All 14 Uses of
repast
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- This prospect of fresh festivity redoubled the hilarity of the guests to such a degree, that the elder Dantes, who, at the commencement of the repast, had commented upon the silence that prevailed, now found it difficult, amid the general din of voices, to obtain a moment's tranquillity in which to drink to the health and prosperity of the bride and bride-groom.†
Chpt 5-6
- Such as at the commencement of the repast had not been able to seat themselves according to their inclination rose unceremoniously, and sought out more agreeable companions.†
Chpt 5-6
- In one of the aristocratic mansions built by Puget in the Rue du Grand Cours opposite the Medusa fountain, a second marriage feast was being celebrated, almost at the same hour with the nuptial repast given by Dantes.†
Chpt 5-6
- He was about to begin his repast when the sound of the bell rang sharp and loud.†
Chpt 11-12 *
- Then he raised to his lips the repast that, like a voluntary Tantalus, he refused himself; but he thought of his oath, and he would not break it.†
Chpt 15-16
- Having reached the summit of a rock, he saw, a thousand feet beneath him, his companions, whom Jacopo had rejoined, and who were all busy preparing the repast which Edmond's skill as a marksman had augmented with a capital dish.†
Chpt 23-24
- Meanwhile his comrades had prepared the repast, had got some water from a spring, spread out the fruit and bread, and cooked the kid.†
Chpt 23-24
- "Well, then, Signor Aladdin," replied the singular amphitryon, "you heard our repast announced, will you now take the trouble to enter the dining-room, your humble servant going first to show the way?"†
Chpt 31-32
- The second visit was a long one, and when he returned the kid was roasted and the repast ready.†
Chpt 31-32
- Signor Pastrini had promised them a banquet; he gave them a tolerable repast.†
Chpt 33-34
- Their repast consisted apparently of bread and sausages.†
Chpt 35-36
- Caderousse, meanwhile, continued to pace the room in gloomy silence, sedulously avoiding the sight of his guest; but as soon as the stranger had completed his repast, the agitated inn-keeper went eagerly to the door and opened it.†
Chpt 45-46
- The repast was magnificent; Monte Cristo had endeavored completely to overturn the Parisian ideas, and to feed the curiosity as much as the appetite of his guests.†
Chpt 63-64
- Baptistin left the room without waiting to answer, and in two seconds reappeared, bringing on a waiter all that his master had ordered, ready prepared, and appearing to have sprung from the ground, like the repasts which we read of in fairy tales.†
Chpt 77-78
Definition:
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(repast) a meal; or the food served at a meal
or:
a meal following a funeral (in some parts of the United States)