All 4 Uses of
chord
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Villefort, impassive as he was, was struck with this coincidence; and the tremulous voice of Dantes, surprised in the midst of his happiness, struck a sympathetic chord in his own bosom—he also was on the point of being married, and he was summoned from his own happiness to destroy that of another.†
Chpt 7-8
- With his instinctive delicacy Edmond had preferred avoiding any touch on this painful chord, and Faria had been equally silent.†
Chpt 17-18 *
- Whether he kept a watch over himself, or whether by accident he did not sound the acrimonious chords that in other circumstances had been touched, he was to-night like everybody else.†
Chpt 35-36
- Ma foi, monsieur, you have touched upon a tender chord.†
Chpt 55-56
Definition:
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(chord as in: piano chord) a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together