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 vii
... Lawful periods for marriage — Etiquette of marriages - Mariages de convenance - Parental authority- Anecdote of a Moscow tradesman and his son - in - law ... .... 153 LETTER XIII . Winter quarters - Commencement of sledging - CONTENTS .
... Lawful periods for marriage — Etiquette of marriages - Mariages de convenance - Parental authority- Anecdote of a Moscow tradesman and his son - in - law ... .... 153 LETTER XIII . Winter quarters - Commencement of sledging - CONTENTS .
Side viii
... sledging - Arbozes - Pro- jected railway — The conscription - Managed by a board — How constituted - Account of the system - What being enlisted in Russia means - Standard of height - How the conscripts are selected -- On the estates of ...
... sledging - Arbozes - Pro- jected railway — The conscription - Managed by a board — How constituted - Account of the system - What being enlisted in Russia means - Standard of height - How the conscripts are selected -- On the estates of ...
Side ix
... sledging rather exaggerated - A vasok ; a kibitka -Cheapness of travelling - A fellow - countryman ; an adven- ture which befell him at Moscow - Character of sledge - drivers -A General and a jeweller - A Polish swindler of the fair sex ...
... sledging rather exaggerated - A vasok ; a kibitka -Cheapness of travelling - A fellow - countryman ; an adven- ture which befell him at Moscow - Character of sledge - drivers -A General and a jeweller - A Polish swindler of the fair sex ...
Side 19
... sledges upon con- cealed castors , so as to run on the floor ; a boat with a mechanical contrivance , so that a boy might row himself about the room in it ; and a ship fully rigged , with a mast large enough to climb . There was also a ...
... sledges upon con- cealed castors , so as to run on the floor ; a boat with a mechanical contrivance , so that a boy might row himself about the room in it ; and a ship fully rigged , with a mast large enough to climb . There was also a ...
Side 124
... sledging has commenced . We left Moscow , according to our intentions , on Wednesday , the 11th of this month , in the afternoon , and travelling day and night without stopping , we arrived at this house on the Saturday at the same hour ...
... sledging has commenced . We left Moscow , according to our intentions , on Wednesday , the 11th of this month , in the afternoon , and travelling day and night without stopping , we arrived at this house on the Saturday at the same hour ...
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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