War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy [843]
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*47Be the good boy you used to be.
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*48Once he’s transferred to the guards…
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†49…of the coronation in Milan…And the new comedy of the people of Genoa and Lucca, who come to present their best wishes to M. Buonaparte. M. Buonaparte seated on a throne and granting the wishes of the nations! Adorable! No, but it could make you crazy! You’d think the whole world has lost its mind!
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‡50“God gives it to me, woe to him who touches it”…They say he was very handsome as he spoke those words.
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*51I hope, finally…that this was the drop of water that will make the glass overflow. The sovereigns can no longer put up with this man who threatens everything.
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†52The sovereigns? I’m not speaking of Russia…The sovereigns, madame! What did they do for Louis XVI, for the queen, for Madame Elizabeth? Nothing…And believe me, they are being punished for their betrayal of the cause of the Bourbons. The sovereigns? They send ambassadors to compliment the usurper.
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‡53Bar of gules, engrailed with gules of azure—house of Condé.
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*54Bonaparte has said that.
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†55“I showed them the path to glory…they did not want it; I opened my antechambers to them, they rushed there in a mob.” I don’t know to what extent he had the right to say it.
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‡56None…Even if that had been a hero for certain people…since the assassination of the duke there is one more martyr in heaven, one less hero on earth.
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§57God! my God!
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#58What, Monsieur Pierre, you find that assassination is greatness of soul?
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*59Social contract.
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†60It is a conjuring trick which in no way resembles the way a great man acts.
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*61He’s a commoner, you may as well say.
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†62Ah! today someone told me a charming Muscovite anecdote: I must treat you to it. Excuse me, Viscount, I must tell it in Russian. Otherwise the salt of the story won’t be felt.
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‡63Footmen.
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§64A chambermaid.
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*65…livery…to make visits.
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*66It’s agreed.
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†67How the father will look upon it. Good-bye.
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*68Well, my dear, your little princess is very nice, very nice…Very nice indeed…And completely French.
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†69And you know, you’re terrible with your innocent little air…I pity the poor husband, that little officer who gives himself the airs of a reigning prince.
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‡70And you were saying that Russian ladies were not as good as French ladies. You just have to know how to handle them.
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*71“So that’s the famous Prince Andrei?” My word of honor.
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†72Ah! do not speak to me of this departure, do not speak to me of it. I do not want to hear it spoken of.
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‡73I’m afraid, I’m afraid!
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*74…what you are afraid of.
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†75No, Andrei, I say you’ve changed so much, so much…
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*76Good night, Liza.
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*77I am very amiable and very caustic.
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†78…all refined women.
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*79I’m a finished man.
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†80I’m a bastard…With no name, no fortune…
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‡81What do you want, my dear…women, my dear, women!
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§82Proper women…women…women and wine.
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*83Dear countess, it’s been so long…she was bedridden, the poor child…at the Razumovskys’ ball…and the countess Apraksin…I was so happy…
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*84I’m quite delighted; mama’s health…and the countess Apraksin.
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*85Between us.
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*86My dear, there’s a time for everything.
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†87Hello, my dear, I congratulate you…What a delightful child!
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*88Cousinhood is a dangerous neighborhood.
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*89…all is not rosy…at the rate we’re going…
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†90Princess So-and-So.
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‡91He once courted me.
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§92Grandeurs