All 19 Uses of
utmost
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Sire, the kindness your majesty deigns to evince towards me is a recompense which so far surpasses my utmost ambition that I have nothing more to ask for.†
Chpt 11-12 *
- In three days he had succeeded, with the utmost precaution, in removing the cement, and exposing the stone-work.†
Chpt 15-16
- The fresh earth excavated during their present work, and which would have entirely blocked up the old passage, was thrown, by degrees and with the utmost precaution, out of the window in either Faria's or Dantes' cell, the rubbish being first pulverized so finely that the night wind carried it far away without permitting the smallest trace to remain.†
Chpt 17-18
- "On the contrary, it is a matter of the utmost importance, Edmond!" replied the old man.†
Chpt 17-18
- But on this occasion the precaution was superfluous, and everything proceeded with the utmost smoothness and politeness.†
Chpt 22-23
- Yet perchance to-morrow deception will so act on me, that I shall, on compulsion, consider such a contemptible possession as the utmost happiness.†
Chpt 23-24
- They had not mistaken the gravity of this event, for the moment after Morrel had entered his private office with Cocles, Julie saw the latter leave it pale, trembling, and his features betraying the utmost consternation.†
Chpt 29-30
- As for Franz, he examined his arms with the utmost coolness; he had two double-barrelled guns and a rifle; he loaded them, looked at the priming, and waited quietly.†
Chpt 31-32
- The countenance of the person who had addressed her remained so completely in the shade, that, though Franz tried his utmost, he could not distinguish a single feature.†
Chpt 33-34
- Then, after seeing her eyes closed, and hearing her breathe gently, he believed she had dropped asleep, and left the apartment on tiptoe, closing the door after him with the utmost precaution.†
Chpt 41-42
- "Is it possible?" asked the count, assuming all air and tone of the utmost simplicity and candor.†
Chpt 45-46
- There are as many elixirs of every kind as there are caprices and peculiarities in the physical and moral nature of humanity; and I will say further—the art of these chemists is capable with the utmost precision to accommodate and proportion the remedy and the bane to yearnings for love or desires for vengeance.†
Chpt 51-52
- As to Monte Cristo the result had surpassed his utmost expectations.†
Chpt 51-52
- "My God," said Valentine, raising both her hands to heaven with a sublime expression, "I have done my utmost to remain a submissive daughter; I have begged, entreated, implored; he has regarded neither my prayers, my entreaties, nor my tears.†
Chpt 73-74
- In short, doctor although I know you to be the most conscientious man in the world, and although I place the utmost reliance in you, I want, notwithstanding my conviction, to believe this axiom, errare humanum est." "Is there one of my brethren in whom you have equal confidence with myself?"†
Chpt 73-74
- He found his carriage at the door, and doing his utmost to restrain his anger he went at once to find Beauchamp, who was in his office.†
Chpt 77-78
- Yes; because instead of expecting two hundred wretched francs, you expect five or six thousand, perhaps ten, perhaps even twelve, for you take care not to let any one know the utmost.†
Chpt 81-82
- There, as in every spot where Monte Cristo stopped, if but for two days, luxury abounded and life went on with the utmost ease.†
Chpt 85-86
- At daybreak, the telegraphs were set at work in all directions, and almost immediately the authorities in every district had exerted their utmost endeavors to arrest the murderer of Caderousse.†
Chpt 97-98
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