All 4 Uses of
scarcity
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- No, sire, for that would only betoken for us seven years of plenty and seven years of scarcity; and with a king as full of foresight as your majesty, scarcity is not a thing to be feared.†
Chpt 9-10 *
- No, sire, for that would only betoken for us seven years of plenty and seven years of scarcity; and with a king as full of foresight as your majesty, scarcity is not a thing to be feared.†
Chpt 9-10
- It may, therefore, be easily imagined there is no scarcity of guides at the Colosseum, that wonder of all ages, which Martial thus eulogizes: "Let Memphis cease to boast the barbarous miracles of her pyramids, and the wonders of Babylon be talked of no more among us; all must bow to the superiority of the gigantic labor of the Caesars, and the many voices of Fame spread far and wide the surpassing merits of this incomparable monument."†
Chpt 33-34
- Oh, water is even more scarce than wine, your excellency,—there has been such a drought.†
Chpt 115-116
Definition:
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(scarcity) shortage (having an amount that is less than desired)