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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... exceedingly glad to find ourselves by two o'clock in a place where we could sit down at our ease . After dressing and refreshing ourselves , we set forth with our laquais de place , whom we shall of course retain during our stay in ...
... exceedingly glad to find ourselves by two o'clock in a place where we could sit down at our ease . After dressing and refreshing ourselves , we set forth with our laquais de place , whom we shall of course retain during our stay in ...
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... exceedingly bad , and , indeed , perfectly un- eatable . It is made with quass , ( a Russian substitute for beer , ) chopped cucumbers , onions , & c . It is iced , and a large slice of salt fish , sturgeon if it can be got , is eaten ...
... exceedingly bad , and , indeed , perfectly un- eatable . It is made with quass , ( a Russian substitute for beer , ) chopped cucumbers , onions , & c . It is iced , and a large slice of salt fish , sturgeon if it can be got , is eaten ...
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... exceedingly fine . The Russians have a story of an Englishman who came to Petersburg on purpose to see this palisade , and who rowed up the river to it , gazed at it , and having gratified his curiosity , returned home without having ...
... exceedingly fine . The Russians have a story of an Englishman who came to Petersburg on purpose to see this palisade , and who rowed up the river to it , gazed at it , and having gratified his curiosity , returned home without having ...
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... exceedingly bad , and when we reached our journey's end , we found we had , from ignorance , made a detour of seven or eight miles . That we had done so was not wonderful , as villages were few and far between , and our road was , in ...
... exceedingly bad , and when we reached our journey's end , we found we had , from ignorance , made a detour of seven or eight miles . That we had done so was not wonderful , as villages were few and far between , and our road was , in ...
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... exceedingly tall , and altogether much larger and more powerful than any I ever saw before ; their coats were long and silky , and their tails bushy like those of setters . Two of them are indeed a match for a wolf , and their master ...
... exceedingly tall , and altogether much larger and more powerful than any I ever saw before ; their coats were long and silky , and their tails bushy like those of setters . Two of them are indeed a match for a wolf , and their master ...
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