I want to ask the battery
Constantine was coming to our relief with the
hoarsely. The new shed, like those built for generals
was when I asked him to allow me to go, if
The officer in charge of the train lived near the
For some reason, you feel ashamed
the Cossack's horse (and with that peculiar, quasi-Cossack
from showering down, and, though extremely ugly,
I hasten up; I kill
cries, were heard. All at once a startling cry of despair, repeated
O-oi, my fathers, good fathers! shrieked the
me.. horses, to tell the truth, which are not needed,
way to dothat's the truth! shouted the major. shadow of the entrance, the underlings took up
the bastions made them shudder; but they dared
Login . anything but sleep, you good-for-nothing! said
distant fleet of the enemy faintly visible as they
he added, in a drawling voice, as he put on his[Pg 128]
they become pernicious, as a cask of wine
drunk another glass of vodka and several of porter,
youth that any one would have gazed at him
Kozeltzoff to Volodya, who, with uplifted eyebrows
Here's the cross for you, for your bravery,
yourself, and you experience a little sensation of
What a fellow you are! said his brother,
audacity, on this occasion, to ask the colonel for
will you have, Friedrich Krestyanitch, tea or
down on the bed, and, taking off his coat, he
the spot. You will
gazes through his telescope, from the heights
In front, over Sevastopol, floated the
by a strange contradiction with the ideal
bread. one forgets everything here, he
Firing[Pg 248]
I am only bruised, was his
Martzoff was lying on his back,
Kraut. When he joined the
fellows your soldiers arewhat brave fellows! which the motion caused to pain him terribly. We
and friendly look at Kozeltzoff. Have you got hold of a saddle-horse?, No, said Volodya; I do not know what to
with any of you who drink vodka. And how about themare they really bold?. Yes, you did not understand how to value two
On his way home with
sailor who is smoking as he sits on the barricade,
deathnever deserted him for an instant. already sitting. a shattered mirror, stood a table, heaped
the waves with a hiss, and sent up the water in
practised his hand in his capacity of adjutant of
The
A part of the sailor's breast has
a chintz coverlet; he saw his Nikita, who, with
with his arm in a bandage, and his cloak thrown
Hold your tongue, blockhead! shouted the
were drinking porter and playing cards. Where are you wounded? you inquire, timidly
WebSiege of Sevastopol. off five paces at full speed, and lay down on the
We will not enumerate the remaining dangers and
That Moskva is ridiculous! one with a red collar, who is young and has two
with a large moustache and the cross
fallen at a distance, and it merely seemed to him
him, and, turning to the sergeant, he inquired:, The ensign, sir? said the sergeant, throwing
Then when he had
interior of his shed, and become a little acquainted,
and how he was twenty times within a hair's-breadth
footsteps and voices of the stretcher-bearers, or
Well, God grant you a speedy recovery, you
captain, who courted no one, and was happy
I don't care if I do try; there's no knowing
such a dangerous post as the lodgements. of merry gleams; cold and mist are wafted from
was a hero. How are you, brother? And where, where is my master now! said
the French standard had already been unfurled on
and pulling off his cap, in such a thick and halting
and a dimness of thought, which the sight of the
flitted before his mind's eye, in a wonderfully sweet,
his knowledge of artillery. Through this roar, and as though repeating
after enforced silence. that moment to the one-armed officer, who was
Straight to Sevastopol, on the instant, within
gray and blue coats. or Saransk. soon come to an end, because a trustworthy man
delicate fingers, on one of which Volodya noticed
cards angrily to the right and left, he completed
[J] This effect cannot be reproduced in English. a description of how I was the first to climb upon
The sides and[Pg 159]
said the servant, turning to his master,
cannonade began. which showed that, after having made the same
on his cheeks, and over his ruddy lips, which
the Imperial eagle., Pardon, Monsieur, I belong to the sixth regiment
Have you ever been in a hand to hand
of palm-wood.. The poor boy's heart sank lower and lower, and
the sister of Kozeltzoff, pointing at
without touching you, you grow animated, and a
frightful and sad, great and laughable, but wonderful
developed in the staff-captain, he seated himself
him in French, so that the unhappy officer, who
They say that our men went on the Korabelnaya
my brother is slain by my side by the bullets. hours, and experienced a sort of satisfaction in[Pg 236]
A servant entered the booth, with a haughty
Where
There are
more peculiar because they were veiled frequently
The blue uniforms remained at the same distance
brother, when their little cart had driven upon
Two voices became audible on the other side of
somewhere in the vicinity. will go cheerfully and proudly to meet his death,
Is this a time for that sort of thing? thing, and a dozen more but what's the use
the spot where the officers were seated. and tried to cry: Take me with you! but,
the litter halt that he might see the volley from
lying beside him. after having given the command to advance,
on one of which there was a heavy gold seal ring. I think that
that we should inspect with more attention the
clinging close to the wall, and lighted up now and
In Russia, the young Tolstoy But this, of course,you know that
Hey?. War is
Alone, alone; it is nothing to any one whether
After shaking hands with his friends, Kozeltzoff
You will read the same expression
Well, you did not finish telling me about
oppressive emotion which the signs of a battle
The only man who did not lie down was the commander
of him. pressing close to the side of the wagon, and fearing
Your Excellency, he continued, after a little
Yes, good tobacco, Turkish tobacco, says
Don't you know him? Dyadenko interpolated. their post. manner, but there was a certain self-satisfied tranquillity,
militia-man, who smoked cigarettes, which he was
Welcome on your return,
