All 18 Uses of
convey
in
The Three Musketeers
- His words were brief and expressive, conveying all that was meant, and no more; no embellishments, no embroidery, no arabesques.
Chpt 7. (definition 1)conveying = communicating or expressing
- One day, as I was conveying my wife back to the Louvre, he was coming out as she was going in, and she showed him to me.
Chpt 8. (definition 2)conveying = transporting
- M. de Treville requested Athos, whatever might happen, to be observant of his duty to the king, but particularly to the queen, begging him to convey his desires to his comrades.
Chpt 10. (definition 1)convey = communicate or express
- Four conveyed him away, I don't know where—to the Bastille or Fort l'Eveque.
Chpt 11. (definition 2)conveyed = transported
- Go to the riverside, ask for the brig SUND, and give this letter to the captain; he will convey you to a little port, where certainly you are not expected, and which is ordinarily only frequented by fishermen.
Chpt 21. (definition 2)convey = transport
- The haste which the young woman was in to convey to the queen the excellent news of the happy return of her messenger prevented the two lovers from exchanging more than a few words.
Chpt 22. (definition 1)convey = communicate or express
- Instead of putting the letter in the post, which is never safe, I took advantage of the journey of one of my lads to Paris, and ordered him to convey the letter to this duchess himself.
Chpt 25. (definition 2)convey = transport
- And did you convey this answer to your guest?
Chpt 25. (definition 1) *convey = communicate or express
- Why did you not have yourself conveyed to Paris?
Chpt 25. (definition 2) *conveyed = transported
- This last expression of Richelieu's conveyed a terrible doubt; it alarmed d'Artagnan more than a menace would have done, for it was a warning.
Chpt 40. (definition 1)conveyed = communicated or expressed
- "We were to have conveyed her to a hotel in the Place Royale," said the wounded man.
Chpt 41. (definition 2)conveyed = transported
- "That is to say, she was there," replied Milady; "but the queen has obtained an order from the king by means of which she has been conveyed to a convent."
Chpt 44. (definition 2)
- In fifteen or twenty days I shall set out for La Rochelle with the army; but on the eve of my departure a vessel which I shall see depart will take you hence and convey you to our colonies in the south.
Chpt 50. (definition 2)convey = transport
- "Captain," said Felton, "this is person of whom I spoke to you, and whom you must convey safe and sound to France."
Chpt 58. (definition 2)
- "Meanwhile," said Felton, "convey me to the little bay of—; you know it was agreed you should put in there."
Chpt 58. (definition 2)
- As long as he remained in the boat which conveyed him to land, he kept his face toward Milady, who, standing on the deck, followed him with her eyes.
Chpt 59. (definition 2)conveyed = transported
- What was most pressing was to get Mme. Bonacieux away, and convey her to a place of safety, and there, if matters required, make her a hostage.
Chpt 63. (definition 2)convey = transport
- "Gentlemen," said he, "if Monsieur d'Artagnan will surrender his sword to me and join his word to yours, I shall be satisfied with your promise to convey Monsieur d'Artagnan to the quarters of Monseigneur the Cardinal."
Chpt 67. (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (convey as in: convey her thoughts) communicate or express
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(2) (convey as in: convey her safely to) transporteditor's notes: Today, this sense of convey is seldom seen outside of historic literature.