All 5 Uses of
amass
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- As soon as his engagement with the patron of The Young Amelia ended, he would hire a small vessel on his own account—for in his several voyages he had amassed a hundred piastres—and under some pretext land at the Island of Monte Cristo.†
Chpt 22-23 *
- He labored and toiled until he had amassed 250,000 francs; six years sufficed to achieve this object.†
Chpt 49-50
- And I, doctor—you know a man does not arrive at the post I occupy—one has not been king's attorney twenty-five years without having amassed a tolerable number of enemies; mine are numerous.†
Chpt 73-74
- I had a betrothed, Albert, a lovely girl whom I adored, and I was bringing to my betrothed a hundred and fifty louis, painfully amassed by ceaseless toil.†
Chpt 91-92
- "Mercedes," said the count, "I do not say it to blame you, but you made an unnecessary sacrifice in relinquishing the whole of the fortune amassed by M. de Morcerf; half of it at least by right belonged to you, in virtue of your vigilance and economy."†
Chpt 111-112
Definition:
get or gather together