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The exact reverse,' she added, struck by her thought.
Was it not youth that he was experiencing now, when coming out again on the other side of the wood he saw, in the bright slanting sunbeams, the graceful form of Varenka in her yellow dress and with a basket on her arm, stepping lightly past the trunk of an old birch, and when the impression of Varenka merged into one with the view that had so struck him with its beauty: the view of the field of ripening oats bathed in the slanting sunbeams and the old forest beyond, flecked with yellow, fading away into the bluish distance.
'Come along, Steve!'Levin shouted, feeling his heart beat more rapidly, and suddenly, as if some bar had been withdrawn from his strained sense of hearing, he lost the faculty of measuring distance, and was struck by sounds which reached him clearly but without any order.
Dolly was struck by the beauty of her head with locks of black hair which had escaped from under her top hat, her full shoulders and fine waist in the black riding-habit, and her whole quiet graceful bearing.
But what struck her most was the change that had taken place in Anna, whom she knew and loved.
But now Dolly was struck by that temporary beauty which only comes to women in moments of love, and which she now found in Anna's face.
In the nursery the luxury noticeable in the rest of the house struck Dolly still mare strongly.
'I see she is happy,' he repeated, and the doubt as to whether Anna was really happy struck Dolly yet more strongly.
'Nicholas Ivanich,' she said (referring to Sviyazhsky), 'was struck by the way the new building had grown since his last visit; even I, who go there every day, am always surprised how quickly it gets on.''It is pleasant to work with his Excellency,' answered the architect with a smile.
Advancing to the table he struck his ring against it, shouting in a loud voice:'Vote!
Why don't we cut down our limes for bast?' said Levin, returning to the thought that had struck him.
The innocent mirth of the elections and this dismal burdensome love to which he must return struck Vronsky by their contrast.
Levin did not hear what she was speaking about while she leaned toward her brother but was struck by the change in her expression.
'Monsieur Landau!'The Countess addressed him with a softness and caution that struck Oblonsky.
She wished to rise, to throw herself back, but something huge and relentless struck her on the head and dragged her down.
On the platform 'God save the Tsar' was struck up, followed by 'hurrah 'and 'zhivio'!
And here a thought suddenly struck her which made her start with excitement and even disturb Mitya, who gave her a severe look in consequence.
Levin read the second volume of them, and in spite of its polemical, polished, and witty style, which at first repelled him, he was struck by its teaching about the Church.
He was struck by the thought that it is not given to isolated man to attain divine truth, but that it is given to a community united by love – the Church.
Why is my old friend Matrena toiling so (I doctored her after the fire, when she was struck by a girder)?' he thought, looking at a thin peasant woman who pushed the grain along with a rake, her dark sunburnt bare feet stepping with effort on the hard uneven barn floor.
And Levin was struck by the quiet dull disbelief with which the children listened to these remarks from their mother.
Now...'But he was suddenly struck by the calm and cheerful expression of Katavasov's face, and felt so sorry to lose the spiritual condition which he was evidently spoiling by his conversation, that recollecting his resolution he ceased speaking.
'Has it been struck?' he had barely time to think when, with quicker and quicker motion, the crown of the oak disappeared behind the other trees, and he heard the crash of a big tree falling on to other trees.
But on the level soil another sight had struck him.
The distant hammer struck regular blows in the pit, and the wind passed by with its moan, like a cry of hunger and weariness coming out of the depths of the night.
Four o'clock struck in the Montsou tower and the cold became keener.
Four o'clock had struck from the clock in the room on the ground floor, but nothing yet stirred; one heard the piping of slender respirations, accompanied by two series of sonorous snores.
Then, throwing her legs from under the bedclothes, she felt about, at last struck a match and lighted the candle.
"Yes, father; it has just struck downstairs."
"It has struck downstairs," repeated Catherine; ""come!
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