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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... soon reached Petersburg , and came to our moorings at the English quay about twelve o'clock . Several officers now came on board , and the passengers were allowed to step on shore on receiving their passports , which had been collected soon ...
... soon reached Petersburg , and came to our moorings at the English quay about twelve o'clock . Several officers now came on board , and the passengers were allowed to step on shore on receiving their passports , which had been collected soon ...
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... soon spoiled in this most dusty city . Though , however , economy or cleanliness may be one cause for this habit , the Russians are undoubtedly a very chilly race , and delight in wrapping themselves up ; indeed they say that LETTER II .
... soon spoiled in this most dusty city . Though , however , economy or cleanliness may be one cause for this habit , the Russians are undoubtedly a very chilly race , and delight in wrapping themselves up ; indeed they say that LETTER II .
Side 24
... soon be finished , we found our- selves on an excellent macadamized road , which is completed all the way to Moscow . The bridges are handsome and solid , being built of granite , with a cast - iron balustrade of an open pattern ...
... soon be finished , we found our- selves on an excellent macadamized road , which is completed all the way to Moscow . The bridges are handsome and solid , being built of granite , with a cast - iron balustrade of an open pattern ...
Side 25
... soon destroy less hardy creatures . The Russian postillions , istvostchiks , or , rather , yemstchiks , as they are called , always drive from the box . A great deal of time is lost in changing horses , an operation which we seldom ...
... soon destroy less hardy creatures . The Russian postillions , istvostchiks , or , rather , yemstchiks , as they are called , always drive from the box . A great deal of time is lost in changing horses , an operation which we seldom ...
Side 26
... soon at his back , threat- ening him with the police , and abusing him most violently , hitting him all the time tolerably hard over the head with a thick leather pipe , till the istvostchik , whom I at first expected to return his ...
... soon at his back , threat- ening him with the police , and abusing him most violently , hitting him all the time tolerably hard over the head with a thick leather pipe , till the istvostchik , whom I at first expected to return his ...
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