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We shall be all the better friends with him hereafter , because he has seen that ,
though reluctant to draw the sword , we have been prepared to wield it when
drawn - being always , whatever our alleged errors of strategy , or our temporary
...
We shall be all the better friends with him hereafter , because he has seen that ,
though reluctant to draw the sword , we have been prepared to wield it when
drawn - being always , whatever our alleged errors of strategy , or our temporary
...
Side 5
On quitting the custom - house , after the examination of our luggage , we noticed
the first characteristic specimen we had seen of a Russian equipage , in the
shape of an open carriage drawn by four horses abreast . It was proceeding
slowly ...
On quitting the custom - house , after the examination of our luggage , we noticed
the first characteristic specimen we had seen of a Russian equipage , in the
shape of an open carriage drawn by four horses abreast . It was proceeding
slowly ...
Side 7
There are numerous small rafts to be seen at the edge of the river and of the
canals for the washerwomen , who stand on them with bare legs and wash the
linen in the water at the side , or at a hole about four feet square , which is cut in
the ...
There are numerous small rafts to be seen at the edge of the river and of the
canals for the washerwomen , who stand on them with bare legs and wash the
linen in the water at the side , or at a hole about four feet square , which is cut in
the ...
Side 9
The equipages also at Petersburg are , for the most part , quite unlike all that one
has seen elsewhere . The private carriages , usually drawn by four longtailed
horses , the wheelers being driven by a bearded coachman , and the leaders ,
with ...
The equipages also at Petersburg are , for the most part , quite unlike all that one
has seen elsewhere . The private carriages , usually drawn by four longtailed
horses , the wheelers being driven by a bearded coachman , and the leaders ,
with ...
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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