacy; a brow a little receding, as is proper for
214 49 |           drawing from his belt a little silver whistle, such as
215 50 |           avenge himself for that little treachery; but Buckingham
216 50 |          that the captain of your little vessel, on entering the
217 50 |   permission to enter the port, a little boat bearing his logbook
218 51 |       This amused him sometimes a little, and made him endure the
219 51 |           walls. The cardinal had little notes thrown over in which
220 51 |       maxims--that it was of very little consequence that women,
221 51 |     mustache, and even his lips a little. ~"Do you know what you
222 51 |          my sister has placed our little servant in the convent of
223 51 |        but she is now at length a little reassured, having sent her
224 52 |           several dishes, drank a little Spanish wine, and felt all
225 53 |       anything you like, it is of little consequence." ~"Go and fetch
226 53 |     Felton laid the book upon the little table near which Milady
227 53 |         it appears we have made a little apostasy!" ~"What do you
228 53 |        came to the table, ate but little, and drank only water. ~     ~ ~ ~ ~
229 54 |          for me one of those nice little ambuscades you are so skillful
230 54 |          Oh, he conceals them too little for you not to divine them." ~"
231 55 |        say either too much or too little; speak, madame. In the name
232 56 |           well! Are we softened a little? Will we not pay for our
233 56 |          are pretty. Come, take a little oath for me on the cross;
234 58 |        the sea was disturbed. The little boat bounded over the waves
235 58 |         Felton, "convey me to the little bay of--; you know it was
236 58 |          clock in the morning the little vessel cast anchor in the
237 58 |      London, he had chartered the little vessel; how he had returned;
238 59 |       jumped onshore, climbed the little ascent which led to the
239 59 |     awaiting further orders, to a little terrace commanding the sea;
240 59 |          not dead. He recovered a little, reopened his eyes, and
241 60 |          as always, but perhaps a little more so in camp than elsewhere,
242 60 |         my sister to withdraw our little servant from the convent
243 60 |        she is very partial to the little girl, to whom she intends
244 61 |        her a visit. There is very little amusement in the cloister,
245 61 |      induce her auditor to talk a little. ~But the abbess contented
246 61 |        upon which I had counted a little, I must confess, for the
247 61 |           your abduction from the little house at St. Germain, his
248 61 |           Oh, you beautiful, good little creature!" said Milady. "
249 62 |          That's true; but is this little woman, then, to escape his
250 62 |    cardinal, with respect to this little woman--" ~"That he may be
251 62 |         is worth the trouble of a little diligence." ~"My chaise
252 62 |           confidence in that poor little Madame Bonacieux." ~"That'
253 62 |         then?" ~"Let me reflect a little! Ay, that will do--at Armentieres." ~"
254 62 |         is that Armentieres?" ~"A little town on the Lys; I shall
255 63 |         request. I feel my head a little confused; I will take a
256 63 |       along this corridor, down a little staircase, and you are in
257 63 |          might put her thoughts a little into order. She saw vaguely
258 63 |        but she stood in need of a little silence and quiet to give
259 63 |          and wait for Milady at a little village which was situated
260 63 |        Comte de la Fere it is too little. Keep the commission; it
261 63 |         his wife, and caring very little about it. One day he had
262 64 |         provincial towns are very little frequented. Athos nevertheless
263 64 |         and this accursed spot, a little behind the trampled ground,
264 64 |           guided by Planchet, the little cavalcade set out, taking
265 65 |      constantly in advance of the little troop, and to beg him to
266 65 |     passed in silence through the little village of Festubert, where
267 65 |       trotted on more sharply. ~A little before they came to Fromelles
268 65 |         shudders. ~The moment the little troop passed Goskal and
269 65 |      serpent they distinguished a little isolated house on the banks
270 65 |          go toward the door. ~The little house was surrounded by
271 65 |           and there he obtained a little curacy. This woman passed
272 66 |           storm, arose behind the little town of Armentieres, which
273 67 |        Comte de la Fere it is too little. Keep the commission; it
274 67 |         his wife, and caring very little about it. One day he had