WINE in Classic Quotes

1  Now through this ventilating hole I throw my lasso, and as I now know in which part of the cellar is the best wine, that's my point for sport.

The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 25 PORTHOS

2  The leader of the posse would perhaps have doubted the sincerity of d'Artagnan if the wine had been bad; but the wine was good, and he was convinced.

The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 9 D'ARTAGNAN SHOWS HIMSELF

3  In exchange for his silence Athos drank enough for four, and without appearing to be otherwise affected by wine than by a more marked constriction of the brow and by a deeper sadness.

The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 27 THE WIFE OF ATHOS

4  Your affair is not bad," said Athos, after having tasted like a connoisseur and indicated by a nod of his head that he thought the wine good; "and one may draw fifty or sixty pistoles from this good man.

The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 9 D'ARTAGNAN SHOWS HIMSELF

5  My faith, my good host," said d'Artagnan, filling the two glasses, "I asked for a bottle of your best wine, and if you have deceived me, you will be punished in what you have sinned; for seeing that I hate drinking by myself, you shall drink with me.

The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 25 PORTHOS

6  Sometimes in the midst of dinner, when everyone, under the attraction of wine and in the warmth of conversation, believed they had two or three hours longer to enjoy themselves at table, Aramis looked at his watch, arose with a bland smile, and took leave of the company, to go, as he said, to consult a casuist with whom he had an appointment.

The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
ContextHighlight   In 7 THE INTERIOR* OF THE MUSKETEERS