Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's Residence in that Country, Chiefly in the Interior |
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... visit on our homeward journey , we hired a carriage , the ordinary lohnkutsche
of Germany , the sight of which would collect a crowd in England , and at half past
five on Friday afternoon we started for Lubeck , a distance of thirty - five miles .
... visit on our homeward journey , we hired a carriage , the ordinary lohnkutsche
of Germany , the sight of which would collect a crowd in England , and at half past
five on Friday afternoon we started for Lubeck , a distance of thirty - five miles .
Side 8
Here we were strongly reminded of our distance from home by the change in the
calendar , since , as you are aware , the old style is still in use in Russia .
Whereas , therefore , according to our reckoning , it was the twenty - fifth of July ,
we ...
Here we were strongly reminded of our distance from home by the change in the
calendar , since , as you are aware , the old style is still in use in Russia .
Whereas , therefore , according to our reckoning , it was the twenty - fifth of July ,
we ...
Side 17
The expense of engaging a diligence between Petersburg and Moscow is
considerably more than that of posting , and the additional cost was still greater
for us , since we were only conveyed about two - thirds of the distance , while we
had to ...
The expense of engaging a diligence between Petersburg and Moscow is
considerably more than that of posting , and the additional cost was still greater
for us , since we were only conveyed about two - thirds of the distance , while we
had to ...
Side 19
The whole distance indeed exhibits little but a succession of bleak open country
and thick forest . The road runs generally in a straight line , and one proceeds for
miles together along a dead flat , without seeing a human habitation . On each ...
The whole distance indeed exhibits little but a succession of bleak open country
and thick forest . The road runs generally in a straight line , and one proceeds for
miles together along a dead flat , without seeing a human habitation . On each ...
Side 20
... tract of forest , we saw a fire by the road - side and a number of horses standing
with their tails to it ( like English fire - worshippers ) . The smoke no doubt drove
away the mosquitos , and the fire kept the wolves at a respectful . distance , but ...
... tract of forest , we saw a fire by the road - side and a number of horses standing
with their tails to it ( like English fire - worshippers ) . The smoke no doubt drove
away the mosquitos , and the fire kept the wolves at a respectful . distance , but ...
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| 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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