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1  But now, in the solitude of the journey, they seized him with special force.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I
2  Apparently she had forgotten her age and by force of habit employed all the old feminine arts.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV
3  And the feeling of enthusiasm and love for his sovereign rose again in Rostov's soul in all its old force.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XX
4  Rostopchin was describing how the Russians had been overwhelmed by flying Austrians and had had to force their way through them with bayonets.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III
5  General Buxhowden was all but attacked and captured by a superior enemy force as a result of one of these maneuvers that enabled us to escape him.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IX
6  And, as if to make the Russian general still more conscious of his dependence on brute force, Davout sent an adjutant to call the officer on duty.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER V
7  The spy reported that the French, after crossing the bridge at Vienna, were advancing in immense force upon Kutuzov's line of communication with the troops that were arriving from Russia.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIV
8  "If they had known that you wished it, the entertainment would have been put off," said the prince, who, like a wound-up clock, by force of habit said things he did not even wish to be believed.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I
9  The wagons that had reached the hussars had been consigned to an infantry regiment, but learning from Lavrushka that the transport was unescorted, Denisov with his hussars had seized it by force.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XVI
10  Exploding at the word intriguer, Nicholas, raising his voice, told his mother he had never expected her to try to force him to sell his feelings, but if that were so, he would say for the last time.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER XIII
11  The whole expression of his face told her that he had not forgotten the morning's talk, that his decision remained in force, and only the presence of visitors hindered his speaking of it to her now.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III
12  Part of the Russian force had already descended into the valley toward the ponds and lakes and part were leaving these Pratzen Heights which he intended to attack and regarded as the key to the position.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XIV
13  But the hero of heroes was Prince Bagration, distinguished by his Schon Grabern affair and by the retreat from Austerlitz, where he alone had withdrawn his column unbroken and had all day beaten back an enemy force twice as numerous as his own.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II
14  Once, when in a room with a lamp dimly lit before the icon Theodosia was talking of her life, the thought that Theodosia alone had found the true path of life suddenly came to Princess Mary with such force that she resolved to become a pilgrim herself.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XXVI
15  Just then there was a whistle in the air; nearer and nearer, faster and louder, louder and faster, a cannon ball, as if it had not finished saying what was necessary, thudded into the ground near the shed with super human force, throwing up a mass of earth.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI
16  Also, as we are masters of Ulm, we cannot be deprived of the advantage of commanding both sides of the Danube, so that should the enemy not cross the Lech, we can cross the Danube, throw ourselves on his line of communications, recross the river lower down, and frustrate his intention should he try to direct his whole force against our faithful ally.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III
17  After living at the seat of the highest authority and power, after conversing with the Emperor less than three hours before, and in general being accustomed to the respect due to his rank in the service, Balashev found it very strange here on Russian soil to encounter this hostile, and still more this disrespectful, application of brute force to himself.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV
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