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1  Let me have news of your brother and his charming little wife.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXV
2  And that stupid set without whom my wife cannot exist, and those women.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VIII
3  The count came waddling in to see his wife with a rather guilty look as usual.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII
4  He sat down by his wife, his elbows on his knees and his hands ruffling his gray hair.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII
5  I have had a letter from my brother, who announces his speedy arrival at Bald Hills with his wife.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXV
6  And among all these faces that he found so tedious, none seemed to bore him so much as that of his pretty wife.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV
7  "I still can't understand what you are afraid of," said Prince Andrew slowly, not taking his eyes off his wife.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII
8  Prince Andrew got out of the carriage, helped his little wife to alight, and let her pass into the house before him.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVI
9  "You, my little countess, are a notorious spendthrift," said the count, and having kissed his wife's hand he went back to his study.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII
10  Everything about him, from his weary, bored expression to his quiet, measured step, offered a most striking contrast to his quiet, little wife.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV
11  Attendez," said Anna Pavlovna, reflecting, "I'll speak to Lise, young Bolkonski's wife, this very evening, and perhaps the thing can be arranged.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I
12  Prince Andrew, who had evidently wished to tone down the awkwardness of Pierre's remarks, rose and made a sign to his wife that it was time to go.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
13  From behind the crystal decanters and fruit vases, the count kept glancing at his wife and her tall cap with its light-blue ribbons, and busily filled his neighbors' glasses, not neglecting his own.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII
14  Prince Andrew had gone out into the hall, and, turning his shoulders to the footman who was helping him on with his cloak, listened indifferently to his wife's chatter with Prince Hippolyte who had also come into the hall.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI
15  At Bald Hills, Prince Nicholas Andreevich Bolkonski's estate, the arrival of young Prince Andrew and his wife was daily expected, but this expectation did not upset the regular routine of life in the old prince's household.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXV
16  Prince Andrew apparently knew this as well as Tikhon; he looked at his watch as if to ascertain whether his father's habits had changed since he was at home last, and, having assured himself that they had not, he turned to his wife.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVI
17  However painful it may be to me, should the Almighty lay the duties of wife and mother upon me I shall try to perform them as faithfully as I can, without disquieting myself by examining my feelings toward him whom He may give me for husband.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXV
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