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...ife and Death and Respiration, W. Ogle, 1897. Poetica, with Notes from the French of D’Acier, 1705; by H. J. Pye, 1788, 1792; T . T win- ing, 1789,181... ..., 1891. De Virtutibus et Vitiis, by W . Bridgman, 1804. Politica, from the French of Regius, 1598; by W. Ellis, 1776, 1778, 1888 (Morley’s Universal L... ...e community should partake of all the honourable employments in it—for the generals and the guardians of the state must necessarily be appointed out o... ...der of the fleet is in a manner set up in opposition to the kings, who are generals of the army for life. [1271b] There is also another defect in his ... ...ir officers, particularly those of the highest rank, their kings and their generals. It must be admitted, that it was a great fault in their legislato... ...the meanness of their circumstances, and at any age: but their treasurers, generals, and other great officers of state are 97 Aristotle taken from me... ...ople, and established an hereditary monarchy. They were particularly their generals in war, and presided over their sacrifices, excepting such only as...

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...appy in its own way. Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys? house. The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living in the same house with him. This position of affairs had now lasted three days, and not only the husb...

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...he wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a gov- erness in their family, and she had announ... ...d men of sixty, boys of twenty, actors, ministers, merchants, and adjutant-generals, so that many of his intimate chums were to be found at the extrem... ... European dress again?” he said, scanning his new suit, obviously cut by a French tailor. “Ah! I see: a new phase.” Levin suddenly blushed, not as gro... ...ossible perfection. Why it was the three young ladies had one day to speak French, and the next English; why it was that at certain hours they played ... ...re the students used to work; why they were visited by those professors of French literature, of music, of drawing, of dancing; why at certain hours a... ...ve offended her. Lord help me!” thought Levin, and he flew towards the old Frenchwoman with the gray ringlets, who was sitting on a bench. Smiling and...

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...DINO, with the occupation of Moscow that followed it and the flight of the French without further conflicts, is one of the most instructive phenomena ... ..., and the rights and the strength of France increase. The victories of the French at Jena and Auerstadt destroy the independent existence of Prussia. ... ...stence of Prussia. 4 War and Peace – Book Fourteen But then, in 1812, the French gain a victory near Moscow. Moscow is taken and after that, with no ... ...t, with no further battles, it is not Russia that ceases to exist, but the French army of six hundred thousand, and then Napoleonic France itself. To ... ...ere other battles that destroyed Napoleon’s army, is impossible. After the French victory at Borodino there was no general engagement nor any that wer... ...e transport, of the message Petya had brought, and his own replies to both generals. Then he told him all he knew of the French detachment. “That’s so... ...isto- rians studying the events from the letters of the sovereigns and the generals, from memoirs, reports, projects, and so forth, have attributed to... ... have written the history of the beautiful words and sentiments of various generals, and not the history of the events. To them the words of Miloradov...

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...whelm and cut off the enemy and so on, the farther movement of the fleeing French, and of the Russians who pursued them, continued as far as Krasnoe w... ...thout a battle. The flight was so rapid that the Russian army pursuing the French could not keep up with them; cavalry and artillery horses broke down... ...ry horses broke down, and the information received of the movements of the French was never reliable. The men in the Russian army were so worn out by ... ...e Russian pursuit was just as destructive to our army as the flight of the French was to theirs. The only 13 Tolstoy difference was that the Russian ... ...rmy moved voluntarily, with no such threat of destruction as hung over the French, and that the sick Frenchmen were left behind in enemy hands while t... ...ovement of the French as was desired in Petersburg and by the Russian army generals, directed his whole activity here, as he had done at Tarutino and ... ...s the zigzag path of the French. All the artful maneuvers suggested by our generals meant fresh movements of the army and a lengthening of its marches... ...rapidity of which was unparalleled for such a time of the year. But to the generals, especially the foreign ones in the Rus- sian army, who wished to ... ...dame de Stael, read novels, liked the society of pretty women, jested with generals, offic- ers, and soldiers, and never contradicted those who tried ...

