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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... looking little animals , but they are much better than they appear , and can go both far and fast . No sort of care is taken of them , and the manner of treating them would soon destroy less hardy creatures . The Russian postillions ...
... looking little animals , but they are much better than they appear , and can go both far and fast . No sort of care is taken of them , and the manner of treating them would soon destroy less hardy creatures . The Russian postillions ...
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... 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 , the trees and shrubs judi- * * Or since ; landscape gardening is not ...
... 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 , the trees and shrubs judi- * * Or since ; landscape gardening is not ...
Side 59
... looking over an extent of woodland , which reminded me of an English park . Madame Lovoff and her family have a great talent for working in wax , of which in her house we saw two beautiful specimens , a Mameluke on horseback , and a ...
... looking over an extent of woodland , which reminded me of an English park . Madame Lovoff and her family have a great talent for working in wax , of which in her house we saw two beautiful specimens , a Mameluke on horseback , and a ...
Side 60
... looking horse , which , however , belied his appearance , and proved to be in reality a good one . I found , indeed , that he was a Don Cossack , which breed of horses is famous for action and endurance , though coarse- looking and ...
... looking horse , which , however , belied his appearance , and proved to be in reality a good one . I found , indeed , that he was a Don Cossack , which breed of horses is famous for action and endurance , though coarse- looking and ...
Side 62
... the hounds : riding indeed is at all times little in vogue , and they never think of mounting a horse as a means of conveyance . Their pleasure consists in looking at a course , and all that they 62 DOMESTIC SCENES IN RUSSIA .
... the hounds : riding indeed is at all times little in vogue , and they never think of mounting a horse as a means of conveyance . Their pleasure consists in looking at a course , and all that they 62 DOMESTIC SCENES IN RUSSIA .
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