War and Peace

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War and Peace

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[1] The most fascinating woman in Petersburg.

[2] God has given it to me, let him who touches it beware!

[3] Cousinhood is a dangerous neighborhood.

[4] To err is human.

[5] You expect to make an income out of the government.

[6] So that squares matters.

[7] Hors d'oeuvres.

[8] Do you know the proverb?

[9] That suits us down to the ground.

[10] Hollow.

[11] I just ask you that.

[12] Catherine.

[13] A bastard.

[14] And all that follows therefrom.

[15] "Marlborough is going to the wars; God knows when he'll return."

[16] To understand all is to forgive all.

[17] Kutuzov.

[18] "Forty thousand men massacred and the army of our allies destroyed, and you find that a cause for jesting!"

[19] "It is all very well for that good-for-nothing fellow of whom you have made a friend, but not for you, not for you."

[20] "A very good morning! A very good morning!"

[21] "Busy already?"

[22] * "Hurrah for the Austrians! Hurrah for the Russians! Hurrah for Emperor Alexander!"

[23] "And hurrah for the whole world!"

[24] "But my dear fellow, with all my respect for the Orthodox Russian army, I must say that your victory was not particularly victorious."

[25] "We must let him off the u!"

[26] Fine eyes.

[27] Ours.

[28] "Woman is man's companion."

[29] The marshalls.

[30] Bridgehead.

[31] That their fire gets into his eyes and he forgets that he ought to be firing at the enemy.

[32] "That Russian army which has been brought from the ends of the earth by English gold, we shall cause to share the same fate—(the fate of the army at Ulm)."

[33] "This is a pleasure one gets in camp, Prince."

[34] "On vous fera danser."

[35] "What's he singing about?"

[36] Daughter of Matthew.

[37] "I love you."

[38] Anna Pavlovna.

[39] The little one is charming.

[40] "Indeed, Sire, we shall do everything it is possible to do, Sire."

[41] "Hang these Russians!"

[42] Till tomorrow, my dear fellow.

[43] "You clear out of this."

[44] I love you.

[45] Fruhstuck: breakfast.

[46] Denisov.

[47] To indicate he did not want more tea.

[48] "Europe will never be our sincere ally."

[49] "Delighted to see you. I am very glad to see you."

[50] "You must know that this is a woman."

[51] "For heaven's sake."

[52] "But, my dear, you ought on the contrary to be grateful to me for explaining to Pierre your intimacy with this young man."

[53] "Princess, on my word, I did not wish to offend her."

[54] "In a minute I shall be at your disposal."

[55] "The principle of monarchies is honor seems to me incontestable. Certain rights and privileges for the aristocracy appear to me a means of maintaining that sentiment."

[56] "If you regard the question from that point of view."

[57] The Illuminati sought to substitute republican for monarchical institutions.

[58] "That's a superb animal."

[59] "Of a charming woman, as witty as she is lovely."

[60] "That girl shall be my wife."

[61] "Delighted to see you."

[62] "He is all the rage just now."

[63] To be a man.

[64] "Cousinhood is a dangerous neighborhood."

[65] The French shawl dance.

[66] "He is charming; he has no sex."

[67] To force the guard.

[68] Death gives relief and death is peaceful. Ah! from suffering there is no other refuge.

[69] Poisonous nourishment of a too sensitive soul, Thou, without whom happiness would for me be impossible, Tender melancholy, ah, come to console me, Come to calm the torments of my gloomy retreat, And mingle a secret sweetness With these tears that I feel to be flowing.

[70] Are the pretty women.

[71] "To shed (or not to shed) the blood of his peoples."

[72] Old style.

[73] Those whom (God) wishes to destroy he drives mad.

[74] "Long live the king."

[75] "Royalty has its obligations."

[76] Forty-two.

[77] "Food for cannon."

[78] "Moscow, the Asiatic capital of this great empire, the sacred city of Alexander's people, Moscow with its innumerable churches shaped like Chinese pagodas."

[79] "Child of the Don."

[80] "Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait."

[81] "Don't see it that way, that's the trouble."

[82] "When in doubt, my dear fellow, do nothing."

[83] "Think it over; get into the barque, and take care not to make it a barque of Charon."

[84] "It is the talk of all Moscow. My word, I admire you!"

[85] "Who excuses himself, accuses himself."

[86] "A little bit in love with the young man."

[87] A kind of entrenchment.

[88] "The war must be extended widely. I cannot sufficiently commendthat view."

[89] "Oh, yes, the only aim is to weaken the enemy, so of course one cannot take into account the loss of private individuals."

[90] Lay member of the Society of Jesus.

[91] A masterly woman.

[92] "Oh, Mamma, don't talk nonsense! You don't understand anything. In my position I have obligations.

[93] "No, tell him I don't wish to see him, I am furious with him for not keeping his word to me."

[94] "Countess, there is mercy for every sin."

[95] "That Asiatic city of the innumerable churches, holy Moscow! Here it is then at last, that famous city. It was high time."

[96] "Bring the boyars to me."

[97] "My dear, my tender, my poor mother."

[98] "House of my Mother."

[99] To Rostopchin's ferocious patriotism.

[100] "Good day, everybody!"

[101] "Are you the master here?"

[102] "Quarters, quarters, lodgings! The French are good fellows. What the devil! There, don't let us be cross, old fellow!"

[103] "You can't pass!

[104] "Look here, no nonsense!"

[105] Though a foreigner, Russian in heart and soul.

[106] Our most gracious sovereign.

[107] Whose flames illumined his route.

[108] "Thank you for coming, my dear."

[109] As looters.

[110] Large battalions are always victorious.

[111] A captain of Cossacks.

[112] "Ah, it's you! Do you want something to eat? Don't be afraid, they won't hurt you."

[113] "Come in, come in."

[114] "Thank you, sir."

[115] "Who goes there?"

[116] "Lancers of the 6th Regiment."

[117] "Password."

[118] "Tell me, is Colonel Gerard here?"

[119] "When an officer is making his round, sentinels don't ask him for the password… . I am asking you if the colonel is here."

[120] "Good day, gentlemen."

[121] "To your places."

[122] "Get along, get along!"

[123] "I have acted the Emperor long enough; it is time to act the general."

[124] "It is great."

[125] That it is great.

[126] "From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step."

[127] Knight without fear and without reproach.

[128] History of the year 1812. The character of Kutuzov and reflections on the unsatisfactory results of the battles at Krasnoe, by Bogdanovich.

[129] "Long live Henry the Fourth, that valiant king! That rowdy devil."

[130] Who had a triple talent For drinking, for fighting, And for being a gallant old boy…

[131] Without faith or law.

[132] "I'm your man."

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