All 28 Uses of
solemn
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Come now, do smile, instead of looking at me so solemnly.†
Chpt 1-2 *
- Why, it is not altogether impossible he might have had, for he made me promise several times never to speak of that letter to any one, assuring me he so advised me for my own interest; and, more than this, he insisted on my taking a solemn oath never to utter the name mentioned in the address.†
Chpt 17-18
- 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
- Whatever evils may befall you, they will not be occasioned by my instrumentality, that I solemnly promise you.†
Chpt 25-26
- Reflect how glorious a day it will be, how grand, how solemn, that day of complete restoration, on which you will say in this very office, 'My father died because he could not do what I have this day done; but he died calmly and peaceably, because in dying he knew what I should do.'†
Chpt 29-30
- This apparition was so strange and so solemn, that every one rose, with the exception of Carlini, who remained seated, and ate and drank calmly.†
Chpt 33-34
- "Then it is settled," said the count, "and I give you my solemn assurance that I only waited an opportunity like the present to realize plans that I have long meditated."†
Chpt 37-38
- But you must swear solemnly that I shall never have reason to repent my recommendation.†
Chpt 45-46
- After a brief silence, rendered still more solemn by the time and place, the count said, in a tone of melancholy wholly unlike his usual manner, "In order to bring this conversation to a fitting termination (the last we shall ever hold upon this subject), I will repeat to you some words I have heard from the lips of the Abbe Busoni.†
Chpt 45-46
- When I think of you my heart beats fast, the blood burns in my veins, and I can hardly breathe; but I solemnly promise you to restrain all this ardor, this fervor and intensity of feeling, until you yourself shall require me to render them available in serving or assisting you.†
Chpt 51-52
- I am going to have the honor of taking my leave of you, mademoiselle, solemnly assuring you that I wish your life may be so calm, so happy, and so fully occupied, that there may be no place for me even in your memory.†
Chpt 73-74
- You have told me how you talk to him and how he answers you; I shall very soon learn that language by signs, Valentine, and I promise you solemnly, that instead of despair, it is happiness that awaits us.†
Chpt 73-74
- There was something grave and solemn in the approach of the young girl which struck the old man, and immediately his bright eye began to interrogate.†
Chpt 73-74
- "Gentlemen," said he, in a tone strangely firm for a servant speaking to his masters under such solemn circumstances,—"gentlemen, M. Noirtier de Villefort wishes to speak immediately to M. Franz de Quesnel, baron d'Epinay;" he, as well as the notary, that there might be no mistake in the person, gave all his titles to the bride-groom elect.†
Chpt 73-74
- However, his remark did not make Madame de Villefort even smile, so much was every mind engaged, and so solemn was the situation.†
Chpt 73-74
- He had spent every farthing that had been allowed for his journey as a reward for the majestic and solemn manner in which he had maintained his assumed character of father.†
Chpt 75-76
- "Only," continued M. d'Avrigny, with a slow and solemn tone, "if any one falls ill in your house, if you feel yourself attacked, do not send for me, for I will come no more.†
Chpt 79-80
- Beauchamp, solemn transactions should be sanctioned by a witness.†
Chpt 87-88
- I assure you," cried Danglars, with a confidence and security proceeding less from fear than from the interest he really felt for the young man, "I solemnly declare to you, that I should never have thought of writing to Yanina, did I know anything of Ali Pasha's misfortunes."†
Chpt 87-88
- But Monte Cristo, without rising, and leaning forward in his chair, merely stretched out his arm and, taking the damp, crushed glove from the clinched hand of the young man, "Sir," said he in a solemn tone, "I consider your glove thrown, and will return it to you wrapped around a bullet.†
Chpt 87-88
- "It will take place," said Monte Cristo, in a most solemn tone; "but instead of your son's blood to stain the ground, mine will flow."†
Chpt 89-90
- There was something mournful, solemn, and terrible in the count's manner.†
Chpt 93-94
- Well, Eugenie, what is it you want with me? and why in this solemn drawing-room when the study is so comfortable?†
Chpt 95-96
- The notary solemnly took the pen, flourished it above his head, and said, "Gentlemen, we are about to sign the contract."†
Chpt 95-96
- "I say that Valentine is dead!" replied d'Avrigny, in a voice terrible in its solemn calm.†
Chpt 101-102
- I said anything I pleased, in order that the solemn declaration I have just made should not be withheld, which otherwise would certainly have been the case.†
Chpt 109-110
- "Dentro la testa!" answered a solemn and imperious voice, accompanied by a menacing gesture.†
Chpt 113-114
- "Do you repent?" asked a deep, solemn voice, which caused Danglars' hair to stand on end.†
Chpt 115-116
Definition:
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(solemn) in a very serious (and often dignified) manner