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...f up obsequiously, and from the way he walked through the ranks behind the generals, bending forward and hardly able to restrain his jerky movements, ... ... something. Prince Andrew stepped forward from among the suite and said in French: “You told me to remind you of the officer Dolokhov, re- duced to th... ...e was asking the adjutant to wait, and he went on with the conversation in French. “All I can say, General,” said he with a pleasant elegance of expre... ...e said, handing 17 Tolstoy him several papers, “make a neat memorandum in French out of all this, showing all the news we have had of the movements o... ... might, perhaps, see and take part in the first Russian encounter with the French since Suvorov met them. He feared that Bonaparte’s genius might outw... ...d the previous evening. There was room enough in the wide corridor for the generals to pass the three officers quite easily, but Zherkov, pushing Nesv... ...’re coming!… they’re coming!… Stand aside, make way, please make way!” The generals were passing by, looking as if they wished to avoid embarrassing a... ...ause for jesting!” 21 Tolstoy said, as if strengthening his views by this French sentence. “C’ est bien pour un garcon de rein comme cet individu don... ...ion for the first time trophies were taken: banners, cannon, and two enemy generals. For the first time, after a fortnight’s retreat, the Russian troo...

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...er ha- bitual skill. The large group, in which were Prince V asili and the generals, had the benefit of the diplomat. Another group was at the tea tab... ...eing her without being enchanted. The aunt coughed, swallowed, and said in French that she was very pleased to see Helene, then she turned to Pierre w... ...ny all to ourselves, dear prince,” said the little princess (of course, in French) to Prince V asili. “It’s not as at Annette’s* receptions 29 Tolsto... ...natole had left Paris and how he had liked that city. Anatole answered the Frenchwoman very readily and, looking at her with a smile, talked to her ab... ...d her. She raised her eyes, and two steps away saw Anatole embrac- ing the Frenchwoman and whispering something to her. With a horrified expression on... .... “If I’d been in Nikolenka’s place I would have killed even more of those Frenchmen,” he said. “What nasty brutes they are! I’d have killed so many t... ...he infantry and cavalry and took up its ap- pointed position. Not only the generals in full parade uniforms, 55 Tolstoy with their thin or thick wais... ...d him and went to the reception room, where he found some ten officers and generals. When he entered, Prince Andrew, his eyes drooping con- temptuousl... ...both Emperors took part. At that council, contrary to the views of the old generals Kutuzov and Prince Schwartzenberg, it had been decided to 62 War ...

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...ared at the door. Willarski, stepping toward him, said something to him in French in an undertone and then went up to a small wardrobe in which Pierre... ...” (for some reason she called it Urope as if that were a specially refined French pronunciation which she could allow herself when conversing with a F... ...ussian army. Boris, speaking with deliberation, told them in pure, correct French many in- teresting details about the armies and the court, carefully... ...well! Let him!” And he began reading Bilibin’s letter which was written in French. He read without understanding half of it, read only to forget, if b... ...OW at army headquarters in a diplomatic capac- ity, and though he wrote in French and used French jests and French idioms, he described the whole camp... ...astened to take all steps to that end. May I have succeeded!’ The Prussian generals pride themselves on being polite to the French and lay down their ... ...s to the other. At last our enemy. Buxhowden, catches us and attacks. Both generals are angry, and the result is a challenge on Buxhowden’s part and a... ...k into the hall and noticed that in the porch there were many officers and generals in full parade uniform, whom he had to pass. Cursing his temerity,... ...ening everything around by his glance. He spoke a few words to some of the generals, and, recogniz- ing the former commander of Rostov’s division, smi...

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...e truth and nothing but the truth. I told her I was going to fight for the French and for the Russians; and sure who ever heard of the French or the R... ...issed me and went about the house singing in her old cracky voice that the French was on the sea, and they’d be here without delay, and the Orange wil... ...nsense. O’FLAHERTY. It’s not a bit of use, sir. She says all the En- glish generals is Irish. She says all the English poets and great men was Irish. ... ...d you such brazen impudence? O’FLAHERTY. The Belgians is good men; and the French ought to be more civil to them, let alone their being half murdered ... ...day. MRS O’FLAHERTY. Well, and if they do itself, isn’t there 17 Shaw the French army? O’FLAHERTY. They only get a hapenny a day. MRS O’FLAHERTY [muc... ... in there was a walking angel; and now if ever I marry at all I’ll marry a Frenchwoman. MRS O’FLARERTY [fiercely]. You’ll not, so; and don’t you dar r...

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...cially dead as a result of official misinformation. He was entombed by the French Government. It took the better part of three months to find him and ... ...ling to your atten- tion a crime against American citizenship in which the French Government has persisted for many weeks—in spite of constant appeals... ...rtain letters to friends in America were misinterpreted by an over-zealous French cen- sor. It only adds to the indignity and irony of the situa- tion... ...usiastic lover of France and so loyal to the friends he has made among the French soldiers, that even while suffer- ing in health from his unjust conf... ...I would do something to make American citizenship as sacred in the eyes of French- men as Roman citizenship was in the eyes of the an- cient world. Th... ...cross his path or refused him the salute—hav- ing had “great fun” saluting generals on les grands boulevards and being in turn saluted (“tous les géné...

