“Andréy, why didn’t you warn me?” ↩
“Delighted to see you. I am very glad to see you.” ↩
“You must know that this is a woman.” ↩
“For heaven’s sake.” ↩
“But, my dear, you ought on the contrary to be grateful to me for explaining to Pierre your intimacy with this young man.” ↩
“Princess, on my word, I did not wish to offend her.” ↩
“In a minute I shall be at your disposal.” ↩
“The principle of monarchies is honor seems to me incontestable. Certain rights and privileges for the aristocracy appear to me a means of maintaining that sentiment.” ↩
“If you regard the question from that point of view.” ↩
The Illuminati sought to substitute republican for monarchical institutions. ↩
“That’s a superb animal.” ↩
“Of a charming woman, as witty as she is lovely.” ↩
“That girl shall be my wife.” ↩
“Delighted to see you.” ↩
“He is all the rage just now.” ↩
To be a man. ↩
“Cousinhood is a dangerous neighborhood.” ↩
The French shawl dance. ↩
“He is charming; he has no sex.” ↩
To force the guard. ↩
Death gives relief and death is peaceful.
Ah! from suffering there is no other refuge.
Poisonous nourishment of a too sensitive soul,
Thou, without whom happiness would for me be impossible,
Tender melancholy, ah, come to console me,
Come to calm the torments of my gloomy retreat,
And mingle a secret sweetness
With these tears that I feel to be flowing.
Are the pretty women. ↩
“To shed (or not to shed) the blood of his peoples.” ↩
Old style. ↩
Those whom (God) wishes to destroy he drives mad. ↩
“Long live the king.” ↩
“Royalty has its obligations.” ↩
Forty-two. ↩
“Food for cannon.” ↩
“Moscow, the Asiatic capital of this great empire, the sacred city of Alexander’s people, Moscow with its innumerable churches shaped like Chinese pagodas.” ↩
“Child of the Don.” ↩
“Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.” ↩
“Don’t see it that way, that’s the trouble.” ↩
“When in doubt, my dear fellow, do nothing.” ↩
“Think it over; get into the barque, and take care not to make it a barque of Charon.” ↩
“It is the talk of all Moscow. My word, I admire you!” ↩
“Who excuses himself, accuses himself.” ↩
“A little bit in love with the young man.” ↩
A kind of entrenchment. ↩
“The war must be extended widely. I cannot sufficiently commend that view.” ↩
“Oh, yes, the only aim is to weaken the enemy, so of course one cannot take into account the loss of private individuals.” ↩
Lay member of the Society of Jesus. ↩
A masterly woman. ↩
“Oh, Mamma, don’t talk nonsense! You don’t understand anything. In my position I have obligations.” ↩
“No, tell him I don’t wish to see him, I am furious with him for not keeping his word to me.” ↩
“Countess, there is mercy for every sin.” ↩
“That Asiatic city of the innumerable churches, holy Moscow! Here it is then at last, that famous city. It was high time.” ↩
“Bring the boyars to me.” ↩
“My dear, my tender, my poor mother.” ↩
“House of my Mother.” ↩
To Rostopchín’s ferocious patriotism. ↩
“Good day, everybody!” ↩
“Are you the master here?” ↩
“Quarters, quarters, lodgings! The French are good fellows. What the devil! There, don’t let us be cross, old fellow!” ↩
“You can’t pass!” ↩
“Look here, no nonsense!” ↩
Though a foreigner, Russian in heart and soul. ↩
Our most gracious sovereign. ↩
Whose flames illumined his route. ↩
“My child! I love you and have known you a long time.” ↩
“Thank you for coming, my dear.” ↩
As looters. ↩
Large battalions are always victorious. ↩
A captain of Cossacks. ↩
“Ah, it’s you! Do you want something to eat? Don’t be afraid, they won’t hurt you.” ↩
“Come in, come in.” ↩
“Thank you, sir.” ↩
“Who goes there?” ↩
“Lancers of the 6th Regiment.” ↩
“Password.” ↩
“Tell me, is Colonel Gérard here?” ↩
“When an officer is making his round, sentinels don’t ask him for the password. … I am asking you if the colonel is here.” ↩
“Good day, gentlemen.” ↩
“To your places.” ↩
“Get along, get along!” ↩
“I have acted the Emperor long enough; it is time to act the general.” ↩
“It is great.” ↩
That it is great. ↩
“From the sublime to the ridiculous is but
