All 17 Uses of
heed
in
War and Peace
- But Pierre continued his speech without heeding her.†
Chpt 1 *
- They were met by a deacon with a censer and by a servant who passed out on tiptoe without heeding them.†
Chpt 1
- But much as all the rest laughed, talked, and joked, much as they enjoyed their Rhine wine, saute, and ices, and however they avoided looking at the young couple, and heedless and unobservant as they seemed of them, one could feel by the occasional glances they gave that the story about Sergey Kuzmich, the laughter, and the food were all a pretense, and that the whole attention of that company was directed to—Pierre and Helene.†
Chpt 3
- "Very well, then, be so good as to wait," said Prince Andrew to the general, in Russian, speaking with the French intonation he affected when he wished to speak contemptuously, and noticing Boris, Prince Andrew, paying no more heed to the general who ran after him imploring him to hear something more, nodded and turned to him with a cheerful smile.†
Chpt 3
- This horse that had carried the sovereign at reviews in Russia bore him also here on the field of Austerlitz, enduring the heedless blows of his left foot and pricking its ears at the sound of shots just as it had done on the Empress' Field, not understanding the significance of the firing, nor of the nearness of the Emperor Francis' black cob, nor of all that was being said, thought, and felt that day by its rider.†
Chpt 3
- We take up their cause, but it turns out that 'the enemy of the human race' pays no heed to our fine speeches and in his rude and savage way throws himself on the Prussians without giving them time to finish the parade they had begun, and in two twists of the hand he breaks them to smithereens and installs himself in the palace at Potsdam.†
Chpt 5
- The young count paid no heed to them, but, breathing hard, passed by with resolute strides and went into the house.†
Chpt 7
- For Moscow society Pierre was the nicest, kindest, most intellectual, merriest, and most magnanimous of cranks, a heedless, genial nobleman of the old Russian type.†
Chpt 8
- Prince Bolkonski listened as a presiding judge receives a report, only now and then, silently or by a brief word, showing that he took heed of what was being reported to him.†
Chpt 8
- Without heeding the end of the Italian's remarks, and as though not hearing them, the Emperor, recognizing Bolkonski, addressed him graciously.†
Chpt 9
- Yakov Alpatych heard without heeding.†
Chpt 10
- The princess heard her, not heeding her words but occasionally looking up at her and listening to the sound of her voice.†
Chpt 10
- "You spare no one," continued Julie to the young man without heeding the author's remark.†
Chpt 10
- Everybody expected some prank from her and did not wish to obey her; but she resolutely and passionately demanded obedience, grew angry and nearly cried because they did not heed her, and at last succeeded in making them believe her.†
Chpt 11
- Had the Cossacks pursued the French, without heeding what was behind and around them, they would have captured Murat and everything there.†
Chpt 13
- At the first sound of trampling hoofs and shouting, Petya lashed his horse and loosening his rein galloped forward, not heeding Denisov who shouted at him.†
Chpt 14
- But that man, so heedless of his words, did not once during the whole time of his activity utter one word inconsistent with the single aim toward which he moved throughout the whole war.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(heed) pay close attention to; or to do what is suggested -- especially with regard to a warning or other advice