Fathers and Sons

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'That's very praiseworthy self-abnegation,' Pavel Petrovitch declared, drawing himself up, and throwing his head back.†

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Kindly remember, sir' (at these words Bazarov lifted his eyes and looked at Pavel Petrovitch), 'kindly remember, sir,' he repeated, with acrimony—'the English aristocracy.†

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I have heard that Liebig has made some wonderful discoveries in the amelioration of soils.†

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I believe that you could not avoid this duel, which .... which to some extent is explained by the almost constant antagonism of your respective views.'†

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Vassily Ivanovitch walked up and down during the whole of dinner, and with a perfectly happy, positively beatific countenance, talked about the serious anxiety he felt at Napoleon's policy, and the intricacy of the Italian question.†

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I declare, it's positive calumny.'†

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He neither derogated from his own dignity, nor gave offence to others; he vouchsafed a passing smile at the seminary Latin, and stood up for his bishop; drank two small glasses of wine, but refused a third; accepted a cigar from Arkady, but did not proceed to smoke it, saying he would take it home with him.†

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She was not exactly shy, but diffident, and rather overawed by her sister, who had educated her, and who had no suspicion of the fact.†

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I understand your disinclination to talk of your future career; but as to what is taking place within you now ....'†

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This edifying spectacle was the final event of the Governor's ball.†

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Sometimes Bazarov went into the village, and in his usual bantering tone entered into conversation with some peasant: 'Come,' he would say to him, 'expound your views on life to me, brother; you see, they say all the strength and future of Russia lies in your hands, a new epoch in history will be started by you—you give us our real language and our laws.'†

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She chanced to be seen by Odintsov, a very wealthy man of forty-six, an eccentric hypochondriac, stout, heavy, and sour, but not stupid, and not ill-natured; he fell in love with her, and offered her his hand.†

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He did not dispute now with Pavel Petrovitch, especially as the latter assumed an excessively aristocratic demeanour in his presence, and expressed his opinions more in inarticulate sounds than in words.†

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'He will go in the coach,' interposed Arkady in an undertone.†

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'And that is called nihilism?'†

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I have prescribed him centaury and St. John's wort, ordered him to eat carrots, given him soda; but all that's merely palliative measures; we want some more decided treatment.†

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I express myself so as to be understood; I .... am not a seminary rat.†

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He was gracious to all, to some with a shade of disgust, to others with a shade of respect; he was all bows and smiles 'en vrai chevalier francais' before the ladies, and was continually giving vent to a hearty, sonorous, unshared laugh, such as befits a high official.†

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To my idea your presence here is superfluous; I cannot endure you; I despise you; and if that is not enough for you ....'†

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Anna Sergyevna gave him some drink, not taking off her glove, and drawing her breath timorously.†