All 19 Uses of
divine
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- The young man obeyed, mounted on the table, and, divining the wishes of his companion, placed his back securely against the wall and held out both hands.†
Chpt 15-16 *
- Aided by the remaining fragment, I guessed the rest; measuring the length of the lines by those of the paper, and divining the hidden meaning by means of what was in part revealed, as we are guided in a cavern by the small ray of light above us.†
Chpt 17-18
- There is a struggle in nature against this divine substance,—in nature which is not made for joy and clings to pain.†
Chpt 31-32
- "Diable!" he said, after having swallowed the divine preserve.†
Chpt 31-32 *
- …blue, transparent, unbounded horizon, with all the blue of the ocean, all the spangles of the sun, all the perfumes of the summer breeze; then, in the midst of the songs of his sailors,—songs so clear and sonorous, that they would have made a divine harmony had their notes been taken down,—he saw the Island of Monte Cristo, no longer as a threatening rock in the midst of the waves, but as an oasis in the desert; then, as his boat drew nearer, the songs became louder, for an enchanting…†
Chpt 31-32
- He was for some time without reflection or thought for the divine charm which is in the things of nature, specially after a fantastic dream; then gradually this view of the outer world, so calm, so pure, so grand, reminded him of the illusiveness of his vision, and once more awakened memory.†
Chpt 31-32
- At this moment Carlini heard a woman's cry; he divined the truth, seized the glass, broke it across the face of him who presented it, and rushed towards the spot whence the cry came.†
Chpt 33-34
- "I divined that you would become mine, count," replied Morrel; "besides, as I had the honor to tell you, heroism or not, sacrifice or not, that day I owed an offering to bad fortune in recompense for the favors good fortune had on other days granted to us."†
Chpt 39-40
- It would have required the penetration of Oedipus or the Sphinx to have divined the irony the count concealed beneath these words, apparently uttered with the greatest politeness.†
Chpt 41-42
- I was still unable to divine for what reason M. de Villefort had this spade in his hands, when he stopped close to the thicket where I was, glanced round, and began to dig a hole in the earth.†
Chpt 43-44
- Benedetto, if still living, will become the instrument of divine retribution in some way or other, and then be duly punished in his turn.†
Chpt 45-46
- Ali extended his hands towards the apartments destined for the fair Greek, which were so effectually concealed by means of a tapestried entrance, that it would have puzzled the most curious to have divined their existence.†
Chpt 45-46
- The nations took Attila, who was doomed to destroy them, for a conqueror similar to other conquerors, and it was necessary for both to reveal their missions, that they might be known and acknowledged; one was compelled to say, 'I am the angel of the Lord'; and the other, 'I am the hammer of God,' in order that the divine essence in both might be revealed."†
Chpt 47-48
- "Really, sir," retorted the count, "have you attained the eminent situation in which you are, without having admitted, or even without having met with exceptions? and do you never use your eyes, which must have acquired so much finesse and certainty, to divine, at a glance, the kind of man by whom you are confronted?†
Chpt 47-48
- M. d'Avrigny carried the science of divination almost to a miraculous extent, for he was one of the physicians who always work upon the body through the mind.†
Chpt 71-72
- "No," replied he with an air of triumph which would have puzzled the most clever diviner.†
Chpt 93-94
- Count, to possess Valentine would have been a happiness too infinite, too ecstatic, too complete, too divine for this world, since it has been denied me; but without Valentine the earth is desolate.†
Chpt 105-106
- "A man, too, who could boast of Dante for a genealogist, and could reckon back to the 'Divine Comedy.'†
Chpt 109-110
- Examine the past and the present, and endeavor to dive into futurity, and then say whether I am not a divine instrument.†
Chpt 111-112
Definitions:
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(divine as in: to forgive is divine) wonderful; or god-like or coming from God
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(divine as in: divined from tea leaves) to predict or discover something supernaturally (as if by magic)