All 10 Uses of
dispel
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Had Morrel even any suspicions, so much kindness would have dispelled them.†
Chpt 13-14 *
- Yes, Borgia has been here, a torch in one hand, a sword in the other, and within twenty paces, at the foot of this rock, perhaps two guards kept watch on land and sea, while their master descended, as I am about to descend, dispelling the darkness before his awe-inspiring progress.†
Chpt 23-24
- "Alas," continued the stranger, doubtless to dispel the slight cloud that covered Morcerf's brow, "we do not act thus in Italy; we grow according to our race and our species, and we pursue the same lines, and often the same uselessness, all our lives."†
Chpt 41-42
- " Franz read these last words in a voice so choked that they were hardly audible, and then stopped, passing his hand over his eyes as if to dispel a cloud; but after a moment's silence, he continued:— " 'The president went up the steps, after pushing his sword into his cane; a track of blood on the snow marked his course.†
Chpt 75-76
- If he did not come, the painful sensation became most intense; if, on the contrary, he appeared, his noble countenance, his brilliant eyes, his amiability, his polite attention even towards Madame Danglars, soon dispelled every impression of fear.†
Chpt 75-76
- But passing his hand across his forehead as if to dispel his revery, he rang the bell twice and Bertuccio entered.†
Chpt 85-86
- Oh, I entreat you, my son, if you had entertained such an idea, dispel it; and my counsel to you—nay, my prayer—is to retain his friendship.†
Chpt 87-88
- Still, she felt her pulse, and finding it throb violently she remembered that the best method of dispelling such illusions was to drink, for a draught of the beverage prepared by the doctor to allay her fever seemed to cause a reaction of the brain, and for a short time she suffered less.†
Chpt 99-100
- The blood mounted rapidly to the cheeks of Valentine, for the name just announced by the count dispelled all the fear with which his presence had inspired her.†
Chpt 99-100
- Morrel was not insensible to that sensation of delight which is generally experienced in passing rapidly through the air, and the wind which occasionally raised the hair from his forehead seemed on the point of dispelling momentarily the clouds collected there.†
Chpt 111-112
Definition:
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(dispel) to drive away (get rid of) -- especially a feeling or idea