All 3 Uses of
ruse
in
War and Peace
- As soon as Bonaparte (who was at Schonbrunn, sixteen miles from Hollabrunn) received Murat's dispatch with the proposal of a truce and a capitulation, he detected a ruse and wrote the following letter to Murat: Schonbrunn, 25th Brumaire, 1805, at eight o'clock in the morning To PRINCE MURAT, I cannot find words to express to you my displeasure.†
Chpt 2
- The count had devised this diplomatic ruse (as he afterwards told his daughter) to give the future sisters-in-law an opportunity to talk to one another freely, but another motive was to avoid the danger of encountering the old prince, of whom he was afraid.†
Chpt 8
- His having moved his troops there is only a ruse; he will probably pass round to the right of the Moskva.†
Chpt 10 *
Definition:
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(ruse) an action (such as a trick or lie) that hides the truth