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1  In reply to Lauriston's proposal of peace, he said: There can be no peace, for such is the people's will.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER V
2  Kutuzov replied to this letter as he had done to the one formerly brought by Lauriston, saying that there could be no question of peace.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XV
3  And now without thinking about it he had found that peace and inner harmony only through the horror of death, through privation, and through what he recognized in Karataev.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XII
4  In the early days of October another envoy came to Kutuzov with a letter from Napoleon proposing peace and falsely dated from Moscow, though Napoleon was already not far from Kutuzov on the old Kaluga road.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XV
5  He did not lose sight either of the welfare of his army or of the doings of the enemy, or of the welfare of the people of Russia, or of the direction of affairs in Paris, or of diplomatic considerations concerning the terms of the anticipated peace.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER VIII
6  Yet subsequently, and for the rest of his life, he thought and spoke with enthusiasm of that month of captivity, of those irrecoverable, strong, joyful sensations, and chiefly of the complete peace of mind and inner freedom which he experienced only during those weeks.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XII
7  Just then he was only anxious to get away as quickly as possible from places where people were killing one another, to some peaceful refuge where he could recover himself, rest, and think over all the strange new facts he had learned; but on reaching Orel he immediately fell ill.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER XII
8  He can either fall on the Russian army with double its strength and destroy it; negotiate an advantageous peace, or in case of a refusal make a menacing move on Petersburg, or even, in the case of a reverse, return to Smolensk or Vilna; or remain in Moscow; in short, no special genius would seem to be required to retain the brilliant position the French held at that time.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER VIII