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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...r alms, went away to his estates. His new brethren gave him letters to the Kiev and Odessa Masons and promised to write to him and guide him in his ne... ... X SOON AFTER HIS ADMISSION to the Masonic Brotherhood, Pierre went to the Kiev province, where he had the greatest number of serfs, taking with him f... ...r his own guidance as to what he should do on his estates. When he reached Kiev he sent for all his stewards to the head office and explained to them ... ...sultations very valuable for the proprietor and troublesome to himself. In Kiev Pierre found some people he knew, and strangers hastened to make his a... ...Mary call it, are the chief source of all error and evil. Le prochain—your Kiev peasants to whom you want to do good.” And he looked at Pierre with a ... ...anish eyes from under her brows at the young men. “Where have you been? To Kiev?” Prince Andrew asked the old woman. “I have, good sir,” she answered ... ..., he’s a benefactor, he once gave me ten rubles, I remember. When I was in Kiev, Crazy Cyril says to me (he’s one of God’s own and goes barefoot summe... ...d said it he went blind. And he dreamed that the Holy Virgin Mother of the Kiev catacombs came to him and said, ‘Believe in me and I will make you who... ...oly a life that his hands smelled of incense, and how on her last visit to Kiev some monks she knew let her have the keys of the catacombs, and how sh...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...cond line… have you written it?” he continued dictating to the clerk. “The Kiev Grenadiers, Podolian…” “One can’t write so fast, your honor,” said the... ...ft on the field. After passing a chasseur regiment and in the lines of the Kiev grenadiers—fine fellows busy with similar peaceful affairs— near the s... ...lities: “If the enemy at- tacks the right flank,” he said to himself, “the Kiev grena- diers and the Podolsk chasseurs must hold their position till r... ...he French had advanced nearest on our right. Below the height on which the Kiev regiment was stationed, in the hollow where the rivu- let flowed, the ... ...n them and that his regiment was in disor- der and was retreating upon the Kiev grenadiers. Prince Bagration bowed his head in sign of assent and appr...

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Best of Four

By: David Retz

...ing for him with my parents and grandparents at an old railroad station in Kiev. I never saw a real American before and I was really excited to meet h...

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The Sea-Gull

By: Anton Checkov

... nor brains, and on my passport you may read that I am simply a citizen of Kiev. So was my father, but he was a well-known actor. When the celebrities...

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Happy Families Are All Alike; Every Unhappy Family Is Unhappy in Its Own Way

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...dicating the gentleman in the jerkin: “This is Mr. Kritsky, my friend from Kiev, a very remarkable man. He’s persecuted by the police, of course, beca... ...been condemned for something. 104 Anna Karenina – Part One “You’re of the Kiev university?” said Konstantin Levin to Kritsky, to break the awkward si... ...vin to Kritsky, to break the awkward silence that followed. “Yes, I was of Kiev,” Kritsky replied angrily, his face darkening. “And this woman,” Nikol...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

... Tolstoy spent with a beautiful Polish lady on the veranda of his house in Kiev. And without linking up the events of the day or draw- ing a conclusio...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...irst post station. During the first half of the journey—from Kremenchug to Kiev—all Rostov’s thoughts, as is usual in such cases, were behind him, wit...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...ation he reached Orel, and on the third day there, when preparing to go to Kiev, he fell ill and was laid up for three months. He had what the doc- to...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

... line... have you written it?” he continued dic- tating to the clerk. “The Kiev Grenadiers, Podolian...” “One can’t write so fast, your honor,” said t... ...ft on the field. After passing a chasseur regiment and in the lines of the Kiev grenadiers—fine fellows busy with similar peaceful affairs—near the sh... ...bilities: “If the enemy attacks the right flank,” he said to himself, “the Kiev grenadiers and the Podolsk chasseurs must hold their position till res... ...he French had advanced nearest on our right. Below the height on which the Kiev regiment was stationed, in the hollow where the rivulet flowed, the so... ...pon them and that his regiment was in disorder and was retreating upon the Kiev grenadiers. Prince Bagration bowed his head in sign of assent and appr... ...r alms, went away to his estates. His new brethren gave him letters to the Kiev and Odessa Ma- sons and promised to write to him and guide him in his ... ... X SOON AFTER HIS ADMISSION to the Masonic Brotherhood, Pierre went to the Kiev province, where he had the great- est number of serfs, taking with him... ...r his own guidance as to what he should do on his estates. When he reached Kiev he sent for all his stewards to the head office and explained to them ... ...l- tations very valuable for the proprietor and troublesome to himself. In Kiev Pierre found some people he knew , and strang- ers hastened to make hi...

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The Insulted and Injured

By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

...ed a scapular for you; there’s a prayer sewn into it, my angel; a nun from Kiev taught it to me last year; a very suitable prayer. I sewed it in just ... ...t place, and the vodka— there’s no word for it! It’s come all the way from Kiev on foot. I’ve tasted it, many a time I’ve tasted it, I know; and they ... ... a different kind, but no less gorgeous, stood plates of excellent sweets, Kiev preserves both dried and liquid, fruit-paste, jelly , French preserves... ...case the patient began to be convalescent, apples for baking, oranges, dry Kiev preserves (in case the doctor would allow them) and finally linen, she...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

... the things. “These aren’t needed,” said she, putting aside some plates of Kiev ware. “These—yes, these must go among the carpets,” she said, referrin...

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Resurrection

By: Mrs. Louis Maude

...s power of its own accord. With this object he travelled to Petersburg, to Kiev, to Odessa and abroad, and was every- where successful. A man in whom ...

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The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

...d, such as is sometimes worn next the skin with a cross. “This is from Kiev, Dmitri Fyodorovitch,” she went on reverently, “from the relics of the...

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