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
... extremely pleasant to drive over ; it is free from dust , and the motion of the carriage over it is smooth and easy it is , however , very expensive and by no means durable , not continuing more than two or three years in repair . The ...
... extremely pleasant to drive over ; it is free from dust , and the motion of the carriage over it is smooth and easy it is , however , very expensive and by no means durable , not continuing more than two or three years in repair . The ...
Side 17
... is * The Winter Palace was burnt , and every thing but the bare walls completely destroyed , a few months afterwards , viz . , on the 29th of December , 1837 . extremely beautiful , and when it is lighted up , LETTER II . 17.
... is * The Winter Palace was burnt , and every thing but the bare walls completely destroyed , a few months afterwards , viz . , on the 29th of December , 1837 . extremely beautiful , and when it is lighted up , LETTER II . 17.
Side 18
... extremely beautiful , and when it is lighted up , the effect must be most brilliant . Adjoining this hall is a smaller room , hung with crimson velvet , studded with the Imperial Eagle , embossed in gold : this is used for the reception ...
... extremely beautiful , and when it is lighted up , the effect must be most brilliant . Adjoining this hall is a smaller room , hung with crimson velvet , studded with the Imperial Eagle , embossed in gold : this is used for the reception ...
Side 35
... extremely warm and substantial ; they are built for the most part of unsquared logs of deal , laid one upon another and firmly secured at the corners , where the ends of the timbers cross , and are hollowed out so as to receive and hold ...
... extremely warm and substantial ; they are built for the most part of unsquared logs of deal , laid one upon another and firmly secured at the corners , where the ends of the timbers cross , and are hollowed out so as to receive and hold ...
Side 38
... extremely quiet and regular . We breakfast about nine , or half - past , after which M ————— and I retire to our own sitting - room , where we oc- cupy ourselves , without in general being interrupted , till at two o'clock we all ...
... extremely quiet and regular . We breakfast about nine , or half - past , after which M ————— and I retire to our own sitting - room , where we oc- cupy ourselves , without in general being interrupted , till at two o'clock we all ...
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