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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Side xi
The court , the capital , the army , and the public institutions of the country ,
together with its political position and views , have occupied the pens of far abler
travellers . My object has been to give some description of private life , national ...
The court , the capital , the army , and the public institutions of the country ,
together with its political position and views , have occupied the pens of far abler
travellers . My object has been to give some description of private life , national ...
Side xiii
Page 1 — Greyhounds and harriers — Wolf - hunting – Hare - hunt - Russian
sporting — Varieties of LETTER II . the hare — Overturn in a gig - Intended mode
of travelling - - Rus Hay harvest - Corn harvest – sian dinner — Practice of
bathing ...
Page 1 — Greyhounds and harriers — Wolf - hunting – Hare - hunt - Russian
sporting — Varieties of LETTER II . the hare — Overturn in a gig - Intended mode
of travelling - - Rus Hay harvest - Corn harvest – sian dinner — Practice of
bathing ...
Side xv
A vasok ; a kibitka - Cheapness of travelling — A fellow - countryman ; an
adventure which befel him at Moscow - Character of sledge - drivers - A general
and a jeweller - A Polish swindler of the fair sex . . 155 LETTER XV . Effects of
charcoal ...
A vasok ; a kibitka - Cheapness of travelling — A fellow - countryman ; an
adventure which befel him at Moscow - Character of sledge - drivers - A general
and a jeweller - A Polish swindler of the fair sex . . 155 LETTER XV . Effects of
charcoal ...
Side 1
... 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 . We travelled till after midnight , when we reached ,
not ...
... 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 . We travelled till after midnight , when we reached ,
not ...
Side 5
... omen of our reception by M — ' s family ; and it has been followed up by a
similar occurrence in our walk this morning , so that I have already begun to
make acquaintance with our Russian relatives . LETTER II . Intended mode of
travelling ...
... omen of our reception by M — ' s family ; and it has been followed up by a
similar occurrence in our walk this morning , so that I have already begun to
make acquaintance with our Russian relatives . LETTER II . Intended mode of
travelling ...
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Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's ... Richard Lister Venables Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1856 |
Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's ... Richard Lister Venables Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1839 |
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