Example Sentences

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He and his sister have both been touched a good deal by Tolstoian doctrine.

From A Rock in the Baltic by Barr, Robert

Our Tolstoian moods were not for dances, you may be sure!

From Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Eaton, Walter Prichard

The parodies of the style of Mr. PATER, and of a translation of a Tolstoian Romance in The Cornhill Magazine, are capital.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 4, 1890 by Various

Though he speaks only twenty sentences in the book he is a creation of Tolstoian force.

From On the Eve by Garnett, Constance

It will be seen that I imply a disagreement with the Tolstoian conception of reform; in so far as that involves a neglect of food and clothing and generally of what are called material goods.

From The Unity of Civilization by Various