Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's Residence in that Country, Chiefly in the InteriorJ. Murray, 1839 - 348 sider |
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Side 8
... believe is universal on the Conti- nent ; 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 handing round ...
... believe is universal on the Conti- nent ; 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 handing round ...
Side 19
... believe , to sixty thousand men ; but at this time the greater part of them are absent , being en- camped twenty or thirty miles off , for training and manœuvres : yet even now cocked hats , plumes , and uniforms encounter us at every ...
... believe , to sixty thousand men ; but at this time the greater part of them are absent , being en- camped twenty or thirty miles off , for training and manœuvres : yet even now cocked hats , plumes , and uniforms encounter us at every ...
Side 28
... of Novogorod were in former times considered im- pregnable ; the place sustained many a siege , but I believe that it retained to the last its reputation as a was maiden fortress : there is in the town a 28 DOMESTIC SCENES IN RUSSIA .
... of Novogorod were in former times considered im- pregnable ; the place sustained many a siege , but I believe that it retained to the last its reputation as a was maiden fortress : there is in the town a 28 DOMESTIC SCENES IN RUSSIA .
Side 31
... believe , very common in Russia ; this , however , being the first specimen of such a vehicle which I ever saw , struck me as singular from its novelty : the best description which I can think of for it , is the body of an old cabriolet ...
... believe , very common in Russia ; this , however , being the first specimen of such a vehicle which I ever saw , struck me as singular from its novelty : the best description which I can think of for it , is the body of an old cabriolet ...
Side 32
... believe it was toler- ably late when we appeared at breakfast the follow- ing morning . As we had arrived in the dark , we of course had seen nothing of Krasnoe as we approached , and I was curious to discover what sort of a place it ...
... believe it was toler- ably late when we appeared at breakfast the follow- ing morning . As we had arrived in the dark , we of course had seen nothing of Krasnoe as we approached , and I was curious to discover what sort of a place it ...
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