All 8 Uses of
perfidy
in
The Three Musketeers
- "I had one, sir, and, thank God, such as I could wish," cried d'Artagnan; "but it was perfidiously stolen from me."†
Chpt 3.
- This great hatred which the young traveler manifested so loudly for this man, who—a rather improbable thing—had stolen his father's letter from him—was there not some perfidy concealed under this hatred?†
Chpt 3.
- I have nothing to save for your Majesty; you are only the victim of perfidious plots.†
Chpt 17.
- "Madame," replied Bonacieux, "your august mistress is a perfidious Spaniard, and what the cardinal does is well done."†
Chpt 17.
- In fact, in addition to that yellow, sickly paleness which indicates the insinuation of the bile in the blood, and which might, besides, be accidental, d'Artagnan remarked something perfidiously significant in the play of the wrinkled features of his countenance.†
Chpt 25.
- D'Artagnan had often meditated against the perfidious host one of those hearty vengeances which offer consolation while they are hoped for.†
Chpt 27.
- The perfidious deceiver was, as may plainly be perceived, already sacrificing, in intention, the poor girl in order to obtain Milady, willy-nilly.†
Chpt 33.
- The poor young woman was too pure to suppose that any female could be guilty of such perfidy;
Chpt 63. *perfidy = betrayal
Definition:
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(perfidy) an act of deliberate betrayal; or such behavior