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 10
... covered over with a thick coat of pitch ; blocks of wood about six inches long , and cut into hexagons of about four inches to a side , are then laid endways on the boards , side by side , and fastened together by wooden pins : being ...
... covered over with a thick coat of pitch ; blocks of wood about six inches long , and cut into hexagons of about four inches to a side , are then laid endways on the boards , side by side , and fastened together by wooden pins : being ...
Side 13
... covered by a cushion , mounted on four low wheels , and hung on C springs . driver sits astride in front , resting his feet on an iron bar which projects on each side , over the fore axle- tree , and the passenger sits in the same way ...
... covered by a cushion , mounted on four low wheels , and hung on C springs . driver sits astride in front , resting his feet on an iron bar which projects on each side , over the fore axle- tree , and the passenger sits in the same way ...
Side 14
... an invisible enemy in every loose straw or other harmless object which touches him unexpectedly . No people habitually drive so fast as Russians . barge , almost entirely covered and concealed by the mass 14 DOMESTIC SCENES IN RUSSIA .
... an invisible enemy in every loose straw or other harmless object which touches him unexpectedly . No people habitually drive so fast as Russians . barge , almost entirely covered and concealed by the mass 14 DOMESTIC SCENES IN RUSSIA .
Side 15
... covered and concealed by the mass with which it is loaded . We have , of course , visited the Summer Garden , the principal public promenade of Petersburg , which in this respect is very deficient . The garden has little beauty to boast ...
... covered and concealed by the mass with which it is loaded . We have , of course , visited the Summer Garden , the principal public promenade of Petersburg , which in this respect is very deficient . The garden has little beauty to boast ...
Side 17
... covered with paintings , to examine which properly , would require frequent visits for weeks together . The collection is fine , but there are no catalogues , at least none are placed in the hands of visitors , so that a stranger ...
... covered with paintings , to examine which properly , would require frequent visits for weeks together . The collection is fine , but there are no catalogues , at least none are placed in the hands of visitors , so that a stranger ...
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