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 14
... 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 .
... 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 25
... fast . No sort of care is taken of them , and the manner of treating them would soon destroy less hardy creatures . The Russian postillions , istvostchiks , or , rather , yemstchiks , as they are called , always drive from the box . A ...
... fast . No sort of care is taken of them , and the manner of treating them would soon destroy less hardy creatures . The Russian postillions , istvostchiks , or , rather , yemstchiks , as they are called , always drive from the box . A ...
Side 52
... fast of fourteen days commences with the month . About ten o'clock in the morning , at the conclu- sion of mass in the church , the priest , followed by the congregation , came down to the piece of water below the garden . He himself ...
... fast of fourteen days commences with the month . About ten o'clock in the morning , at the conclu- sion of mass in the church , the priest , followed by the congregation , came down to the piece of water below the garden . He himself ...
Side 55
... fast . The morning after our arrival at Velmogie , we found our windows looking out upon ornamental ground , laid out in excellent taste , such taste , indeed , as I have never hitherto seen in Russia . The garden was well laid out ...
... fast . The morning after our arrival at Velmogie , we found our windows looking out upon ornamental ground , laid out in excellent taste , such taste , indeed , as I have never hitherto seen in Russia . The garden was well laid out ...
Side 59
... fast , we set out together . He was equipped in a great coat with a spencer over it , and a red com- forter round his neck ; a pair of very loose black velveteen trousers , lined down the parts which press the saddle with black leather ...
... fast , we set out together . He was equipped in a great coat with a spencer over it , and a red com- forter round his neck ; a pair of very loose black velveteen trousers , lined down the parts which press the saddle with black leather ...
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