| When Hugo wrote for himself he wrote almost as simply and straightforwardly as Dumas. |
| When the act was finished, Dumas went in search of the pompier, who did not know him. |
| The book begins with the 3-year-old Dumas discovering that his father has died, and promptly arming himself and heading upstairs. |
| He prepared his effects as studiously and almost as dexterously as Dumas himself. |
| The musketeers romantically portrayed by Dumas in the 19th century reflected the flamboyance and panache expected of them and their kind. |
| Away with the mechanism of the polished, dovetailed, machine-made play of Dumas. |
