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 iv
... short observations on the character and government of the Emperor Nicholas . The court , the capital , the army , the public institutions of the country , with its political position and views , have occupied the pens of far abler ...
... short observations on the character and government of the Emperor Nicholas . The court , the capital , the army , the public institutions of the country , with its political position and views , have occupied the pens of far abler ...
Side 6
... short Russian summer before we proceed into the interior , reserving the sights of Petersburg to be visited as we pass through on our way home . 7 LETTER II . - Intended mode of travelling - 6 DOMESTIC SCENES IN RUSSIA .
... short Russian summer before we proceed into the interior , reserving the sights of Petersburg to be visited as we pass through on our way home . 7 LETTER II . - Intended mode of travelling - 6 DOMESTIC SCENES IN RUSSIA .
Side 11
... short space of a week , from the banks of the Thames to those of the Neva . Every thing here looks fresh and new ; and the light- coloured stucco † of the houses , the air free from smoke , and the bright , clear stream of the river ...
... short space of a week , from the banks of the Thames to those of the Neva . Every thing here looks fresh and new ; and the light- coloured stucco † of the houses , the air free from smoke , and the bright , clear stream of the river ...
Side 19
... short , this room , with all its con- tents , was a perfect little boy's paradise , and was a very amusing sight to grown - up people . To an English eye , nothing perhaps at Petersburg is more striking than the number of military in ...
... short , this room , with all its con- tents , was a perfect little boy's paradise , and was a very amusing sight to grown - up people . To an English eye , nothing perhaps at Petersburg is more striking than the number of military in ...
Side 34
... , which he carries over his shoulder , with a short handle , and a long heavy lash trailing for several feet along the ground behind him . t With this implement he soon reduces to order , and 34 DOMESTIC SCENES IN RUSSIA .
... , which he carries over his shoulder , with a short handle , and a long heavy lash trailing for several feet along the ground behind him . t With this implement he soon reduces to order , and 34 DOMESTIC SCENES IN RUSSIA .
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afterwards aide-de-camp amusement animals appeared arrived caftan called capstans carriage church cold conscripts Cossack course crown crown estates custom dinner door dressed drive Emperor Empress English fast feet fire five four frost Galitzin gallop gentleman ground Gulf of Finland hand handsome head horses Hotel du Nord hundred roubles ispravnik istvostchik journey kibitka kind knout lady land letter looking manner master miles morning Moscow nearly Neva never night nobles o'clock officers palace pass peasants person Petersburg police pounds present priest punishment received river road Russian peasant serfs servants Siberia side sledges snow soldier sometimes steppe sterlet stove streets Tamboff thing thousand roubles tilègas tion told town twelve twenty versts village Volga walk week whole winter Winter Palace wolf wolves wood Yaroslav young