All 7 Uses of
neutral
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- It was necessary to find some neutral ground on which an exchange could be made, and then to try and land these goods on the coast of France.†
Chpt 22-23
- Nothing then was altered in the plan, and orders were given to get under weigh next night, and, wind and weather permitting, to make the neutral island by the following day.†
Chpt 22-23
- Perhaps what I am about to say may seem strange to you, who are socialists, and vaunt humanity and your duty to your neighbor, but I never seek to protect a society which does not protect me, and which I will even say, generally occupies itself about me only to injure me; and thus by giving them a low place in my esteem, and preserving a neutrality towards them, it is society and my neighbor who are indebted to me.†
Chpt 39-40
- This fortress was his post as king's attorney, all the advantages of which he exploited with marvellous skill, and which he would not have resigned but to be made deputy, and thus to replace neutrality by opposition.†
Chpt 47-48
- And by accustoming her to that poison, you have endeavored to neutralize the effect of a similar poison?†
Chpt 93-94
- Would not M. Noirtier also have fallen a victim, had not the treatment he has been pursuing for the last three years neutralized the effects of the poison?†
Chpt 99-100
- "But did you not say that my kind grandfather's precaution had neutralized the poison?"†
Chpt 101-102 *
Definition:
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(neutral as in: played at a neutral site) not favoring any side in a contest, war, disagreement, or other dispute