All 44 Uses of
profound
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "Sire," said Villefort, "the suddenness of this event must prove to your majesty that the issue is in the hands of Providence; what your majesty is pleased to attribute to me as profound perspicacity is simply owing to chance, and I have profited by that chance, like a good and devoted servant—that's all.†
Chpt 11-12
- Faria replied to this sarcasm with a glance of profound contempt.†
Chpt 13-14
- "Then," pursued the young man eagerly— "Then," answered the elder prisoner, "the will of God be done!" and as the old man slowly pronounced those words, an air of profound resignation spread itself over his careworn countenance.†
Chpt 15-16
- After continuing some time in profound meditation, the young man suddenly exclaimed, "I have found what you were in search of!"†
Chpt 15-16
- During these hours of profound meditation, which to him had seemed only minutes, he had formed a fearful resolution, and bound himself to its fulfilment by a solemn oath.†
Chpt 17-18
- "There is not a hope," replied Faria, shaking his head, "but no matter; God wills it that man whom he has created, and in whose heart he has so profoundly rooted the love of life, should do all in his power to preserve that existence, which, however painful it may be, is yet always so dear."†
Chpt 19-20
- …sparkled gloomy fires of misanthropy and hatred; his complexion, so long kept from the sun, had now that pale color which produces, when the features are encircled with black hair, the aristocratic beauty of the man of the north; the profound learning he had acquired had besides diffused over his features a refined intellectual expression; and he had also acquired, being naturally of a goodly stature, that vigor which a frame possesses which has so long concentrated all its…†
Chpt 22-23
- "Why, he was not altogether forsaken," continued Caderousse, "for Mercedes the Catalan and Monsieur Morrel were very kind to him; but somehow the poor old man had contracted a profound hatred for Fernand—the very person," added Caderousse with a bitter smile, "that you named just now as being one of Dantes' faithful and attached friends."†
Chpt 25-26
- The two men remained opposite one another, Morrel trembling in every limb, the stranger gazing at him with an air of profound pity.†
Chpt 29-30
- "Alas," returned the captain with an accent of the most profound pity, "we ought always to help one another.†
Chpt 31-32
- Diavolaccio advanced amidst the most profound silence, and laid Rita at the captain's feet.†
Chpt 33-34
- Oh, I would fight for such a cause; but in return for a slow, profound, eternal torture, I would give back the same, were it possible; an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, as the Orientalists say,—our masters in everything,—those favored creatures who have formed for themselves a life of dreams and a paradise of realities.†
Chpt 35-36
- "No, excellency; and never shall I forget it," returned Peppino, with an accent of profound gratitude.†
Chpt 37-38
- Then, by the gleam of a lamp, similar to that which lighted the columbarium, Albert was to be seen wrapped up in a cloak which one of the bandits had lent him, lying in a corner in profound slumber.†
Chpt 37-38
- Albert listened with the most profound attention.†
Chpt 37-38
- A freezing politeness, a strict fidelity to government principles, a profound contempt for theories and theorists, a deep-seated hatred of ideality,—these were the elements of private and public life displayed by M. de Villefort.†
Chpt 47-48
- When he had gone, Monte Cristo breathed a profound sigh, and said,—"Enough of this poison, let me now seek the antidote."†
Chpt 47-48
- The Count, with a smile of profound tenderness, extended his hand, and she carried it to her lips.†
Chpt 49-50
- …mortal; and if it were not, would be sure to become so, thanks to the remedies applied by foolish doctors, who are generally bad chemists, and which will act in favor of or against the malady, as you please; and then there is a human being killed according to all the rules of art and skill, and of whom justice learns nothing, as was said by a terrible chemist of my acquaintance, the worthy Abbe Adelmonte of Taormina, in Sicily, who has studied these national phenomena very profoundly.†
Chpt 51-52
- The doctors open the body and say with an air of profound learning, 'The subject has died of a tumor on the liver, or of typhoid fever!'†
Chpt 51-52
- I am profoundly ignorant of all these stock-jobbing intrigues.†
Chpt 53-54 *
- "Yes, I understand," was the reply contained in his look; and this look expressed a feeling of strong indignation, mixed with profound contempt.†
Chpt 57-58
- There was a profound silence.†
Chpt 59-60 *
- The king (Don Carlos) has not left Bourges, and the peninsula is in the enjoyment of profound peace.†
Chpt 61-62
- What, above all, manifested the shrewdness of the steward, and the profound science of the master, the one in carrying out the ideas of the other, was that this house which appeared only the night before so sad and gloomy, impregnated with that sickly smell one can almost fancy to be the smell of time, had in a single day acquired the aspect of life, was scented with its master's favorite perfumes, and had the very light regulated according to his wish.†
Chpt 61-62
- Franz untied it, and in the midst of the most profound silence read: " 'Extract from the Report of a meeting of the Bonapartist Club in the Rue Saint-Jacques, held February 5th, 1815.'†
Chpt 75-76
- Noirtier looked at her with a glance of the most profound scrutiny.†
Chpt 79-80
- The most profound terror reigned throughout the house.†
Chpt 79-80
- Danglars listened with the most profound attention; he had expected this declaration for the last two or three days, and when at last it came his eyes glistened as much as they had lowered on listening to Morcerf.†
Chpt 81-82
- There was an impressive silence; Morcerf alone knew not why such profound attention was given to an orator who was not always listened to with so much complacency.†
Chpt 85-86
- 'Madame,' replied the president, bowing with profound respect, 'allow me to ask one question; it shall be the last: Can you prove the authenticity of what you have now stated?†
Chpt 85-86
- Mercedes opened the door of the study and had disappeared before he had recovered from the painful and profound revery into which his thwarted vengeance had plunged him.†
Chpt 89-90
- After Mercedes had left Monte Cristo, he fell into profound gloom.†
Chpt 89-90
- The contract was read during a profound silence.†
Chpt 95-96
- "You remember," said the count, during the most profound silence, "that the unhappy wretch who came to rob me died at my house; the supposition is that he was stabbed by his accomplice, on attempting to leave it."†
Chpt 95-96
- The figure advanced towards the bed and appeared to listen with profound attention.†
Chpt 99-100
- The dim light, the profound silence, and the gloomy thoughts inspired by the hour, and still more by her own conscience, all combined to produce a sensation of fear; the poisoner was terrified at the contemplation of her own work.†
Chpt 101-102
- Then walking towards Morrel, he took his hand; the tumultuous agitation of the young man was succeeded by a profound stupor.†
Chpt 105-106
- "You cannot imagine, mother, how beautiful I think you!" said the young man, impressed with a profound feeling of filial love.†
Chpt 105-106
- The judges took their places in the midst of the most profound silence; the jury took their seats; M. de Villefort, the object of unusual attention, and we had almost said of general admiration, sat in the arm-chair and cast a tranquil glance around him.†
Chpt 109-110
- There was a moment's silence, during which one could have fancied the hall empty, so profound was the stillness.†
Chpt 109-110
- "Oh, look at me," continued she, with a feeling of profound melancholy, "my eyes no longer dazzle by their brilliancy, for the time has long fled since I used to smile on Edmond Dantes, who anxiously looked out for me from the window of yonder garret, then inhabited by his old father.†
Chpt 111-112
- His grief was so profound that he was nearly unconscious.†
Chpt 113-114
- The clerk continued to write for the next five minutes; the man preserved profound silence, and remained perfectly motionless.†
Chpt 113-114
Definitions:
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(profound as in: profound sadness) of greatest intensity or emotional depth
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(profound as in: profound idea) deep or far-reaching in intellect or consequence