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1  He looked round at the captive drummer boy and felt a pang in his heart.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER VI
2  But for a long time in his dreams he still saw himself in the conditions of captivity.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER XII
3  Supper was over, and Pierre who at first declined to speak about his captivity was gradually led on to do so.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER XVII
4  She was pleased to see that he was captivated by her and it did not occur to her that there was anything wrong in it.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IX
5  At night he would go out for booty and always brought back French clothing and weapons, and when told to would bring in French captives also.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER V
6  But the French troops quite rightly did not consider that this suited them, since death by hunger and cold awaited them in flight or captivity alike.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER XIX
7  Catherine Petrovna did actually play valses and the ecossaise, and dancing began in which Nicholas still further captivated the provincial society by his agility.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER IV
8  In his captivity he had learned that in Karataev God was greater, more infinite and unfathomable than in the Architect of the Universe recognized by the Freemasons.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER XII
9  That search for an aim had been simply a search for God, and suddenly in his captivity he had learned not by words or reasoning but by direct feeling what his nurse had told him long ago: that God is here and everywhere.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER XII
10  Yet subsequently, and for the rest of his life, he thought and spoke with enthusiasm of that month of captivity, of those irrecoverable, strong, joyful sensations, and chiefly of the complete peace of mind and inner freedom which he experienced only during those weeks.
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ContextHighlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XII