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The dinners were served in the style usual on the Continent ; nothing but the
dessert being put on the table , and the dishes being brought in and handed
round successively . The chief peculiarity to be remarked here was the custom of
...
The dinners were served in the style usual on the Continent ; nothing but the
dessert being put on the table , and the dishes being brought in and handed
round successively . The chief peculiarity to be remarked here was the custom of
...
Side 13
The usual force quartered in and about the city amounts , I believe , to sixty
thousand men ; but at this time the greater part of them are absent , being
encamped twenty or thirty miles off for training and manoeuvres ; yet even now
cocked hats ...
The usual force quartered in and about the city amounts , I believe , to sixty
thousand men ; but at this time the greater part of them are absent , being
encamped twenty or thirty miles off for training and manoeuvres ; yet even now
cocked hats ...
Side 24
The roofs are covered either with thatch , boards , thin sheets of iron , or guttered
tiles , as slates are unknown ; the most usual , because the cheapest covering for
the peasants ' houses , being a slovenly thatch . These houses are , however ...
The roofs are covered either with thatch , boards , thin sheets of iron , or guttered
tiles , as slates are unknown ; the most usual , because the cheapest covering for
the peasants ' houses , being a slovenly thatch . These houses are , however ...
Side 28
dine , or to spend a night or two at your house ; but there being no cross - posts
between country places , the most usual thing is , that your guests arrive
unexpectedly a little before the ordinary dinner - hour . This system has its
inconveniences ...
dine , or to spend a night or two at your house ; but there being no cross - posts
between country places , the most usual thing is , that your guests arrive
unexpectedly a little before the ordinary dinner - hour . This system has its
inconveniences ...
Side 43
It is chiefly housed by this time , the harvest here having commenced on the 15th
of August , which is later than usual . Besides rye , oats are grown here in large
quantities , barley and flax to a considerable extent , and a good deal of hemp .
It is chiefly housed by this time , the harvest here having commenced on the 15th
of August , which is later than usual . Besides rye , oats are grown here in large
quantities , barley and flax to a considerable extent , and a good deal of hemp .
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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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