 He kisses the hand of his parish priest, but he laughs at his failings, and is quite able to make the distinction between the individual and the office. Of this I can give you a very characteristic anecdote. Passing one day near a large group of peasants,...  Domestic scenes in Russia, letters - Side 334av Richard Lister Venables - 1839 - 348 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1841 - 682 sider
...a letter to the author. We select one which is highly characteristic of the Russian peasant : — ' He is deeply imbued with a reverence for religion,...cellar," I replied ; " what are you doing that for ? " ' " Oh," said they, " he is a sad drunkard, and has been in a state of intoxication all the week... | |
 | 1841 - 618 sider
...kisses the hand of his parish priest, hut he laughs at his failings, and is quite able to make Ihe distinction between the individual and the office....cellar," I replied ; " what are you doing that for ? " ' " Oh," said they, " he is a sad drunkard, and has been in a state of intoxication all the week... | |
 | 1842 - 468 sider
...day," says that gentleman, " near a large group of peasants, who were assembled in the middle of a village, I asked them what was going forward. ' We...father' (as they call the priest) ' into a cellar.' ' In a cellar I' I replied — ' what are you doing that for ?' ' Oh,' said they, he is a sad drunkard,... | |
 | David K. Hitchcock - 1844 - 286 sider
...assembled in the middle of the village, I asked them what was going forward. " ' We are putting the father into a cellar.' " ' Into a cellar ! ' I replied ; ' what are you doing that for?' " ' O,' said they, ' he is a sad drunkard, and has been drunk this whole week ; so we always take care... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1841 - 622 sider
...and is not so much superstitious as thoroughly ignorant. He kisses the hand of his parish priest, hut he laughs at his failings, and is quite able to make...cellar," I replied ; " what are you doing that for ? " ' " Oh," said they, " he is a sad drunkard, and has been in a state of intoxication all the week... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1841 - 650 sider
...peasants, who were assembled in the middle of the village, I asked them what was going forward 1 ' " We are only putting the Father (as they call the priest)...cellar," I replied ; " what are you doing that for?" ' " Oh," said they, " he is a sad drunkard, and has been in a state of intoxication all the week ;... | |
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