All 50 Uses of
oblige
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "Gently, gently," said the old man, with a smile; "and by your leave I will use your purse moderately, for they would say, if they saw me buy too many things at a time, that I had been obliged to await your return, in order to be able to purchase them."†
Chpt 1-2
- "We are never quits with those who oblige us," was Dantes' reply; "for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude."†
Chpt 1-2
- Keep your money—keep it, I say;—one never has too much;—but, at the same time, my boy, I am as much obliged by your offer as if I took advantage of it.†
Chpt 1-2
- I know she was loaded with cotton, and that she took in her freight at Alexandria from Pastret's warehouse, and at Smyrna from Pascal's; that is all I was obliged to know, and I beg I may not be asked for any further particulars."†
Chpt 5-6
- Compelled, as they were, to await a night sufficiently dark to favor their flight, they were obliged to defer their final attempt till that auspicious moment should arrive; their greatest dread now was lest the stone through which the sentry was doomed to fall should give way before its right time, and this they had in some measure provided against by propping it up with a small beam which they had discovered in the walls through which they had worked their way.†
Chpt 17-18
- Edmond was obliged to assist him, for otherwise he would not have been able to enter by the small aperture which led to Dantes' chamber.†
Chpt 17-18
- The old patron, who was obliged to sail in the morning in order to land his cargo on the frontiers of Piedmont and France, between Nice and Frejus, urged Dantes to try and rise.†
Chpt 23-24
- This obliged them to make all the speed they could to evade the enemy, when they could but lament the absence of Dantes, whose superior skill in the management of a vessel would have availed them so materially.†
Chpt 25-26
- The delighted builder then offered his services in providing a suitable crew for the little vessel, but this Dantes declined with many thanks, saying he was accustomed to cruise about quite alone, and his principal pleasure consisted in managing his yacht himself; the only thing the builder could oblige him in would be to contrive a sort of secret closet in the cabin at his bed's head, the closet to contain three divisions, so constructed as to be concealed from all but himself.†
Chpt 25-26
- Again the abbe had been obliged to swallow a draught of water to calm the emotions that threatened to overpower him.†
Chpt 25-26
- Yes, you will much oblige me.†
Chpt 27-28
- Still, I must own I am sorry to be obliged to give up the cart and the group of reapers—it would have produced such an effect!†
Chpt 33-34
- Meanwhile, oblige me by a sight of one of these tavolettas.†
Chpt 33-34
- "And your excellency has one, which was let to Prince Lobanieff; but I was obliged to pay a hundred"— "That will do—that will do, Monsieur Bertuccio; spare these gentlemen all such domestic arrangements.†
Chpt 35-36
- They saw, or rather continued to see, the image of what they had witnessed; but little by little the general vertigo seized them, and they felt themselves obliged to take part in the noise and confusion.†
Chpt 35-36
- "No, my dear Vampa," replied the count; "besides, you compensate for your mistakes in so gentlemanly a way, that one almost feels obliged to you for having committed them."†
Chpt 37-38
- Debray will, perhaps, be obliged to go to the minister—and besides" (Albert looked at his tablets), "it is the hour I told the count, 21st May, at half past ten; and though I do not much rely upon his promise, I wish to be punctual.†
Chpt 39-40
- —are you going to make me ring a second time for the carriage?" asked Monte Cristo, in the same tone that Louis XIV. pronounced the famous, "I have been almost obliged to wait."†
Chpt 41-42
- In order to go from the door to the house, or from the house to the door, M. de Villefort would be obliged to pass by one of these clumps of trees.†
Chpt 43-44
- '—'The road takes a turn—he is obliged to follow it—while alongside of the canal there is a shorter road.†
Chpt 43-44
- In the struggle her clothes caught fire, and they were obliged to let go their hold in order to preserve themselves from sharing the same fate.†
Chpt 45-46
- Request her also to oblige me by saying whether it is her pleasure to dine with me; if so, let dinner be served in her apartments.†
Chpt 45-46
- My commands are ordinarily short, clear, and precise; and I would rather be obliged to repeat my words twice, or even three times, than they should be misunderstood.†
Chpt 45-46
- "I am much obliged by your kind intentions towards me," said Monte Cristo; "but this morning I purchased a very excellent pair of carriage-horses, and I do not think they were dear.†
Chpt 47-48
