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1 He kept asking them to get him the book and put it under him.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXXII
2 "I will come in all the same, I have to look through the books," said Pierre.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XVIII
3 He had in his hand a French book which he closed as Prince Andrew entered, marking the place with a knife.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XVI
4 Of all the affairs awaiting Pierre that day the sorting of Joseph Bazdeev's books and papers appeared to him the most necessary.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XVIII
5 Smiling unnaturally and muttering to himself, he first sat down on the sofa in an attitude of despair, then rose, went to the door of the reception room and peeped through the crack, returned flourishing his arms, and took up a book.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XVIII
6 Princess Mary spent half of every day with little Nicholas, watching his lessons, teaching him Russian and music herself, and talking to Dessalles; the rest of the day she spent over her books, with her old nurse, or with "God's folk" who sometimes came by the back door to see her.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER II
7 His major-domo came in a second time to say that the Frenchman who had brought the letter from the countess was very anxious to see him if only for a minute, and that someone from Bazdeev's widow had called to ask Pierre to take charge of her husband's books, as she herself was leaving for the country.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XVIII
8 He had gone to Joseph Alexeevich's house, on the plea of sorting the deceased's books and papers, only in search of rest from life's turmoil, for in his mind the memory of Joseph Alexeevich was connected with a world of eternal, solemn, and calm thoughts, quite contrary to the restless confusion into which he felt himself being drawn.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXVII