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1  She again inquired whether everything was going well on the farm.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER IX
2  "He has ordered me to inquire into the position of affairs," he added.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV
3  "The countess told me to inquire whether your excellency was at home," said the valet.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER VI
4  Boris said no more, but looked inquiringly at his mother without taking off his cloak.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XV
5  On reaching Petersburg he inquired for Kuragin but the latter had already left the city.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER VIII
6  Kutuzov looked at them searchingly, stopped his carriage, and inquired what regiment they belonged to.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER V
7  He inquired about her health, led the way to his mother, and having sat there for five minutes left the room.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER VI
8  Boris inquired what news there might be on the staff, and what, without indiscretion, one might ask about our plans.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII
9  Noticing the black outline of a man crossing the road, Dolokhov stopped him and inquired where the commander and officers were.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER IX
10  The officer who had been sent to inquire met Denisov on the way with the news that Dolokhov was soon coming and that all was well with him.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER VI
11  He found the Cossacks, inquired for the regiment operating with Platov's detachment and by evening found his master, Nicholas Rostov, quartered at Yankovo.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER VII
12  Pierre inquired what was being said about leaving, and the corporal told him that nearly all the troops were starting and there ought to be an order about the prisoners that day.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XI
13  From the anteroom Berg ran with smooth though impatient steps into the drawing room, where he embraced the count, kissed the hands of Natasha and Sonya, and hastened to inquire after "Mamma's" health.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XVI
14  Not wishing to agree to Dolgorukov's demand to commence the action, and wishing to avert responsibility from himself, Prince Bagration proposed to Dolgorukov to send to inquire of the commander-in-chief.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XVII
15  A short, swarthy lieutenant colonel of hussars with thick mustaches and whiskers rode up to the gate and, glancing at Prince Andrew, inquired whether his Serene Highness was putting up there and whether he would soon be back.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XV
16  The Military Governor of Moscow, who had been assiduous in sending aides-de-camp to inquire after the count's health, came himself that evening to bid a last farewell to the celebrated grandee of Catherine's court, Count Bezukhov.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXI
17  At the quarters of the commander-in-chief, Kutuzov, where he inquired for Bolkonski, all the adjutants and even the orderlies looked at him as if they wished to impress on him that a great many officers like him were always coming there and that everybody was heartily sick of them.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX
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