Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's Residence in that Country, Chiefly in the Interior |
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Side xi
... Elements of RevolutionThe conscription - Natural results of a revolution -
Bloodshed and violence - Domestic servants — The revolt of the military colonies
-- Intrepid behaviour of the Emperor -- Famine- The present system bad -- A
change ...
... Elements of RevolutionThe conscription - Natural results of a revolution -
Bloodshed and violence - Domestic servants — The revolt of the military colonies
-- Intrepid behaviour of the Emperor -- Famine- The present system bad -- A
change ...
Side 2
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 , and the smallest print , or the
palest handwriting , may be read with ease at a window at midnight . As we were
...
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 , and the smallest print , or the
palest handwriting , may be read with ease at a window at midnight . As we were
...
Side 11
The present chaplain is Mr. Law . Here we were strongly reminded of our
distance from home by the change in the calendar , since , as you are aware , the
old style is still in use in Russia . Whereas , therefore , according to our reckoning
, it ...
The present chaplain is Mr. Law . Here we were strongly reminded of our
distance from home by the change in the calendar , since , as you are aware , the
old style is still in use in Russia . Whereas , therefore , according to our reckoning
, it ...
Side 12
The uncouth peasant , in his sheepskin coat , the merchant in his long blue caftan
buttoned on the left side , with black boots over his trowsers ; and both with thick
beards which have never felt a razor , are figures which present themselves ...
The uncouth peasant , in his sheepskin coat , the merchant in his long blue caftan
buttoned on the left side , with black boots over his trowsers ; and both with thick
beards which have never felt a razor , are figures which present themselves ...
Side 15
They , however , form at present a very gay and attractive scene as one 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 ...
They , however , form at present a very gay and attractive scene as one 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 ...
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Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's ... Richard Lister Venables Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1856 |
Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's ... Richard Lister Venables Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1839 |
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's Residence in that Country, Chiefly in the Interior |
| Forfatter | Richard Lister Venables |
| Utgiver | J. Murray, 1839 |
| Original fra | University of Minnesota |
| Digitalisert | 25. aug 2010 |
| Lengde | 348 sider |
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