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
... Snow - storms in the Steppes- Panic - 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 ...
... Snow - storms in the Steppes- Panic - 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 ...
Side ix
... snow - storm — Slow progress - Deep holes in the snow - Small quantity of snow further north- Prince Serge Galitzin - Visitors not announced in Russia - A party at Prince Serge's - The Prince of Georgia - The Chere- metieff and Galitzin ...
... snow - storm — Slow progress - Deep holes in the snow - Small quantity of snow further north- Prince Serge Galitzin - Visitors not announced in Russia - A party at Prince Serge's - The Prince of Georgia - The Chere- metieff and Galitzin ...
Side 37
... snow , and return . This weekly purification of the person must tend greatly to the health of the Russian peasant , whose long hair and beard , and sheep - skin coat , are not favourable to cleanliness . LETTER IV . Mode of life in the ...
... snow , and return . This weekly purification of the person must tend greatly to the health of the Russian peasant , whose long hair and beard , and sheep - skin coat , are not favourable to cleanliness . LETTER IV . Mode of life in the ...
Side 85
... snow . We however are armed against the cold , as we have provided ourselves , since we came here , with furs and warm clothing for the winter . The shops , as I have already said , are well supplied , especially with furs ; but it is ...
... snow . We however are armed against the cold , as we have provided ourselves , since we came here , with furs and warm clothing for the winter . The shops , as I have already said , are well supplied , especially with furs ; but it is ...
Side 113
... snow melts , and the ice breaks up , the rivers overflow to a great height , and cover the low ground . The Medveditza was so named by an ancient Prince , in commemora- tion of his having killed a bear single - handed , at the spot ...
... snow melts , and the ice breaks up , the rivers overflow to a great height , and cover the low ground . The Medveditza was so named by an ancient Prince , in commemora- tion of his having killed a bear single - handed , at the spot ...
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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