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 19
... usual force quartered in and about the city , amounts , I believe , to sixty thousand men ; but at this time the greater part of them are absent , being en- camped twenty or thirty miles off , for training and manœuvres : yet even now ...
... usual force quartered in and about the city , amounts , I believe , to sixty thousand men ; but at this time the greater part of them are absent , being en- camped twenty or thirty miles off , for training and manœuvres : yet even now ...
Side 35
... usual , because the cheapest covering for the peasants ' houses , is a slovenly thatch . These houses are , however , in general , extremely warm and substantial ; they are built for the most part of unsquared logs of deal , laid one ...
... usual , because the cheapest covering for the peasants ' houses , is a slovenly thatch . These houses are , however , in general , extremely warm and substantial ; they are built for the most part of unsquared logs of deal , laid one ...
Side 41
... usual thing is , that your guests arrive unexpectedly a little before the ordinary dinner hour . This system has many inconveniencies , though it is unavoidable in Russia , where people frequently cannot send before- hand to prepare you ...
... usual thing is , that your guests arrive unexpectedly a little before the ordinary dinner hour . This system has many inconveniencies , though it is unavoidable in Russia , where people frequently cannot send before- hand to prepare you ...
Side 66
... usual . Besides rye , oats are grown here in large quantities , barley and flax to a considerable extent , and a good deal of hemp : there are also a few pease , and some small patches of spring wheat , which , however , looks very ...
... usual . Besides rye , oats are grown here in large quantities , barley and flax to a considerable extent , and a good deal of hemp : there are also a few pease , and some small patches of spring wheat , which , however , looks very ...
Side 72
... usual charge . For tea and sugar , and indeed every thing else , not forgetting bread , the tra- veller must depend upon himself , since , unless he is a Russian born , he will not be able to eat the black rye - bread of the peasants ...
... usual charge . For tea and sugar , and indeed every thing else , not forgetting bread , the tra- veller must depend upon himself , since , unless he is a Russian born , he will not be able to eat the black rye - bread of the peasants ...
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