All 50 Uses of
capital
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- I have some smuggled coffee and most capital tobacco, in a small chest in the hold, which you shall have to-morrow.†
Chpt 1-2
- "Ah, yes," continued Caderousse, "and capital offers, too; but you know, you will be captain, and who could refuse you then?"†
Chpt 1-2
- Ah, this letter gives me an idea—a capital idea!†
Chpt 3-4
- He had frequently called for capital punishment on criminals, and owing to his irresistible eloquence they had been condemned, and yet the slightest shadow of remorse had never clouded Villefort's brow, because they were guilty; at least, he believed so; but here was an innocent man whose happiness he had destroyed: in this case he was not the judge, but the executioner.†
Chpt 9-10
- Yes, to escort him into the capital.†
Chpt 11-12
- Because I was arrested at Piombino, and I presume that, like Milan and Florence, Piombino has become the capital of some French department.†
Chpt 13-14
- If all the prisoners took it into their heads to travel a hundred leagues, and their guardians consented to accompany them, they would have a capital chance of escaping.†
Chpt 13-14
- A piece of bread and another glass of the capital rum I tasted, for I have not eaten or drunk for a long time.†
Chpt 22-23
- Having reached the summit of a rock, he saw, a thousand feet beneath him, his companions, whom Jacopo had rejoined, and who were all busy preparing the repast which Edmond's skill as a marksman had augmented with a capital dish.†
Chpt 23-24
- During the war with Spain he was employed in the commissariat of the French army, and made a fortune; then with that money he speculated in the funds, and trebled or quadrupled his capital; and, having first married his banker's daughter, who left him a widower, he has married a second time, a widow, a Madame de Nargonne, daughter of M. de Servieux, the king's chamberlain, who is in high favor at court.†
Chpt 27-28
- Fernand was a Spaniard, and being sent to Spain to ascertain the feeling of his fellow-countrymen, found Danglars there, got on very intimate terms with him, won over the support of the royalists at the capital and in the provinces, received promises and made pledges on his own part, guided his regiment by paths known to himself alone through the mountain gorges which were held by the royalists, and, in fact, rendered such services in this brief campaign that, after the taking of…†
Chpt 27-28
- "Ah, if your excellency chose," said the captain, "you might have capital sport."†
Chpt 31-32
- "That is to say, excellency," replied Pastrini, who was desirous of keeping up the dignity of the capital of the Christian world in the eyes of his guest, "that there are no carriages to be had from Sunday to Tuesday evening, but from now till Sunday you can have fifty if you please."†
Chpt 33-34
- "Well," said Franz, "this time, Albert, I am bound to give you credit for having hit upon a most capital idea."†
Chpt 33-34
- At each previous visit he had made to Rome, he had solicited and obtained the same favor; and incited as much by a religious feeling as by gratitude, he was unwilling to quit the capital of the Christian world without laying his respectful homage at the feet of one of St. Peter's successors who has set the rare example of all the virtues.†
Chpt 35-36
- "Is it possible," exclaimed Albert, "that you have reached your present age without visiting the finest capital in the world?†
Chpt 37-38
- …present ignorance of the first city in Europe is a reproach to me in every way, and calls for immediate correction; but, in all probability, I should have performed so important, so necessary a duty, as that of making myself acquainted with the wonders and beauties of your justly celebrated capital, had I known any person who would have introduced me into the fashionable world, but unfortunately I possessed no acquaintance there, and, of necessity, was compelled to abandon the idea.†
Chpt 37-38
- You are most kind; but as regards myself, I can find no merit I possess, save that, as a millionaire, I might have become a partner in the speculations of M. Aguado and M. Rothschild; but as my motive in travelling to your capital would not have been for the pleasure of dabbling in stocks, I stayed away till some favorable chance should present itself of carrying my wish into execution.†
Chpt 37-38
- "Capital," exclaimed Albert; "your breakfast shall be waiting."†
Chpt 37-38
- …the last four months, while you have manfully resisted its effects for as many years,—and obtaining a bed on which it is possible to slumber, Monte Cristo has furnished for himself a temporary abode where you first found him; but, to prevent the possibility of the Tuscan government taking a fancy to his enchanted palace, and thereby depriving him of the advantages naturally expected from so large an outlay of capital, he has wisely enough purchased the island, and taken its name.†
Chpt 37-38
- Yes, he has not much to complain of; Bourges is the capital of Charles VII.†
Chpt 39-40
- It is the social capital of a theatre on the boulevard, or a railroad from the Jardin des Plantes to La Rapee.†
Chpt 39-40
- "Ah, capital," said Beauchamp.†
Chpt 39-40
- "They are my bankers in the capital of the Christian world," returned the count quietly.†
Chpt 39-40
- Where shall we lodge this new guest in our great capital?†
Chpt 39-40
- Then offer him double that sum; a banker never loses an opportunity of doubling his capital.†
Chpt 45-46
