 | American essays - 1911 - 994 pages
...were sitting on the neck of a man, and having quite crushed him down, I compel him to carry me, and assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his condition by every means in my power, except by getting off his back.' And the means to get... | |
 | graf Leo Tolstoy - Moscow (Russia) - 1887 - 298 pages
...I weigh him down, and I demanA that he shall carry me ; and without descending from his shoulders I assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him, and that I desire to ameliorate his condition by all possible means, only not by getting off of him. Surely... | |
 | graf Leo Tolstoy - 1904 - 542 pages
...sitting on a man's neck, choking him, and demanding that he carry me, and, without getting off him, I assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and want to alleviate his condition by all possible means except by getting off his neck. And this is so... | |
 | graf Leo Tolstoy - 1904 - 538 pages
...sitting on a man's neck, choking him, and demanding that he carry me, and, without getting off him, I assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and want to alleviate his condition by all possible means except by getting off his neck. « — . And... | |
 | graf Leo Tolstoy - 1886 - 1040 pages
...sitting on a man's neck, choking him, and demanding that he carry me, and, without getting off him, I assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and want to alleviate his condition by all possible means except by getting off his neck. And this is so... | |
 | Salome Hocking - English fiction - 1905 - 200 pages
...quite crushed him down, I compel him to carry me, and will not alight from off his shoulders, while I assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him, and wish to ease his condition by every means in my power — except by getting off his back." — TOLSTOY. " Human... | |
 | Percy Redfern - 1907 - 132 pages
...quite crushed him down, compel him to carry me and will not alight from off his shoulders, though I assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his condition by every means in my power — except by getting off his back." Tolstoy now asked... | |
 | Aylmer Maude - 1910 - 800 pages
...TOLSTOY replaced by the ideal of an inexhaustible purse. ... I sit on a man's neck, weighing him down and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I pity him greatly and wish to ease his lot by all possible means — except by getting off his back... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - Socialism - 1912 - 462 pages
...were sitting on the neck of a man, and having quite crushed him down I compel him to carry me, and assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him, and wish to ease his condition by every means in my power, — except by getting off his back." And again : " The... | |
 | Robert Hunter - Christianity - 1919 - 210 pages
...quite crushed him down, I compel him to carry me, and will not alight from off his shoulders, while I assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him, and wish to ease his condition by every means in my power except by getting off his back." (18) This conclusion... | |
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I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means — except by getting off his back. 
