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1 I have always said so and I am beginning to experience it.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXIX
2 He despised them because of his old age and experience of life.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XV
3 He was dissatisfied because he knew by experience that if his patient did not die now, he would do so a little later with greater suffering.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXXII
4 But Napoleon with his long experience of war well knew the meaning of a battle not gained by the attacking side in eight hours, after all efforts had been expended.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXXIV
5 He carried his resolution within himself in terror and haste, like something dreadful and alien to him, for, after the previous night's experience, he was afraid of losing it.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXXIII
6 After that day he lived through many things, gaining knowledge, observation, and experience, but had he possessed all the faculties he afterwards acquired, he could not have had a better or more profound understanding of the meaning of the scene he had witnessed between his father, Mary, and Natasha, than he had then.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 12: CHAPTER XV
7 He did nothing harmful to the progress of the battle; he inclined to the most reasonable opinions, he made no confusion, did not contradict himself, did not get frightened or run away from the field of battle, but with his great tact and military experience carried out his role of appearing to command, calmly and with dignity.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXVIII
8 Not only did no one see this, but on the Russian side every effort was made to hinder the only thing that could save Russia, while on the French side, despite Napoleon's experience and so-called military genius, every effort was directed to pushing on to Moscow at the end of the summer, that is, to doing the very thing that was bound to lead to destruction.
War and Peace 4By Leo Tolstoy ContextHighlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER I