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 ix
... cold - The first halt― Motion of kibitka -A long stage - Journeying along rivers - Arrival at Moscow -A winter scene - Stay at Moscow - Character of the hotels-- A sledge - Diligence - A snow - storm - Slow progress - Deep holes in the ...
... cold - The first halt― Motion of kibitka -A long stage - Journeying along rivers - Arrival at Moscow -A winter scene - Stay at Moscow - Character of the hotels-- A sledge - Diligence - A snow - storm - Slow progress - Deep holes in the ...
Side x
... Cold in April - Alexandrovsky - General Wilson - The Imperial Manufactory- Foundlings - English artizans - Mr . Law 273 LETTER XXII . Conclusion of Lent - The Metropolitan washing the feet of twelve priests - Want of decorum in a ...
... Cold in April - Alexandrovsky - General Wilson - The Imperial Manufactory- Foundlings - English artizans - Mr . Law 273 LETTER XXII . Conclusion of Lent - The Metropolitan washing the feet of twelve priests - Want of decorum in a ...
Side 8
... cold soup called Batvinia , of which the Rus- sians appeared very fond , and without which they declared that a dinner in hot weather could not be called complete . Like most foreigners , however , I found it exceedingly bad , and ...
... cold soup called Batvinia , of which the Rus- sians appeared very fond , and without which they declared that a dinner in hot weather could not be called complete . Like most foreigners , however , I found it exceedingly bad , and ...
Side 20
... cold , which are experienced in this climate . Ladies walk about , even in this weather , enveloped in shawls and cloaks ; and the peasants are always seen in their shoobs , * coats of sheepskin , with the wool inside . No soldier or ...
... cold , which are experienced in this climate . Ladies walk about , even in this weather , enveloped in shawls and cloaks ; and the peasants are always seen in their shoobs , * coats of sheepskin , with the wool inside . No soldier or ...
Side 35
... all round to exclude the cold ; the interstices between the logs . are stuffed with moss and clay , so that no air can The windows are very small , and are fre- enter . quently cut out of the wooden wall after it is LETTER III . 35.
... all round to exclude the cold ; the interstices between the logs . are stuffed with moss and clay , so that no air can The windows are very small , and are fre- enter . quently cut out of the wooden wall after it is LETTER III . 35.
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