- "It has been in the family a very long while," returned Monte Cristo, "a sort of treasure expressly forbidden to be touched for a certain period of years, during which the accumulated interest has doubled the capital.†
Chpt 45-46
- …the kitchen-garden, having paid a high price for it, and being quite unable to find any one willing to take his bargain off his hands without a considerable loss, yet still clinging to the belief that at some future day he should obtain a sum for it that would repay him, not only for his past outlay, but also the interest upon the capital locked up in his new acquisition, contented himself with letting the ground temporarily to some market-gardeners, at a yearly rental of 500 francs.†
Chpt 51-52
- Then, turning towards the paralytic, he said, "You possess, then, 900,000. francs of capital, which, according to the manner in which you have invested it, ought to bring in an income of about 40,000 livres?"†
Chpt 59-60
- Have I arrived at the moment when you were drawing up an indictment for a capital crime?†
Chpt 59-60
- No, no, my boy; I prefer remaining honorably in the capital.†
Chpt 63-64
- …form a total of about a hundred millions; I call those second-rate fortunes, that are gained by manufacturing enterprises, joint-stock companies, viceroyalties, and principalities, not drawing more than 1,500,000 francs, the whole forming a capital of about fifty millions; finally, I call those third-rate fortunes, which are composed of a fluctuating capital, dependent upon the will of others, or upon chances which a bankruptcy involves or a false telegram shakes, such as banks,…†
Chpt 65-66
- …enterprises, joint-stock companies, viceroyalties, and principalities, not drawing more than 1,500,000 francs, the whole forming a capital of about fifty millions; finally, I call those third-rate fortunes, which are composed of a fluctuating capital, dependent upon the will of others, or upon chances which a bankruptcy involves or a false telegram shakes, such as banks, speculations of the day—in fact, all operations under the influence of greater or less mischances, the whole…†
Chpt 65-66
- call those third-rate fortunes, which are composed of a fluctuating capital, dependent upon the will of others, or upon chances which a bankruptcy involves or a false telegram shakes, such as banks, speculations of the day——in fact, all operations under the influence of greater or less mischances, the whole bringing in a real or fictitious capital of about fifteen millions.†
Chpt 65-66
- Well, out of the five or six millions which form your real capital, you have just lost nearly two millions, which must, of course, in the same degree diminish your credit and fictitious fortune; to follow out my simile, your skin has been opened by bleeding, and this if repeated three or four times will cause death—so pay attention to it, my dear Monsieur Danglars.†
Chpt 65-66
- Two hundred thousand per annum would make four millions of capital.†
Chpt 69-70
- Supposing, also, I should persuade the marquis to give me my capital, which is not likely, but still is possible, we would place these two or three millions in your hands, whose talent might make it realize ten per cent." "I never give more than four per cent, and generally only three and a half; but to my son-in-law I would give five, and we would share the profit."†
Chpt 81-82
- He even told me he had not the slightest doubt that my father would give me the capital instead of the interest of my property.†
Chpt 81-82
- Oh, it is no trouble to spend that; and I am like you, I want capital.†
Chpt 81-82
- Capital?†
Chpt 81-82 *
- —yes—I understand—every one would like capital.†
Chpt 81-82
- "My papers, thank God, no,—my papers are all in capital order, because I have none; but M. Cavalcanti's."†
Chpt 85-86
- Capital!†
Chpt 97-98
- With forty-five thousand francs we can live like princesses for two years, and comfortably for four; but before six months—you with your music, and I with my voice—we shall double our capital.†
Chpt 97-98
- She ran therefore to Debray, who, after having like the rest of Paris witnessed the contract scene and the scandal attending it, had retired in haste to his club, where he was chatting with some friends upon the events which served as a subject of conversation for three-fourths of that city known as the capital of the world.†
Chpt 99-100
- Her face, therefore, like that of the gentleman, was perfectly unknown to the two concierges, who were perhaps unequalled throughout the capital for discretion.†
Chpt 105-106
- In August we lost 300,000 francs at the beginning of the month, but on the 13th we made up for it, and we now find that our accounts, reckoning from the first day of partnership up to yesterday, when I closed them, showed a capital of 2,400,000 francs, that is, 1,200,000 for each of us.†
Chpt 105-106
- "Mother," exclaimed Albert, just as Madame Danglars was descending the stairs, "let us reckon our riches, if you please; I want capital to build my plans upon."†
Chpt 105-106
- "Capital—nothing!" replied Mercedes with a mournful smile.†
Chpt 105-106
- No, mother,—capital 3,000 francs.†
Chpt 105-106
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Capital has many other senses including an uppercase letter (such as B in contrast to b); and anything that is more important than other similar things -- especially a city from which a nation is governed. Capital is often confused with capitol which is the building (or buildings) from which a nation is governed. See a comprehensive dictionary for other senses of capital.