Continue or Stop the War? Voters Choose in Election of 1864 1864年选举决定继续或停止战争 From VOA Learning English, this is The Making of a Nation. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. And Im Christopher Cruise. In 1864, the United States was still strug

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But instead of a crown, York's head acquired a pike after he was killed in battle with the Queen's loyalists. 可惜的是,理查约克没能成功戴上王冠,而是在与皇后的支持者对战时被一枝矛刺中而亡。 His young son took

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As far as we know, Medieval England was never invaded by ice zombies, or terrorized by dragons, 就我们所知,中世纪的英国不是被冰僵尸入侵,也不是受到恶龙的威胁, but it was shaken by a power struggle between two noble f

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If the truth be told, the average citizen was sick and tired of anarchy and disorder. He did not care who ruled him pro vided the new master gave him a chance to live quietly and without the noise of eternal street riots. Octavian assured his subject

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Chapter 18 - Mrya Dmitrievna reproaches Natsha Marya Dmitrievna, having found Sonya weeping in the corridor, made her confess everything, and intercepting the note to Natasha she read it and went into Natashas room with it in her hand. You shameless

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Chapter 20 - Pierre confronts Anatole Pierre did not stay for dinner, but left the room and went away at once. He drove through the town seeking Anatole Kuragin, at the thought of whom now the blood rushed to his heart and he felt a difficulty in bre

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Chapter 21 - Prince Andrey returns to Moscow Pierre drove to Marya Dmitrievnas to tell her of the fulfillment of her wish that Kuragin should be banished from Moscow. The whole house was in a state of alarm and commotion. Natasha was very ill, having

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Chapter 17 - Moscow after the Emperors visit After the Emperor had left Moscow, life flowed on there in its usual course, and its course was so very usual that it was difficult to remember the recent days of patriotic elation and ardor, hard to belie

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Chapter 18 - Rostopchns broadsheets. Pierre leaves for the army When Pierre returned home he was handed two of Rostopchins broadsheets that had been brought that day. The first declared that the report that Count Rostopchin had forbidden people to le

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Chapter 15 - Prince Andrey goes to headquarters On receiving command of the armies Kutuzov remembered Prince Andrey and sent an order for him to report at headquarters. Prince Andrey arrived at Tsarevo-Zaymishche on the very day and at the very hour

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Chapter 3- Kutzov and his generals at Poklnny Hill When Ermolov, having been sent by Kutuzov to inspect the position, told the field marshal that it was impossible to fight there before Moscow and that they must retreat, Kutuzov looked at him in sile

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Chapter 6 - Hlne in Petersburg Helene, having returned with the court from Vilna to Petersburg, found herself in a difficult position. In Petersburg she had enjoyed the special protection of a grandee who occupied one of the highest posts in the Empi

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Chapter 7 - Hlne's conversion Helene understood that the question was very simple and easy from the ecclesiastical point of view, and that her directors were making difficulties only because they were apprehensive as to how the matter would be regard

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Chapter 12 - Nikolai writes to Snya Before the beginning of the campaign, Rostov had received a letter from his parents in which they told him briefly of Natashas illness and the breaking off of her engagement to Prince Andrey (which they explained b

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Chapter 18 - Natsha attends Mass and hears the special prayer for victory At the beginning of July more and more disquieting reports about the war began to spread in Moscow; people spoke of an appeal by the Emperor to the people, and of his coming hi

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Chapter 21 - Ptya goes to the Krmlin to see the Emperor After the definite refusal he had received, Petya went to his room and there locked himself in and wept bitterly. When he came in to tea, silent, morose, and with tear-stained face, everybody pr

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Chapter 3 - Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky sends Alptych to Smolnsk When Michael Ivanovich returned to the study with the letter, the old prince, with spectacles on and a shade over his eyes, was sitting at his open bureau with screened candles, holding a

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Chapter 22 - Assembly of gentry and merchants at the Slobda Palace Two days later, on the fifteenth of July, an immense number of carriages were standing outside the Sloboda Palace. The great halls were full. In the first were the nobility and gentry

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Hi, everybody. This week, I welcomed President Hamid Karzai to the White House to discuss the way ahead in Afghanistan. And today, I want to update you on how we will end this war, bring our troops home, and continue the work of rebuilding America. O

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Peace is the one thing we all hope for in the world. I wonder if it will ever come. It seems so simple, really. Why cant everyone live in peace? It seems a lot easier to do that than to fight useless wars. If there was peace in the world, everyones l

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