1 There is a rumor that you are thinking of peace.
2 Yes, I have been much blamed," he said, "both for that war and the peace.
3 "Yes, really I did," Natasha replied in a voice that pleaded to be left in peace.
4 But that day's encounter in church had, he felt, sunk deeper than was desirable for his peace of mind.
5 And changing the subject, Kutuzov began to speak of the Turkish war and the peace that had been concluded.
6 The whole courtyard was permeated by a strong peaceful smell of stable yards, delightful to Pierre at that moment.
7 If we had listened to them all we should not have made peace with Turkey and should not have been through with that war.
8 Princess Mary raised herself on the sofa on which she had been lying and replied through the closed door that she did not mean to go away and begged to be left in peace.
9 Sire," he said, with respectful playfulness, "they are only afraid lest Your Majesty, in the goodness of your heart, should allow yourself to be persuaded to make peace.
10 It is clear that the man who advocates the conclusion of a peace, and that the Minister should command the army, does not love our sovereign and desires the ruin of us all.
11 On returning to France, to the bosom of the great, strong, magnificent, peaceful, and glorious fatherland, I should have proclaimed her frontiers immutable; all future wars purely defensive, all aggrandizement antinational.
12 I will tell the deputation that I did not, and do not, desire war, that I have waged war only against the false policy of their court; that I love and respect Alexander and that in Moscow I will accept terms of peace worthy of myself and of my people.
13 The abbe, a well-fed man with a plump, clean-shaven chin, a pleasant firm mouth, and white hands meekly folded on his knees, sat close to Helene and, with a subtle smile on his lips and a peaceful look of delight at her beauty, occasionally glanced at her face as he explained his opinion on the subject.