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1  But no sooner had he left Bagration than his courage failed him.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
2  "Youth is no hindrance to courage," muttered Sukhtelen in a failing voice.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XIX
3  "I wish you courage and success," and, pressing Pierre's hand, he went out.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III
4  Denisov, as was his wont, rode out in front of the outposts, parading his courage.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XVI
5  I could not have done it myself, I should not have had the courage, but it's splendid.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI
6  He again recalled all the details of the victory and his own calm courage during the battle, and feeling reassured he dozed off.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX
7  After that Anna Pavlovna led up to the courage and firmness of the King of Prussia, in order to draw Boris into the conversation.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI
8  She did not know how she found the courage, but she looked straight into his handsome face as it came near to her shortsighted eyes.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IV
9  "She let the hawk fly upward from her wide right sleeve," went the song, arousing an involuntary sensation of courage and cheerfulness.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
10  He feared that Bonaparte's genius might outweigh all the courage of the Russian troops, and at the same time could not admit the idea of his hero being disgraced.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III
11  But not listening to what Firhoff was saying, he was gazing now at the sovereign and now at the men intending to dance who had not yet gathered courage to enter the circle.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XVI
12  Officers who approached him with disturbed countenances became calm; soldiers and officers greeted him gaily, grew more cheerful in his presence, and were evidently anxious to display their courage before him.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII
13  Taking the colonel's outburst as a challenge to his courage, the general expanded his chest and rode, frowning, beside him to the front line, as if their differences would be settled there amongst the bullets.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
14  Rostov had not the courage to persuade Denisov, though he instinctively felt that the way advised by Tushin and the other officers was the safest, and though he would have been glad to be of service to Denisov.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XVIII
15  Then he was again led somewhere still blindfolded, and as they went along he was told allegories of the toils of his pilgrimage, of holy friendship, of the Eternal Architect of the universe, and of the courage with which he should endure toils and dangers.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV
16  It seemed to Rostov that Bogdanich was only pretending not to notice him, and that his whole aim now was to test the cadet's courage, so he drew himself up and looked around him merrily; then it seemed to him that Bogdanich rode so near in order to show him his courage.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII
17  As there was nothing to be said, and neither wished to give occasion for it to be alleged that he had been the first to leave the range of fire, they would have remained there for a long time testing each other's courage had it not been that just then they heard the rattle of musketry and a muffled shout almost behind them in the wood.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
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