Граф Монте-Кристо

A Learned Italian.

           Tounderminethegroundforfiftyfeet—todevotethreeyearstoalaborwhich,ifsuccessful,wouldconductyoutoaprecipiceoverhangingthesea—toplungeintothewavesfromtheheightoffifty,sixty,perhapsahundredfeet,attheriskofbeingdashedtopiecesagainsttherocks,shouldyouhavebeenfortunateenoughtohaveescapedthefireofthesentinels;andeven,supposingalltheseperilspast,thentohavetoswimforyourlifeadistanceofatleastthreemilesereyoucouldreachtheshore—weredifficultiessostartlingandformidablethatDanteshadneverevendreamedofsuchascheme,resigninghimselfrathertodeath.Butthesightofanoldmanclingingtolifewithsodesperateacourage,gaveafreshturntohisideas,andinspiredhimwithnewcourage.Another,olderandlessstrongthanhe,hadattemptedwhathehadnothadsufficientresolutiontoundertake,andhadfailedonlybecauseofanerrorincalculation.Thissameperson,withalmostincrediblepatienceandperseverance,hadcontrivedtoprovidehimselfwithtoolsrequisiteforsounparalleledanattempt.

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