All 10 Uses of
embark
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Edmond preserved the most admirable self-command, not suffering the faintest indication of a smile to escape him at the enumeration of all the benefits he would have reaped had he been able to quit the island; but as The Young Amelia had merely come to Monte Cristo to fetch him away, he embarked that same evening, and proceeded with the captain to Leghorn.†
Chpt 25-26
- He traversed the island, after having followed the traces which the footsteps of the giant have left, and re-embarked for Marciana.†
Chpt 31-32 *
- In consequence I embarked for Oran, and went from thence to Constantine, where I arrived just in time to witness the raising of the siege.†
Chpt 39-40
- Four years ago, Penelon was at Trieste—Penelon, count, is the old sailor you saw in the garden, and who, from quartermaster, has become gardener—Penelon, when he was at Trieste, saw on the quay an Englishman, who was on the point of embarking on board a yacht, and he recognized him as the person who called on my father the fifth of June, 1829, and who wrote me this letter on the fifth of September.†
Chpt 49-50
- "No, for I am only embarked in certainties," replied Danglars, with the air of a mountebank sounding his own praises; "to involve me, three governments must crumble to dust."†
Chpt 65-66
- We will embark for Algiers, for England, for America, or, if you prefer it, retire to the country and only return to Paris when our friends have reconciled your family.†
Chpt 73-74
- "Because," said Andrea, with a certain ill-concealed uneasiness, "I thought I heard my father-in-law say that he intended embarking our property in that famous railway affair of which you spoke just now."†
Chpt 95-96
- Without the loss of an instant, the carriage was placed on board and the two travellers embarked without delay.†
Chpt 111-112
- Like adventurous captains about to embark on some enterprise full of danger, I laid in my provisions, I loaded my weapons, I collected every means of attack and defence; I inured my body to the most violent exercises, my soul to the bitterest trials; I taught my arm to slay, my eyes to behold excruciating sufferings, and my mouth to smile at the most horrid spectacles.†
Chpt 111-112
- He proceeded towards the quay by the Rue Saint-Laurent, and advanced to the Consigne; it was the point where he had embarked.†
Chpt 113-114
Definition:
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(embark) to leave on a trip -- especially to board a ship