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...y of their own times, or of the real forces that were moulding Europe. The French Revolution, which made such short work of Catherine’s V oltairean pr... ...er as much as it surprised and scandalized any provincial governess in the French chateaux. The main difference between her and our modern Liberal Gov... ...cy on me, Little Father. Your head is bad this morning. You drink too much French brandy and too little good Russian kvass. PATIOMKIN [with sudden fur... ...able, chuckling]!!! VARINKA. Savage! Boot! It is a disgrace. No wonder the French sneer at us as barbarians. THE SERGEANT [who has crept round the tab... ...no shame? You refuse to see the most exalted persons. You kick princes and generals downstairs. And then you see an English captain merely because he ... ...g. Damn it, man, I must oblige the British 19 GB Shaw ambassador, and the French ambassador, and old Fritz, and Monsieur Voltaire and the rest of the...

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... used only by the elite. All her invitations without exception, written in French, and delivered by a scarlet-liveried footman that morning, ran as fo... ... breast and a serene expression on his flat face. He spoke in that refined French in which our grandfathers not only spoke but thought, and with the g... ...who is connected with the Montmorencys through the Rohans, one of the best French families. He is one of the genuine emigres, the good ones. And also ... ...re to herself and to all around her. “I have brought my work,” said she in French, displaying her bag and addressing all present. “Mind, Annette, I ho... ... One “Y ou know,” said the princess in the same tone of voice and still in French, turning to a general, “my husband is deserting me? He is going to g... ...itect. And the conversation again turned on the war, on Bonaparte, and the generals and statesmen of the day. The old prince seemed convinced not only... ... chance has Michael Kutuzov? No, my dear boy,” he continued, “you and your generals won’t get on against Buonaparte; you’ll have to call in the French...

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...ch would have to be committed during that movement. And beginning with the French Revolution the old inad- equately large group was destroyed, as well... ...ions, without habits, without tradi- tions, without a name, and not even a Frenchman, emerges— by what seem the strangest chances—from among all the s... ... emerges— by what seem the strangest chances—from among all the seeth- ing French parties, and without joining any one of them is borne forward to a p... ...us give him the victory at Austerlitz; and by chance all men, not only the French but all Europe—except England which does not take part in the events... ...e about the children. “Y ou can see the woman in her already,” she said in French, pointing to little Natasha. “Y ou reproach us women with being illo... ...s opinion have directed humanity (one histo- rian considers only monarchs, generals, and ministers as being such men, while another includes also orat... ...monuments have remained: kings, minis- 80 War and Peace – Epilogues ters, generals, authors, reformers, popes, and journalists, to the extent to whic...

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...defective commissariat, the treachery of the Pole Przebyszewski and of the French- 15 Tolstoy man Langeron, Kutuzov’s incapacity, and (it was whisper... ...traordinary and had achieved miracles of valor.The soldiers, officers, and generals were he- roes. But the hero of heroes was Prince Bagration, distin... ...efeat by the memory of former victories; and the words of Rostopchin, that French soldiers have to be incited to battle by highfalutin words, and Germ... ...and men at Austerlitz. One had saved a stan- dard, another had killed five Frenchmen, a third had loaded five cannon singlehanded. Berg was mentioned,... ...Suvorov crowed like a cock in reply to the nonsense talked by the Austrian generals. Shinshin, standing close by, tried to make a joke, saying that Ku... ... You were told…” Helene laughed, “that Dolokhov was my lover,” she said in French with her coarse plainness of speech, uttering the word amant as casu...

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...ef productions which throw light on these, must for the present suffice. A French diplomatic personage, contem- plating Goethe’s physiognomy, is said ... ... last into a highly-probable Nonentity. Follow- ing Locke’s footsteps, the French had discovered that ‘as the stomach secretes Chyle, so does the brai... ...rried in 1773 to John George Schlosser. Goethe’ s education was irregular. French culture gave at this time the prevailing tone to Europe. Goethe coul... ... the side of the empire against Frederick the Great. Frankfort was full of French soldiers, and a certain Comte Thorane, who was quartered in Goethe’s... ...nfluence upon him, chiefly in introducing him to a wider circle of German, French, English and Italian poetry. But the person who had the strongest ef... ...ught to have prayed for a blessing on us, and to have gone out to meet the generals and officers with tokens of honor and joy, and the wearied soldier...

