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1  So she decided that it was necessary to prepare the opinion of society.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER VII
2  The society gathered together at the governor's was the best in Voronezh.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER IV
3  In solitude a man generally listens to the first voice, but in society to the second.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XVII
4  "We were just talking of you," she said with the facility in lying natural to a society woman.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XVII
5  Moreover, toward evening, as if everything conspired to make Petersburg society anxious and uneasy, a terrible piece of news was added.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER II
6  Catherine Petrovna did actually play valses and the ecossaise, and dancing began in which Nicholas still further captivated the provincial society by his agility.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER IV
7  But he never thought about her as he had thought of all the young ladies without exception whom he had met in society, nor as he had for a long time, and at one time rapturously, thought about Sonya.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER VI
8  Whether it was right or wrong to remarry while one had a husband living they did not discuss, for that question had evidently been settled by people "wiser than you or me," as they said, and to doubt the correctness of that decision would be to risk exposing one's stupidity and incapacity to live in society.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER VII
9  As she was in mourning Princess Mary did not go out into society, and Nicholas did not think it the proper thing to visit her again; but all the same the governor's wife went on with her matchmaking, passing on to Nicholas the flattering things Princess Mary said of him and vice versa, and insisting on his declaring himself to Princess Mary.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER VI