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 2
... never many hours without seeing land ; and the having an island , which marks one's progress on the voyage , to look at , or to look for , is a never- failing subject of interest : the number of ships , moreover , with their white sails ...
... never many hours without seeing land ; and the having an island , which marks one's progress on the voyage , to look at , or to look for , is a never- failing subject of interest : the number of ships , moreover , with their white sails ...
Side 8
... never eaten in England . The principal novelty , however , was a kind of cold soup called Batvinia , of which the Rus- sians appeared very fond , and without which they declared that a dinner in hot weather could not be called complete ...
... never eaten in England . The principal novelty , however , was a kind of cold soup called Batvinia , of which the Rus- sians appeared very fond , and without which they declared that a dinner in hot weather could not be called complete ...
Side 10
... never are watered , in spite of the abundance of that element which the Neva and the various canals afford , the clouds of dust , or rather of fine gravel , with which the air is filled on a windy day , render it impossible to keep open ...
... never are watered , in spite of the abundance of that element which the Neva and the various canals afford , the clouds of dust , or rather of fine gravel , with which the air is filled on a windy day , render it impossible to keep open ...
Side 12
... never felt a razor , are figures which present them- selves here at every step , but which would certainly be followed by a gazing mob in London . The equip- ages also at Petersburg are , for the most part , quite unlike all that one ...
... never felt a razor , are figures which present them- selves here at every step , but which would certainly be followed by a gazing mob in London . The equip- ages also at Petersburg are , for the most part , quite unlike all that one ...
Side 14
... never used except for horses in shafts . The canals which run through Petersburg , and the sides of the Neva , are crowded with large clumsy barges , loaded with wood for winter consumption , and cut up into logs ready for use . Good ...
... never used except for horses in shafts . The canals which run through Petersburg , and the sides of the Neva , are crowded with large clumsy barges , loaded with wood for winter consumption , and cut up into logs ready for use . Good ...
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