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 viii
... Destruction of the Winter Palace by Fire - Conduct of the Emperor and Empress - Anecdote - Washerwomen in Winter - Sentinels - Christmas Gaieties - Mode of issuing Invitations - Morning calls -- Ladies ' dress -- Evening viii CONTENTS .
... Destruction of the Winter Palace by Fire - Conduct of the Emperor and Empress - Anecdote - Washerwomen in Winter - Sentinels - Christmas Gaieties - Mode of issuing Invitations - Morning calls -- Ladies ' dress -- Evening viii CONTENTS .
Side ix
... Ladies ' dress -- Evening parties --Room for improvement -- Separation of the sexes in society - Secret Police ... lady's hands - Return to Tamboff .... 243 250 LETTER XX . Arrival at St. Petersburg - Appearance of thaw at Tamboff ...
... Ladies ' dress -- Evening parties --Room for improvement -- Separation of the sexes in society - Secret Police ... lady's hands - Return to Tamboff .... 243 250 LETTER XX . Arrival at St. Petersburg - Appearance of thaw at Tamboff ...
Side xi
... ladies - Results of early marriages - Servants — Russian opinions of justice - Anecdote . - THE GREEK CHURCH - Its doctrines and practices - The clergy - The fasts - Tendency of the system - Religious tolerance - Children must always be ...
... ladies - Results of early marriages - Servants — Russian opinions of justice - Anecdote . - THE GREEK CHURCH - Its doctrines and practices - The clergy - The fasts - Tendency of the system - Religious tolerance - Children must always be ...
Side 20
... Ladies walk about , even in this weather , enveloped in shawls and cloaks ; and the peasants are always seen in their shoobs , * coats of sheepskin , with the wool inside . No soldier or officer , so long as he continues in the ...
... Ladies walk about , even in this weather , enveloped in shawls and cloaks ; and the peasants are always seen in their shoobs , * coats of sheepskin , with the wool inside . No soldier or officer , so long as he continues in the ...
Side 33
... lady who built no less than twelve churches in the Government of Tver , and who was altogether a very remarkable person . She inherited a large fortune , and was married at the age of fifteen , having been brought up on the principle of ...
... lady who built no less than twelve churches in the Government of Tver , and who was altogether a very remarkable person . She inherited a large fortune , and was married at the age of fifteen , having been brought up on the principle of ...
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