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1  It may be arrogant of me, but still it is best to say it.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER XI
2  All the best moments of his life suddenly rose to his memory.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER III
3  people dancing, Iogel with Natasha, his pride and his best pupil, were.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER XII
4  He was at once shown to the best room, which Dolokhov had taken for that evening.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER XIII
5  I think it would be best not to bring it before the Emperor, but to apply to the commander of the corps.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIX
6  Moreover, paying such honor to Bagration was the best way of expressing disapproval and dislike of Kutuzov.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II
7  But what I say is," he said, turning to Rostov, "it would be best simply to petition the Emperor for pardon.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XVIII
8  The Moscovites felt that something was wrong and that to discuss the bad news was difficult, and so it was best to be silent.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II
9  It taught men to be wise and good and for their own benefit to follow the example and instruction of the best and wisest men.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VII
10  I told him everything as best I could, and told him what I had proposed to our Petersburg lodge, of the bad reception I had encountered, and of my rupture with the Brothers.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII
11  Though in Moscow the Rostovs belonged to the best society without themselves giving it a thought, yet in Petersburg their circle of acquaintances was a mixed and indefinite one.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XI
12  The old man, roused by activity, expected the best results from the new campaign, while Prince Andrew on the contrary, taking no part in the war and secretly regretting this, saw only the dark side.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII
13  The baby Prince Nicholas lived with his wet nurse and nurse Savishna in the late princess' rooms and Princess Mary spent most of the day in the nursery, taking a mother's place to her little nephew as best she could.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII
14  Sometimes the best of the pupils, of whom Natasha, who was exceptionally graceful, was first, even danced the pas de chale, but at this last ball only the ecossaise, the anglaise, and the mazurka, which was just coming into fashion, were danced.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER XII
15  The adjutant told them that the affair was likely to take a very bad turn: that a court-martial had been appointed, and that in view of the severity with which marauding and insubordination were now regarded, degradation to the ranks would be the best that could be hoped for.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XVI
16  On his return to Moscow from the army, Nicholas Rostov was welcomed by his home circle as the best of sons, a hero, and their darling Nikolenka; by his relations as a charming, attractive, and polite young man; by his acquaintances as a handsome lieutenant of hussars, a good dancer, and one of the best matches in the city.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II
17  "However, it is time to get on," he added, and, stepping off the raft, he looked up at the sky to which Pierre had pointed, and for the first time since Austerlitz saw that high, everlasting sky he had seen while lying on that battlefield; and something that had long been slumbering, something that was best within him, suddenly awoke, joyful and youthful, in his soul.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XII
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