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"And so, in a certain department there served a certain clerk; not a very remarkable clerk, one
might say—short, somewhat pockmarked, somewhat red-haired, even with a somewhat
nearsighted look" Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"We have told it so that the reader could see for himself that it happened entirely from
necessity and that to give him any other name was quite impossible." Nikolai Gogol, The
Overcoat
"So flowed the peaceful life of this man who, with a salary of four hundred, was able to content
himself with his lot, and so it might have flowed on into extreme old age, had it not been for
the various calamities strewn along the path of life." Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"Truth to tell, it was a bit difficult for him at first to get used to such limitations, but later it
somehow became a habit and went better; he even accustomed himself to going entirely
without food in the evenings; but instead he was nourished spiritually, bearing in his thoughts
the eternal idea of the future overcoat." Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"From then on it was as if his very existence became somehow fuller, as if he were married, as
if some other person were there with him, as if he were not alone but some pleasant life's
companion had agreed to walk down the path of life with him." Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"But maybe he didn't think even that - it's really impossible to get inside a man's soul and learn
all he thinks." Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"However, he was a kind man at heart, good to his comrades, obliging, but the rank of general
had completely bewildered him." Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"Vanished and gone was the being, protected by no one, dear to no one, interesting to no one"
Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
, "The phantom, however, was much taller now, had an enormous mustache, and, apparently
making its way toward the Obukhov Bridge, banished completely into the darkness of the
night." Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"That's what I call a man! I've never been in the presence of such an important personage. I
very nearly died of fright. What do you think his rank is?" Nikolai Gogol, The Government
Inspector
"I mix chiefly with the literary set—Pushkin and I are great pals." Nikolai Gogol, The
Government Inspector
"I don't need to tell you that there isn't a man alive who hasn't some little indiscretion on his
conscience." Nikolai Gogol, The Government Inspector
"Gentlemen, I have invited you to convey you some extremely unpleasant news." Nikolai
Gogol, The Government Inspector
"The streets are filthy, covered in rubbish! What a disgrace! What infamy!" Nikolai Gogol,
The Government Inspector
"I never accept bribes. But if you offered to lend me three hundred roubles." Nikolai Gogol,
The Government Inspector
"Beside the watery waste He stood / And gave himself to lofty thought. / Before his far-fixed
gaze the river / Vastly stretched." Alexander Pushkin, The Bronze Horseman
"A century passed. Out of the forest, / Out of the marshy waste, to fort / Grew to a city of the
fairest, / Jewel and wonder of the north" Alexander Pushkin, The Bronze Horseman
"And so, in a certain department there served a certain clerk; not a very remarkable clerk, one
might say—short, somewhat pockmarked, somewhat red-haired, even with a somewhat
nearsighted look" Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"We have told it so that the reader could see for himself that it happened entirely from
necessity and that to give him any other name was quite impossible." Nikolai Gogol, The
Overcoat
"So flowed the peaceful life of this man who, with a salary of four hundred, was able to content
himself with his lot, and so it might have flowed on into extreme old age, had it not been for
the various calamities strewn along the path of life." Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"Truth to tell, it was a bit difficult for him at first to get used to such limitations, but later it
somehow became a habit and went better; he even accustomed himself to going entirely
without food in the evenings; but instead he was nourished spiritually, bearing in his thoughts
the eternal idea of the future overcoat." Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"From then on it was as if his very existence became somehow fuller, as if he were married, as
if some other person were there with him, as if he were not alone but some pleasant life's
companion had agreed to walk down the path of life with him." Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"But maybe he didn't think even that - it's really impossible to get inside a man's soul and learn
all he thinks." Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"However, he was a kind man at heart, good to his comrades, obliging, but the rank of general
had completely bewildered him." Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"Vanished and gone was the being, protected by no one, dear to no one, interesting to no one"
Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
, "The phantom, however, was much taller now, had an enormous mustache, and, apparently
making its way toward the Obukhov Bridge, banished completely into the darkness of the
night." Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"That's what I call a man! I've never been in the presence of such an important personage. I
very nearly died of fright. What do you think his rank is?" Nikolai Gogol, The Government
Inspector
"I mix chiefly with the literary set—Pushkin and I are great pals." Nikolai Gogol, The
Government Inspector
"I don't need to tell you that there isn't a man alive who hasn't some little indiscretion on his
conscience." Nikolai Gogol, The Government Inspector
"Gentlemen, I have invited you to convey you some extremely unpleasant news." Nikolai
Gogol, The Government Inspector
"The streets are filthy, covered in rubbish! What a disgrace! What infamy!" Nikolai Gogol,
The Government Inspector
"I never accept bribes. But if you offered to lend me three hundred roubles." Nikolai Gogol,
The Government Inspector
"Beside the watery waste He stood / And gave himself to lofty thought. / Before his far-fixed
gaze the river / Vastly stretched." Alexander Pushkin, The Bronze Horseman
"A century passed. Out of the forest, / Out of the marshy waste, to fort / Grew to a city of the
fairest, / Jewel and wonder of the north" Alexander Pushkin, The Bronze Horseman