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...now where you get one?” asked Meadville. “I’d like to get me a nice little French girl a rainy night like this.” “It must be a hell of a ways to the t... ...inst buffers, and now and then the shrill whistle of an engine. “Hell, the French railroads are rotten,” said someone. “How d’you know?” snapped Eisen... ...ruddy sunlight. Then there was a rutted road on which stood a long line of French motor trucks with hunched grey backs like elephants. Beyond these we... ...gh … . Tell me—this war is going to last ten years.” “I guess we’ll all be generals by that time, eh, Sarge?” said Williams. “But, man, I wish I was b... ...le. “Say, mamselle, mame shows, mame shows!” “I didn’t know you could talk French, Sarge,” said Fuselli. “French, hell!” said the top sergeant. “Willi... ...elli. “French, hell!” said the top sergeant. “Williams is the boy can talk French.” “Voulay vous couchay aveck moy … . That’s all I know.” Everybody l...

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...the motion of eminent reformers, break no bones. It has been said that the French Revolution was the work of Voltaire, Rousseau and the Encyclopedists... ...introduced to one another or intermarry. Napoleon constructing a galaxy of generals and courtiers, and even of monarchs, out of his collection of soci...

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... of service—opportunities so well improved that, by his victories over the French at Saint- Quentin (1557) and Gravelines (1558) Egmont made a repu- t... ... Gravelines (1558) Egmont made a repu- tation as one of the most brilliant generals in Europe, and became the idol of his countrymen. When in 1559 a n... ...carry my heavy rifle. I managed, notwithstanding, to singe the skin of the French once more, and, as a parting gift, received a grazing shot in my rig... ...arp work of it 8 Egmont there! The victory was all our own. Did not those French dogs carry fire and desolation into the very heart of Flanders? We g... ... shot from the mouth of the river, bang, bang, right into the midst of the French. These were English, who, under Admiral Malin, happened to be sailin... ...fell some- times among our troops. It did some good, however! It broke the French lines, and raised our courage. Away it went. Helter- skelter! topsy-...

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...a capital fellow, with his heart in the right place (as he expressed it in French), but with a mind which, though fairly quick, was too much influence... ...d on material interest would be more desirable. You are altogether, as the French say, too primesautiere a nature; you must have intense, energetic ac... ...ugh we had not spoken of this. What have you come for, Tanya?” she said in French to the little girl who had come in. “Where’s my spade, mamma?” “I sp... ...ch to the little girl who had come in. “Where’s my spade, mamma?” “I speak French, and you must too.” The little girl tried to say it in French, but c... ...oo.” The little girl tried to say it in French, but could not remember the French for spade; the mother prompted her, and then told her in French wher... ...here he had gained two steps up in rank, and an order rarely bestowed upon generals so young. As soon as he arrived in Petersburg, people began to tal...

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...r rived, and exactly at half past eight struck up the inviting strains of a French quadrille, followed by various other dances… . It is needless to s... ...a sense of the elegant and a sense of their own dignity; almost all speaking French to their part ners, or if Russian, using only the most well bred ... ..., he was only quot ing, in his own justification, a memorable phrase of the French minister, Villesle: “All things come in time to him who has the st... ...ding to his adventures. After quot ing very appropriately the phrase of the French minister, Villesle, Mr. Golyadkin immediately thought of the T urk... ...id all that with political motives; and he was a great general …but what are generals, after all? But I keep myself to myself, that’s all, and I don’t... ...he character of folks like us. And I’ve always given satisfaction—ministers, generals, senators, counts—I’ve served them all. I’ve been at Prince Svin... ... of keeping her at home as a child, they sent her to a boarding school, to a French madame, and emigre, a Madame Falbalas or something, and she learne...

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...intro- duced into the mint of England till the 18th of Henry the VIII. The French livre contained, in the time of Charlemagne, a pound, T royes weight... ... of the same weight and fineness with the English pound sterling. English, French, and Scots pennies, too, contained all of them originally a real pen... ...the penny and the pound. During the first race of the kings of France, the French sou or shilling appears upon different occasions to have contained f... ...eir neighbours, the ancient Franks. From the time of Charlemagne among the French, and from that of Will- iam the Conqueror among the English, the pro... ...bout a third only; the Scots pound and penny about a thirty-sixth; and the French pound and penny about a sixty-sixth part of their original value. By... ... of Carthage were continually in the field, and employed under three great generals, who succeeded one another in the command; Amilcar, his son-in-law... ...us to their masters, against whom they used frequently to set up their own generals. In order to render them less formidable, according to some author... ...he first unfortunate exploit of that unfortunate war. In a long peace, the generals, perhaps, may sometimes forget their skill; but where a well regul...