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1875
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
a
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
after
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
against
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
all
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
and
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
apocryphal
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
applied
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
as
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
at
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
be
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
been
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
behind
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
bites
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
book
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From this reading Readers of his book will recall the fine tribute to Korniloff’s powers, and the description of his death, in Chapters VI.
but
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
by
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
called
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
calls
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
capital
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
Chapters
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From this reading Readers of his book will recall the fine tribute to Korniloff’s powers, and the description of his death, in Chapters VI.
cherry
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
concerned
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
confirmation
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
contrary
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
convey
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
dead
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
death
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From this reading Readers of his book will recall the fine tribute to Korniloff’s powers, and the description of his death, in Chapters VI.
declaring
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
description
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From this reading Readers of his book will recall the fine tribute to Korniloff’s powers, and the description of his death, in Chapters VI.
done
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
eaten
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
England's
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
envied
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
epithet
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
explaining
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
family
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
far
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
features
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
fight
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
fine
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From this reading Readers of his book will recall the fine tribute to Korniloff’s powers, and the description of his death, in Chapters VI.
formed
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
Frenchman
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
from
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
fruitless
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
general's
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
great
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
had
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
have
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
he
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
hero's
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
heroism
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
him
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
his
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
historians
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
ideal
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
ignored
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
In
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
India
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
Inkerman
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
inquiries
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
is
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
it
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
kind
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
Korniloff's
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
left
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
Madame
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
made
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
message
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
moved
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
nationalities
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
Novikoff
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
oblivion
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
of
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
others
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
own
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
paper
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
Period
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
Platonic
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
portrait
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
powers
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From this reading Readers of his book will recall the fine tribute to Korniloff’s powers, and the description of his death, in Chapters VI.
probably
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
proud
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
Readers
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From this reading Readers of his book will recall the fine tribute to Korniloff’s powers, and the description of his death, in Chapters VI.
recall
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From this reading Readers of his book will recall the fine tribute to Korniloff’s powers, and the description of his death, in Chapters VI.
receiving
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
recorded
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
regarded
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
rescued
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
Russia
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
Russian
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
Russophobe
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
said
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
seeing
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
sentimental
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
Skobeleff
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
sneered
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
so
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
support
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
task
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
that
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
the
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
think
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
Third
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
to
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
told
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
tribute
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From this reading Readers of his book will recall the fine tribute to Korniloff’s powers, and the description of his death, in Chapters VI.
tried
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
troops
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
Turkey
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
turned
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
two
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
us
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
utterances
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From this reading He made fruitless inquiries after a paper said to have been left behind him by Skobeleff, explaining that “India is a cherry to be eaten by Russia, but in two bites”; it was contrary to the general’s recorded utterances and probably apocryphal.
VI
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From this reading Readers of his book will recall the fine tribute to Korniloff’s powers, and the description of his death, in Chapters VI.
war
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
was
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
what
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From this reading In 1875 he told Madame Novikoff that his task was done so far as Inkerman was concerned, and was proud to think that he had rescued from oblivion the heroism of the Russian troops in what he calls the “Third Period” of the great fight, ignored as it was by all Russian historians of the war.
which
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
who
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
will
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From this reading Readers of his book will recall the fine tribute to Korniloff’s powers, and the description of his death, in Chapters VI.
with
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From this reading He was moved by receiving Korniloff’s portrait with a kind message from the dead hero’s family, seeing in the features a confirmation of the ideal which he had formed in his own mind and had tried to convey to others.
women
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From this reading Russophobe as regarded Turkey, he sneered at England’s sentimental support of nationalities as “Platonic”: a capital epithet he called it, and envied the Frenchman who applied it to us, declaring that it had turned all the women against us.
