 | 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...means in my power, except by getting off his back.' And the means to get off his back? It is here, when Tolstoi turns from confession to reparation, that... | |
 | graf Leo Tolstoy - 1887 - 300 pages
...neck, I weigh him down, and I demand 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 - 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 - 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 - 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... | |
 | Percy Redfern - 1907 - 132 pages
...having 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...power — except by getting off his back." Tolstoy now asked himself how the rich or their money came to have such power. He found enlightenment in a... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - 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...in my power, — except by getting off his back." And again : " The theory by which men who have freed themselves from personal labor justify themselves,... | |
 | Robert Hunter - 1919 - 210 pages
...on the back of the poor — a burden that was crushing them down to destruction. "It is," he says, "as if I were sitting on the neck of a man, and, having...means in my power except by getting off his back." (18) This conclusion seemed to Tolstoy inexorable. "I came to that simple and natural conclusion,"... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...Trilling (1905-1975) American critic 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. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian novelist,... | |
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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. 
