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1  "I never boast, and I never tell lies," he said slowly, restraining his rising anger.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In PART 7: Chapter 24
2  Smiling, hardly able to restrain his tears, Levin kissed his wife and went out of the dark room.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In PART 7: Chapter 16
3  And though he had promised Alexey Alexandrovitch not to speak of Anna, he could not restrain himself.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In PART 7: Chapter 19
4  Lvov visibly tried to restrain the expression of his delight, but he was positively radiant with smiles.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In PART 7: Chapter 4
5  "You know," she said, and at the same instant, unable to restrain herself any longer, she burst into sobs.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In PART 7: Chapter 24
6  But even though she knew it was her own ruin, she could not restrain herself, could not keep herself from proving to him that he was wrong, could not give way to him.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In PART 7: Chapter 24
7  Just as the bees, whirling round him, now menacing him and distracting his attention, prevented him from enjoying complete physical peace, forced him to restrain his movements to avoid them, so had the petty cares that had swarmed about him from the moment he got into the trap restricted his spiritual freedom; but that lasted only so long as he was among them.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In PART 8: Chapter 14