All 5 Uses of
aspire
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- 'And what have you done to aspire to this honor?' demanded the lieutenant.†
Chpt 33-34 *
- "I think I may aspire to that honor," said Danglars with a smile, which reminded Monte Cristo of the sickly moons which bad artists are so fond of daubing into their pictures of ruins.†
Chpt 65-66
- He aspires to the hand of the proud Eugenie.†
Chpt 77-78
- Alas, it is not the death of the body I regret; for is not the destruction of the vital principle, the repose to which everything is tending, to which every unhappy being aspires,—is not this the repose of matter after which I so long sighed, and which I was seeking to attain by the painful process of starvation when Faria appeared in my dungeon?†
Chpt 89-90
- Morrel obeyed; the count arose, and unlocking a closet with a key suspended from his gold chain, took from it a little silver casket, beautifully carved and chased, the corners of which represented four bending figures, similar to the Caryatides, the forms of women, symbols of the angels aspiring to heaven.†
Chpt 117
Definition:
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(aspire) to hope to be successful -- especially in a career