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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... sometimes count one or two and twenty around us , helped to break the monotony of a sea view . In this latitude we have at present no real night ; the sun goes below the horizon for a couple of hours , but the sky retains a red tint ...
... sometimes count one or two and twenty around us , helped to break the monotony of a sea view . In this latitude we have at present no real night ; the sun goes below the horizon for a couple of hours , but the sky retains a red tint ...
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... sometimes send over to announce their intention , if it is agreeable to you , of coming , to dine , or to spend a night or two at your house ; but there being no cross - posts between country places , the most usual thing is , that your ...
... sometimes send over to announce their intention , if it is agreeable to you , of coming , to dine , or to spend a night or two at your house ; but there being no cross - posts between country places , the most usual thing is , that your ...
Side 60
... sometimes kill twenty in a day ; they also kill foxes , and occa- sionally a wolf ; the latter , however , as I have al- ready said , is in general difficult to meet with . We threw off among some bushes flanking and connecting two ...
... sometimes kill twenty in a day ; they also kill foxes , and occa- sionally a wolf ; the latter , however , as I have al- ready said , is in general difficult to meet with . We threw off among some bushes flanking and connecting two ...
Side 65
... sometimes , however , it is as high as thirty - three shillings ; and at Petersburg , it rises occasionally to fifty - five shillings a ton ; this , however , is considered a ruinous price . All the crops this year seem very good ...
... sometimes , however , it is as high as thirty - three shillings ; and at Petersburg , it rises occasionally to fifty - five shillings a ton ; this , however , is considered a ruinous price . All the crops this year seem very good ...
Side 67
... sometimes shod with iron , but more often not ; his plough is an ineffective instrument drawn by a weak pony , and his harrow merely consists of boughs fastened together with the thin branches cut off a few inches from the base so as to ...
... sometimes shod with iron , but more often not ; his plough is an ineffective instrument drawn by a weak pony , and his harrow merely consists of boughs fastened together with the thin branches cut off a few inches from the base so as to ...
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