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 23
... considered as equivalent to a French franc . The expense of engaging a diligence be- tween Petersburg and Moscow is considerably more than that of posting , and the additional cost was of course still greater for us , since we were only ...
... considered as equivalent to a French franc . The expense of engaging a diligence be- tween Petersburg and Moscow is considerably more than that of posting , and the additional cost was of course still greater for us , since we were only ...
Side 28
... 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 .
... 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 30
... considered by many to be an experiment which some day or other may prove hazardous to the tranquillity of the empire . This colony has once already felt its strength in a most ferocious revolt , which , after a great part of the ...
... considered by many to be an experiment which some day or other may prove hazardous to the tranquillity of the empire . This colony has once already felt its strength in a most ferocious revolt , which , after a great part of the ...
Side 33
... considered remarkable as being a species of Gothic , a style uncommon in Russia . It was built in imita- tion of a church erected by the Empress Catherine , to commemorate an action in the Black Sea , when the Russians burned the ...
... considered remarkable as being a species of Gothic , a style uncommon in Russia . It was built in imita- tion of a church erected by the Empress Catherine , to commemorate an action in the Black Sea , when the Russians burned the ...
Side 34
... considered particularly good this year . The horses , sheep , pigs , and horned cattle which compose the live stock , are small and of a very inferior kind , but I am told that the expense of improving them by a mixture of foreign ...
... considered particularly good this year . The horses , sheep , pigs , and horned cattle which compose the live stock , are small and of a very inferior kind , but I am told that the expense of improving them by a mixture of foreign ...
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