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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... week . We sailed from London on Wednesday morning , the 14th , in the Countess of Lonsdale , for Hamburg , which we reached on Friday ; and pro- ceeding by land to Traavemunde , the port of the Baltic packets , ten or twelve miles from ...
... week . We sailed from London on Wednesday morning , the 14th , in the Countess of Lonsdale , for Hamburg , which we reached on Friday ; and pro- ceeding by land to Traavemunde , the port of the Baltic packets , ten or twelve miles from ...
Side 11
... week , from the banks of the Thames to those of the Neva . Every thing here looks fresh and new ; and the light- coloured stucco † of the houses , the air free from smoke , and the bright , clear stream of the river , which is just ...
... week , from the banks of the Thames to those of the Neva . Every thing here looks fresh and new ; and the light- coloured stucco † of the houses , the air free from smoke , and the bright , clear stream of the river , which is just ...
Side 17
... weeks together . The collection is fine , but there are no catalogues , at least none are placed in the hands of visitors , so that a stranger wanders on without know- ing where to find the pictures most worthy of atten- tion , a very ...
... weeks together . The collection is fine , but there are no catalogues , at least none are placed in the hands of visitors , so that a stranger wanders on without know- ing where to find the pictures most worthy of atten- tion , a very ...
Side 37
... 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 country - LETTER III . 37.
... 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 country - LETTER III . 37.
Side 38
... weeks , though I can scarcely persuade myself of the fact , so quickly and agreeably has the time flown by . Our life , how- ever , has been extremely quiet and regular . We breakfast about nine , or half - past , after which M ...
... weeks , though I can scarcely persuade myself of the fact , so quickly and agreeably has the time flown by . Our life , how- ever , has been extremely quiet and regular . We breakfast about nine , or half - past , after which M ...
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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