a space into a decent sized pond before hurrying away again through the willows that had checked its course. Crefton leaned against a tree-trunk and looked across the swirling eddies of the pond at the humble little homestead opposite him; the only sign of life came from a small procession ...
Reaching the large house near the Horse Guards’ barracks, in which Anatole lived, Pierre entered the lighted porch, ascended the stairs, and went in at the open door. There was no one in the anteroom; empty bottles, cloaks, and overshoes were lying about; there was a smell of alcohol,...
“I guess I’ll smoke,” Lewis said, and scratched a match on his trousers. “How can you!” she protested; “it is profane!” He gave her an amused look, but lighted his cigar and smoked dreamily for a minute; then he drew a long breath. “I was pretty tired,” he said, and...
Now in the middle of the night that same room was dimly lighted by two candles, the tea things stood in disorder on one of the little tables, and a sober, heterogeneous group of people sat talking in whispers, showing by every word and gesture that they were not unmindful of what had ...
CHAPTER XIV On November 1 Kutuzov had received, through a spy, news that the army he commanded was in an almost hopeless...
Merton’s critics might argue that in taking the long view, he took too long a view—and in defending the silent life, he sometimes slighted the outspoken, fallible, compromised, democratic self-in-progress burdened by historical particulars—. And there is an element of truth to this. ...
They broke up the wood and threw it on, blew up the fire with their mouths, and fanned it with the skirts of their coats, and the flame began tohiss7and crackle. The soldiers drew nearer the fire and lighted their pipes. The handsome young soldier who had brought in the wood put his...
When he reached the large house in which Kuragin lived, near the Horse Guards caserne, he went up the steps leading to the lighted porch and entered the house by an open door. There was no one in the hall; empty bottles, cloaks, and overshoes were strewn about; there was the smell ...