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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... brought with them ten servants , and sixteen carriage - horses . A single man seldom moves with less than two servants and four horses , and the Russian country - house has no neighbour- ing inn to which the latter may be inhospitably ...
... brought with them ten servants , and sixteen carriage - horses . A single man seldom moves with less than two servants and four horses , and the Russian country - house has no neighbour- ing inn to which the latter may be inhospitably ...
Side 48
... brought back here by the police , who had run away from his wife seven years ago . When he was asked his reason for absconding , he said , that he had been compelled by his family to marry when very young , that he thought it wicked to ...
... brought back here by the police , who had run away from his wife seven years ago . When he was asked his reason for absconding , he said , that he had been compelled by his family to marry when very young , that he thought it wicked to ...
Side 50
... brought by the police as the runaway . Some doubt was ex- pressed by various people as to the identity of the new comer , but he insisted that he was Peter ; the fact was confirmed by his wife and father , as well as others who had ...
... brought by the police as the runaway . Some doubt was ex- pressed by various people as to the identity of the new comer , but he insisted that he was Peter ; the fact was confirmed by his wife and father , as well as others who had ...
Side 53
... brought down from every side , and compelled to swim in the lake ; women dipped their babies in the water ; young men , girls , and boys dashed in , and swam about in every direc- tion , all except a few little children retaining their ...
... brought down from every side , and compelled to swim in the lake ; women dipped their babies in the water ; young men , girls , and boys dashed in , and swam about in every direc- tion , all except a few little children retaining their ...
Side 55
... brought with us , we ate in the carriage , since we could not well take meat into a priest's house during a fast . The morning after our arrival at Velmogie , we found our windows looking out upon ornamental ground , laid out in ...
... brought with us , we ate in the carriage , since we could not well take meat into a priest's house during a fast . The morning after our arrival at Velmogie , we found our windows looking out upon ornamental ground , laid out in ...
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