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 5
... tion of poisonous drugs into the country is strictly prohibited , and a small medicine chest which we had was detained for further examination , but was after- wards very civilly given up to me unopened . We were now conducted to our ...
... tion of poisonous drugs into the country is strictly prohibited , and a small medicine chest which we had was detained for further examination , but was after- wards very civilly given up to me unopened . We were now conducted to our ...
Side 17
... tion , a very serious drawback to his pleasure in so extensive a gallery . Besides the paintings , we saw some splendid vases of Malachite , a beautiful green stone , which is found in copper mines in Siberia ; with other works of art ...
... tion , a very serious drawback to his pleasure in so extensive a gallery . Besides the paintings , we saw some splendid vases of Malachite , a beautiful green stone , which is found in copper mines in Siberia ; with other works of art ...
Side 22
... tion of the place - Russian farming - Peasants ' houses - Hospital and bath . Krasnoe , July 12th , 1837 . You will be glad to see by the date of this letter , that we have reached the place of our destination for the present , and that ...
... tion of the place - Russian farming - Peasants ' houses - Hospital and bath . Krasnoe , July 12th , 1837 . You will be glad to see by the date of this letter , that we have reached the place of our destination for the present , and that ...
Side 24
... great comfort and accommoda- tion , for which travellers are indebted to the liberality of the late Emperor Alexander , who built them to re- place the palaces which were formerly kept up along this 24 DOMESTIC SCENES IN RUSSIA .
... great comfort and accommoda- tion , for which travellers are indebted to the liberality of the late Emperor Alexander , who built them to re- place the palaces which were formerly kept up along this 24 DOMESTIC SCENES IN RUSSIA .
Side 27
... hundred yards wide is kept clear of trees , and beyond that lies an impenetrable mass of birch and fir wood growing up so thickly that the produc- tion of fine timber is impossible ; indeed I hardly c 2 LETTER III . 27.
... hundred yards wide is kept clear of trees , and beyond that lies an impenetrable mass of birch and fir wood growing up so thickly that the produc- tion of fine timber is impossible ; indeed I hardly c 2 LETTER III . 27.
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