All 13 Uses of
pious
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- All the pious ideas that had been so long forgotten, returned; he recollected the prayers his mother had taught him, and discovered a new meaning in every word; for in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words, until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning of the sublime language in which he invokes the pity of heaven!†
Chpt 15-16
- I cannot now repeat to you, sir, all the eloquent words and imploring language he made use of; it was more than piety, it was more than grief, and I, who am no canter, and hate the Jesuits, said then to myself, 'It is really well, and I am very glad that I have not any children; for if I were a father and felt such excessive grief as the old man does, and did not find in my memory or heart all he is now saying, I should throw myself into the sea at once, for I could not bear it.'†
Chpt 27-28
- On his return from the Vatican, Franz carefully avoided the Corso; he brought away with him a treasure of pious thoughts, to which the mad gayety of the maskers would have been profanation.†
Chpt 35-36
- Yes, and I say to you, if you are really strong, really superior, really pious, or impenetrable, which you were right in saying amounts to the same thing—then be proud, sir, for that is the characteristic of predominance.†
Chpt 47-48
- Morrel could not resist this; he was not exemplary for piety, he was not easily impressed, but Valentine suffering, weeping, wringing her hands before him, was more than he could bear in silence.†
Chpt 73-74
- "Then," said Albert, "this pious pilgrimage in behalf of the prisoners was your first remembrance; what is the next?"†
Chpt 77-78
- "Well," replied Mercedes, sighing, "go, Albert; I will not make you a slave to your filial piety."†
Chpt 87-88 *
- Bowing under the weight of twenty-four years' reminiscences, he thought not of Albert, of Beauchamp, of Chateau-Renaud, or of any of that group; but he thought of that courageous woman who had come to plead for her son's life, to whom he had offered his, and who had now saved it by the revelation of a dreadful family secret, capable of destroying forever in that young man's heart every feeling of filial piety.†
Chpt 89-90
- He knew his time well—the hour when Valentine was giving Noirtier his breakfast, and was sure not to be disturbed in the performance of this pious duty.†
Chpt 93-94
- "I must visit him," he said, "and obtain some pious grant from him."†
Chpt 103-104
- Yes; I also have a pious visit to pay.†
Chpt 111-112
- I once possessed piety, innocence, and love, the three ingredients of the happiness of angels, and now what am I?†
Chpt 111-112
- He, too, ten years ago, had piously sought out a tomb, and sought it vainly.†
Chpt 113-114
Definition:
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(pious as in: a good, pious woman) religious or highly moral