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 7
... driver and conductor , who will manage every thing upon the road , we paying a fixed sum for the journey before we start . We have engaged a man and a maid , the former of whom speaks English , and both speak German and Russian more or ...
... driver and conductor , who will manage every thing upon the road , we paying a fixed sum for the journey before we start . We have engaged a man and a maid , the former of whom speaks English , and both speak German and Russian more or ...
Side 10
... drive over ; it is free from dust , and the motion of the carriage over it is smooth and easy it is , however , very expensive and by no means durable , not continuing more than two or three years in repair . The first process in ...
... drive over ; it is free from dust , and the motion of the carriage over it is smooth and easy it is , however , very expensive and by no means durable , not continuing more than two or three years in repair . The first process in ...
Side 13
... driver sits astride in front , resting his feet on an iron bar which projects on each side , over the fore axle- tree , and the passenger sits in the same way behind , where there is a low back for him to lean against , with his feet on ...
... driver sits astride in front , resting his feet on an iron bar which projects on each side , over the fore axle- tree , and the passenger sits in the same way behind , where there is a low back for him to lean against , with his feet on ...
Side 14
... drive with snaffle bits and without blinkers ; * bearing- reins are never used except for horses in shafts . The canals which run through Petersburg , and the sides of the Neva , are crowded with large clumsy barges , loaded with wood ...
... drive with snaffle bits and without blinkers ; * bearing- reins are never used except for horses in shafts . The canals which run through Petersburg , and the sides of the Neva , are crowded with large clumsy barges , loaded with wood ...
Side 15
... drives among them , along a well watered road , a luxury which , as I have already observed , the city itself does not furnish . One evening , about seven o'clock , we went out to walk , crossing the Isaac Bridge , and following the ...
... drives among them , along a well watered road , a luxury which , as I have already observed , the city itself does not furnish . One evening , about seven o'clock , we went out to walk , crossing the Isaac Bridge , and following the ...
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