- Monte Cristo pointed to a chair, which the procureur was obliged to take the trouble to move forwards himself, while the count merely fell back into his own, on which he had been kneeling when M. Villefort entered.†
Chpt 47-48
- "Alas," replied the weeping girl, "I am obliged to own that my mother-in-law's aversion to me arises from a very natural source—her overweening love for her own child, my brother Edward."†
Chpt 51-52
- They were obliged to stuff at least twenty pounds weight of shot in the small rider's pockets, to make him weight; but with all that he outstripped Ariel and Barbare, against whom he ran, by at least three whole lengths."†
Chpt 53-54
- "I am extremely sorry you find me so ignorant a cicerone," replied Morcerf, "but I am reluctantly obliged to confess, I have nothing further to communicate—yes, stay, I do know one thing more, namely, that she is a musician, for one day when I chanced to be breakfasting with the count, I heard the sound of a guzla—it is impossible that it could have been touched by any other finger than her own."†
Chpt 53-54
- Yes, I will take a biscuit, as you are so obliging.†
Chpt 55-56
- I used not to do so, but I really feel now almost obliged to have faith in them.†
Chpt 55-56
- I was, therefore, obliged to give it up, as you may imagine, but I own I went away with rather a heavy heart, for the horse had looked at me affectionately, had rubbed his head against me and, when I mounted him, had pranced in the most delightful way imaginable, so that I was altogether fascinated with him.†
Chpt 57-58
- But as Villefort saw his father but seldom, and then only when absolutely obliged, and as he never took any pains to please or gratify him when he was there, all the old man's happiness was centred in his granddaughter.†
Chpt 57-58
- "You said before that you were obliged to leave us, monsieur," said Madame de Villefort, "and you were about to tell us why when your attention was called to some other subject."†
Chpt 59-60
- Madame Danglars half fainted on the arm of Villefort, who was obliged to support himself against the wall.†
Chpt 63-64
- Oh, let us have no gestures, no screams, no modern drama, or you will oblige me to tell you that I see Debray leave here, pocketing the whole of the 500,000 livres you have handed over to him this year, while he smiles to himself, saying that he has found what the most skilful players have never discovered—that is, a roulette where he wins without playing, and is no loser when he loses.†
Chpt 65-66
- I should be obliged, besides my steward, to keep a clerk and a boy.†
Chpt 65-66
- For example, supposing it were the daughter of a banker, he might take an interest in the house of the father-in-law of his son; then again, if he disliked his choice, the major takes the key, double-locks his coffer, and Master Andrea would be obliged to live like the sons of a Parisian family, by shuffling cards or rattling the dice.†
Chpt 65-66
- I did so, but he excused himself on account of Madame de Morcerf being obliged to go to Dieppe for the benefit of sea air.†
Chpt 65-66
- You will oblige me.†
Chpt 65-66 *
- We were obliged to keep silent upon the dreadful catastrophe.†
Chpt 67-68 *
- Turning towards Monte Cristo, she added, "count, will you oblige me with your arm?"†
Chpt 69-70
- "Ah, madame," said Villefort, "you forget that I was obliged to give a mother to my child."†
Chpt 71-72
- The day before Franz had been presented to Madame de Saint-Meran, who had left her bed to receive him, but had been obliged to return to it immediately after.†
Chpt 73-74
- The similarity in the symptoms of tetanus and poisoning by vegetable substances is so great, that were I obliged to affirm by oath what I have now stated, I should hesitate; I therefore repeat to you, I speak not to a magistrate, but to a friend.†
Chpt 73-74
- Then, turning towards Albert,—"It is a pity you do not understand either ancient or modern Greek, both of which Haidee speaks so fluently; the poor child will be obliged to talk to you in Italian, which will give you but a very false idea of her powers of conversation."†
Chpt 77-78
- But if, in spite of all my precautions, I am at last obliged to fight, will you not be my second?†
Chpt 77-78
- Valentine was sitting at a little distance from them, timidly awaiting the moment when she should be obliged to speak.†
Chpt 79-80
- You have your servant's clothes on—you therefore keep a servant; I have none, and am obliged to prepare my own meals.†
Chpt 81-82
- You see I am obliged to economize, in case your prosperity should cease.†
Chpt 81-82
- Ah, you are only one and twenty, and can forget the past; I am fifty, and am obliged to recollect it.†
Chpt 81-82
Definitions:
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(oblige as in: I obliged her every request.) grant a favor to someone
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(oblige as in: I am obliged by law.) require (obligate) to do something