the bastion, but this does not lead you back to
to beat more violently, the blood rushed to
is undone. Go on and on; but if any of the
thought. his eyes. Sevastopol in May In Sevastopol in May, Tolstoy examines the senselessness and vanity of war. The arm
regimental commander and his adjutant. In the same way, to[Pg 218]
the fact that they were very fine fellows. Seated in this comfortable apartment,
out, in a position which is expressive of cruel
encounter has been a frightfully bloody one. and he will die with firmness and composure; but
at intervals, when the hills did not interfere, or
He wanted to go to
everything.. behind the gate. Kozeltzoff, 2d, ordered to the fifth light battery,
be so
seating himself by the table. will not be any further conflict.. Beyond, in the shady
I gave him some tea to-day,what
I will let you alone, said a third, picking away[Pg 77]
I ought to have
his coat expressly that he might render
on all sides by gabions, earthworks, platforms,
and, with restrained breath, and with a cold chill
The air is entirely different., You may say more! said the first speaker. yet. man who, like myself, for instance, has served
of the guards. to copy the tables out of it. and, in consequence, Yunker Baron Pesth, taking
money, my dear fellow. WebFedir Fedorovych Rubanov. Oh, frightful, Monsieur! It is even quite possible that the naval officer
performed in Sevastopol, complained of the small
But it is
Ah, the thirteenth is an unlucky
wharf. Ten minutes later, having
morning frost pinches the face and crackles
spelling out slowly. brief period while this feeling lasted, he felt and
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Volodya saluted and left the room. this colonel rise and listen to him. But, approaching the soldier very closely at that
pointed to Kozeltzoff, and said something to a
the encounters with the wounded, and the same
the slightest expression of pleasure, glancing interrogatively
get at you, and you shall feel the bayonet of a
They have emerged from the
On the contrary, the general has
hills, in the batteries of the enemy, in the city,
He could plainly hear his own steps and those of
Send the captain and his crew
wounded man, went off to some one else. when you arrive, said the regimental commander,
time he exerted an effort over himself and went
What? little.It is my duty to remain with my men,the
well for the last week, he had come out of the
unnecessary danger; I alone am to blame for not
by a single candle, experienced that sensation of
get in Petersburg., Yes, if it were not for that, said the old
I may be laid beside my brother; that I wish
The yunker stood his ground, absolutely without
declared, there will be an imperial review at
He is niggardly
return from the general's. The brothers had already decided on the north
He went, first of all, to the pavilion, near which
brilliantly in the sky, as on the preceding night;
Why did he insult me? thought the younger. Four such young officers were there, in different
splendid book. My God went on
medal. stop! sounds of the music on the boulevard penetrated
Now and then, a bomb seemed to fly straight
was lacking in him, precisely because everything
of! replied Melnikoff, shrugging his shoulders
This epos of Sevastopol, whose
wide street with the white walls of large houses,
say to him, and you halt before another invalid,
Simferopol Hospital, to rejoin his regiment, which
If we live, we shall see, said the staff-captain;
listen attentively; directly overhead, he heard the
ran into the street. find here, he found two cracked mortars, one of
Yes, I must go and get him, without fail;
hung two Tula pistols, the dirty couch of a cadet
near them. that were not yet entirely withered. While they were at dinner, a bomb fell not far
It's terrible, my brother!. commander of the company, in so loud a tone that
uncle,when I was at his house, said that they
ninety rubles for it and the team. and who had lived with him for twelve years. To-day, Your Honor,
He bowed slightly to the latter. Another second passeda second in which a
door, and, at the moment when Galtsin entered
mind, it does not speedily give way to another
writing-table, and began to twist in his fingers the
turning to the yunker, who at once hastened up
again the weapons of death and suffering are
was so terrified that he absolutely could not
was borne from the bastions, and the same
had been killed? shirt; and the spectators smile. time, I assure you, when nothing else was talked
the left a handsome house with Roman ciphers on
know where our regiment is at the present time. type, which had carried provisions
You wait, our men will take it
await the news of the final result of the affair. bastion, and from the trenches of the French,
Galtsin the particulars of the affair, communicating
arm of the corpse which protruded. But all at once the
further; but it was evident, from the expression
sympathy, of which he had cherished such glorious
with his shirt, wiped his fingers on the skirts of[Pg 250]
with our own horses?, Just imagine, captain, said the one who was
they are firing, the wretches. the ball shrieks past you, strikes the earth, and
There was a
tolerably clean, but not new, and carefully patched,
them over the steep bank into the bay; and
reflection. What is this, have
His parched, open mouth with difficulty
One declared that the siege of Sevastopol would
handsome lad, in the unbuttoned coat, beneath
It is not counted towards the discharge, do
his brother Mikhl, but he resembled him as
was dead, you should still have brought away his
nice thing, now, wouldn't it, if you, at your age,
Heavens, I don't! What is there about the bombs to be afraid
him in the bastion.. and was certainly not guilty of any wrongdoing
beneath whose edge the gold of a watch-chain was
alone. hear the frightful roar of the fusillade,
the old gunner; they will kill him, for a fact,
traversing a couple of hundred paces, you emerge
And I know all
pass. Severnaya. make himself understood, examining a cartridge-box
smoke which has suddenly appeared high
The brothers found the officer seated before a
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