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 3
... carried out a - head , we were warped once more into deep water , and soon reached Petersburg , and came to our moorings at the English quay about twelve o'clock . Several officers now came on board , and the passengers were allowed to ...
... carried out a - head , we were warped once more into deep water , and soon reached Petersburg , and came to our moorings at the English quay about twelve o'clock . Several officers now came on board , and the passengers were allowed to ...
Side 18
... carried to a high degree of perfection in Russia : the splendid plate - glass win- dows complete the beauty of the rooms . The last room which we were shown amused us much , being the play - room , in winter , of the young Grand Duke ...
... carried to a high degree of perfection in Russia : the splendid plate - glass win- dows complete the beauty of the rooms . The last room which we were shown amused us much , being the play - room , in winter , of the young Grand Duke ...
Side 27
... carry their own beds with them . In point of view , we certainly lost little by travel- ling in the dark , for nothing can be more dreary or monotonous than the greatest part of the road from Petersburg to Torjok : after the first ten ...
... carry their own beds with them . In point of view , we certainly lost little by travel- ling in the dark , for nothing can be more dreary or monotonous than the greatest part of the road from Petersburg to Torjok : after the first ten ...
Side 40
... and then by an occa- sional visit . The system of country visiting in Rus- sia , is carried on upon the hospitable principle , that a friend is always welcome . The distances are so great 40 DOMESTIC SCENES IN RUSSIA .
... and then by an occa- sional visit . The system of country visiting in Rus- sia , is carried on upon the hospitable principle , that a friend is always welcome . The distances are so great 40 DOMESTIC SCENES IN RUSSIA .
Side 50
... carried into effect , the man again absconded , and was not seen for about a month , when he had the impudence to appear at Krasnoe at a village feast , to share in the amusements of the day . In the mean time his real character had ...
... carried into effect , the man again absconded , and was not seen for about a month , when he had the impudence to appear at Krasnoe at a village feast , to share in the amusements of the day . In the mean time his real character had ...
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