All 28 Uses of
moreover
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Why, when a man has friends, they are not only to offer him a glass of wine, but, moreover, to prevent his swallowing three or four pints of water unnecessarily!†
Chpt 3-4
- "And, moreover, my dear duke," continued the minister of police, "we are almost assured that, in a very short time, the usurper will be insane."†
Chpt 9-10 *
- The abbe was a man of the world, and had, moreover, mixed in the first society of the day; he wore an air of melancholy dignity which Dantes, thanks to the imitative powers bestowed on him by nature, easily acquired, as well as that outward polish and politeness he had before been wanting in, and which is seldom possessed except by those who have been placed in constant intercourse with persons of high birth and breeding.†
Chpt 17-18
- The last Count of Spada, moreover, made me his heir, bequeathing to me this symbolic breviary, he bequeathed to me all it contained; no, no, make your mind satisfied on that point.†
Chpt 17-18
- Moreover, it is possible that the Genoese was one of those shrewd persons who know nothing but what they should know, and believe nothing but what they should believe.†
Chpt 22-23
- Moreover, from being so long in twilight or darkness, his eyes had acquired the faculty of distinguishing objects in the night, common to the hyena and the wolf.†
Chpt 22-23
- He had, moreover, looked upon the customs officer wounded to death, and, whether from heat of blood produced by the encounter, or the chill of human sentiment, this sight had made but slight impression upon him.†
Chpt 22-23
- His looking-glass had assured him, during his stay at Leghorn, that he ran no risk of recognition; moreover, he had now the means of adopting any disguise he thought proper.†
Chpt 25-26
- There came in, moreover, two drafts which M. Morrel had fully anticipated, and which Cocles paid as punctually as the bills which the shipowner had accepted.†
Chpt 29-30
- The host gave Franz time to recover from his surprise, and, moreover, returned look for look, not even taking his eyes off him.†
Chpt 31-32
- Moreover, other ideas, much more enthralling, occupied his mind.†
Chpt 31-32
- Albert, besides being an elegant, well-looking young man, was also possessed of considerable talent and ability; moreover, he was a viscount—a recently created one, certainly, but in the present day it is not necessary to go as far back as Noah in tracing a descent, and a genealogical tree is equally estimated, whether dated from 1399 or merely 1815; but to crown all these advantages, Albert de Morcerf commanded an income of 50,000 livres, a more than sufficient sum to render him a…†
Chpt 33-34
- Moreover, he had this advantage, he was master of the count's secret, while the count had no hold on Franz, who had nothing to conceal.†
Chpt 35-36
- And remember, moreover, that it is often he who comes off victorious from the strife, absolved of all crime in the eyes of the world.†
Chpt 35-36
- "What do I think?" said Albert, evidently surprised at such a question from his companion; "I think he is a delightful fellow, who does the honors of his table admirably; who has travelled much, read much, is, like Brutus, of the Stoic school, and moreover," added he, sending a volume of smoke up towards the ceiling, "that he has excellent cigars."†
Chpt 35-36
- He had, moreover, sandals bound on his feet by cords.†
Chpt 35-36
- The count had, moreover, charged him to offer the two friends the key of his box at the Argentina.†
Chpt 35-36
- This circumstance had, moreover, the effect of changing the conversation; an hour afterwards the two friends returned to their hotel.†
Chpt 35-36
- "You might as well have tried to stop number three of the barberi, who gained the prize in the race to-day," replied Franz; "and then moreover, what could happen to him?"†
Chpt 37-38
- Morcerf, like most other young men of rank and fortune, had his orchestra stall, with the certainty of always finding a seat in at least a dozen of the principal boxes occupied by persons of his acquaintance; he had, moreover, his right of entry into the omnibus box.†
Chpt 53-54
- It is one of the most desirable connections which could possibly be formed; he possesses fortune, a high rank in society, and every personal qualification likely to render Valentine supremely happy,—his name, moreover, cannot be wholly unknown to you.†
Chpt 57-58
- Moreover, do not alarm yourself, Morrel; this weakness, if it is such, is betrayed to you alone.†
Chpt 89-90
- Moreover, he reckoned much on the interest of the Danglars to hush up the rumor of their own misadventures.†
Chpt 97-98
- …d'Armilly; she had frequently observed the contemptuous expression with which her daughter looked upon Debray,—an expression which seemed to imply that she understood all her mother's amorous and pecuniary relationships with the intimate secretary; moreover, she saw that Eugenie detested Debray,—not only because he was a source of dissension and scandal under the paternal roof, but because she had at once classed him in that catalogue of bipeds whom Plato endeavors to withdraw from the…†
Chpt 99-100
- Certainly, though Valentine still labored under dreadful nervous excitement, she was better; and moreover, Monte Cristo had told him when, half distracted, he had rushed to the count's house, that if she were not dead in two hours she would be saved.†
Chpt 99-100
- I say there, for as I did not consider my house safe enough, or lawyers sufficiently discreet, and as landed property carries evidence with it, and moreover since you have no right to possess anything independent of your husband, I have kept this sum, now your whole fortune, in a chest concealed under that closet, and for greater security I myself concealed it there.†
Chpt 105-106
- If I am an officer, your fortune is certain, for I shall have money enough for both, and, moreover, a name we shall both be proud of, since it will be our own.†
Chpt 105-106
- "And moreover, it kills," said Beauchamp.†
Chpt 109-110
Definition:
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(moreover) in addition to what has just been said