All 21 Uses of
perish
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- " 'tis true, madame," answered he, "that my father was a Girondin, but he was not among the number of those who voted for the king's death; he was an equal sufferer with yourself during the Reign of Terror, and had well-nigh lost his head on the same scaffold on which your father perished."†
Chpt 5-6
- If I were betrayed as he was, I would console myself; but to be in the midst of persons elevated by myself to places of honor, who ought to watch over me more carefully than over themselves,—for my fortune is theirs—before me they were nothing—after me they will be nothing, and perish miserably from incapacity—ineptitude!†
Chpt 11-12
- Do you not think with me, M. de Villefort, that General Quesnel, whom they believed attached to the usurper, but who was really entirely devoted to me, has perished the victim of a Bonapartist ambush?†
Chpt 11-12
- Dantes was a man of great simplicity of thought, and without education; he could not, therefore, in the solitude of his dungeon, traverse in mental vision the history of the ages, bring to life the nations that had perished, and rebuild the ancient cities so vast and stupendous in the light of the imagination, and that pass before the eye glowing with celestial colors in Martin's Babylonian pictures.†
Chpt 15-16
- The Spada family was one of the oldest and most powerful families of the fifteenth century; and in those times, when other opportunities for investment were wanting, such accumulations of gold and jewels were by no means rare; there are at this day Roman families perishing of hunger, though possessed of nearly a million in diamonds and jewels, handed down by entail, and which they cannot touch.†
Chpt 17-18
- I saw your vessel, and fearful of being left to perish on the desolate island, I swam off on a piece of wreckage to try and intercept your course.†
Chpt 22-23 *
- The very dogs that wander houseless and homeless in the streets find some pitying hand to cast them a mouthful of bread; and that a man, a Christian, should be allowed to perish of hunger in the midst of other men who call themselves Christians, is too horrible for belief.†
Chpt 25-26
- Surely, had not such been the case, he would not have perished by so dreadful a death.†
Chpt 25-26
- "Do you not see?" returned the count, "that this human creature who is about to die is furious that his fellow-sufferer does not perish with him? and, were he able, he would rather tear him to pieces with his teeth and nails than let him enjoy the life he himself is about to be deprived of.†
Chpt 35-36
- And yet you pity a man who, without being bitten by one of his race, has yet murdered his benefactor; and who, now unable to kill any one, because his hands are bound, wishes to see his companion in captivity perish.†
Chpt 35-36
- '—'Well,' replied he, 'he has smitten with the sword, and he has perished by the sword.†
Chpt 43-44
- '—'You are mistaken, monsieur,' I replied; 'he has perished by the poniard.†
Chpt 43-44
- '—'Monsieur,' I replied, 'it is not for myself that I entreat your interference—I should grieve for him or avenge him, but my poor brother had a wife, and were anything to happen to me, the poor creature would perish from want, for my brother's pay alone kept her.†
Chpt 43-44
- Its purple visage, and its violet-colored hands showed that it had perished from suffocation, but as it was not yet cold, I hesitated to throw it into the water that ran at my feet.†
Chpt 43-44
- Most certainly, but for the prompt assistance of your intrepid servant, this dear child and myself must both have perished.†
Chpt 47-48
- "Have you known what it is to have your father starve to death in your absence?" cried Monte Cristo, thrusting his hands into his hair; "have you seen the woman you loved giving her hand to your rival, while you were perishing at the bottom of a dungeon?"†
Chpt 89-90
- "You have guessed rightly, madame," replied Monte Cristo, smiling; "in a week I shall have left this country, where so many persons who merit the vengeance of heaven lived happily, while my father perished of hunger and grief."†
Chpt 105-106
- "My father—I will know who my father is," said the obstinate youth; "I will perish if I must, but I will know it.†
Chpt 107-108
- What I do not wish, madame, is that you should perish on the scaffold.†
Chpt 107-108
- He, who returned to France with millions, had been unable to find the grave of his father, who had perished from hunger.†
Chpt 113-114
- And yet you will let me perish with hunger?†
Chpt 115-116
Definition:
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(perish) to die -- especially in an unnatural way
or:
to be destroyed or cease to existeditor's notes: You may encounter an informal expression, "Perish the thought." It means that the speaker hopes the thought will cease to exist and the thing it represents will never happen.