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12:57 AM

Q: In War and Peace, why do all the generals and Kutuzov consider it "impossible" to defend Moscow?

After the battle of Borodino, in which the Russians apparently did well, why did the French simply advance to Moscow and why was it considered inevitable that Moscow

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Rand al'Thor

4:44 PM

The Shakespeare hiding things question and its answers are getting a hell of a lot of upvotes via HNQ. Could I ask our regulars to take a look and see if they want to downvote anything? (IMO, one answer should just be deleted, and at least one or two more are probably worth downvoting.)

I look forward to @ChristopheStrobbe's contribution and hope that it would be in time for the currently open bounty. None of the current answers look bountyable to me.

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Christophe Strobbe

6:43 PM

@Randal'Thor Posted my answer, at last.

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Christophe Strobbe

7:48 PM

@Mithrandir The question is whether we just want to guess or actually find out.

Bookworm

8:02 PM

Q: What does "have you no cacke a bed" mean?

In chapter VII of Thomas Deloney's novel Jack of Newbury an Italian merchant named Benedicke tries to woo Jone. After some time, Jone gets tired of this and tries to trick him into sleeping with a sow, making him believe he will actually be in bed with her. After putting a sow with a nightcap int...