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... we started for Lubeck , a distance of thirty - five miles . We travelled till after
midnight , when we reached , not Lubeck , but a place called Schonberg , a sort
of half - way house , only B twenty miles from Hamburg . Having no time to spare.
... we started for Lubeck , a distance of thirty - five miles . We travelled till after
midnight , when we reached , not Lubeck , but a place called Schonberg , a sort
of half - way house , only B twenty miles from Hamburg . Having no time to spare.
Side 4
The examination , though strict , could hardly be called vexatious , except that a
new silk gown of M — ' s was very near being confiscated , all articles of dress
unmade , or which have not been worn , being contraband . A little representation
...
The examination , though strict , could hardly be called vexatious , except that a
new silk gown of M — ' s was very near being confiscated , all articles of dress
unmade , or which have not been worn , being contraband . A little representation
...
Side 5
Our passport has been given to our landlord , whose duty it is to forward it to the
proper authorities , by whom it is detained ; a ticket of residence , as it is called ,
or a permission to remain in the country , which must be renewed on the 1st of ...
Our passport has been given to our landlord , whose duty it is to forward it to the
proper authorities , by whom it is detained ; a ticket of residence , as it is called ,
or a permission to remain in the country , which must be renewed on the 1st of ...
Side 6
The principal novelty was an iced soup called Batvinia , of which the Russians
appeared very fond , and without which they declared that a dinner in hot
weather could not be called complete . Like most foreigners , however , I found it
...
The principal novelty was an iced soup called Batvinia , of which the Russians
appeared very fond , and without which they declared that a dinner in hot
weather could not be called complete . Like most foreigners , however , I found it
...
Side 10
No carriage , waggon , or other vehicle with shafts is seen in Russia without this
arch , which is called a dougu . An outrigger is frequently harnessed on the near
side of the shaft - horse , without a bearing - rein , but with his head , on the ...
No carriage , waggon , or other vehicle with shafts is seen in Russia without this
arch , which is called a dougu . An outrigger is frequently harnessed on the near
side of the shaft - horse , without a bearing - rein , but with his head , on the ...
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| Tittel | Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's Residence in that Country, Chiefly in the Interior |
| Forfatter | Richard Lister Venables |
| Utgave | 2 |
| Utgiver | J. Murray, 1856 |
| Original fra | Oxford University |
| Digitalisert | 23. jun 2006 |
| Lengde | 228 sider |
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