Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's Residence in that Country, Chiefly in the InteriorJ. Murray, 1856 - 228 sider |
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Side 23
... he carries over his shoulder , with a short handle , and a long heavy * This significant emblem is very common in Russia , as I afterwards observed . lash trailing for several feet along the ground behind him LET . III . ] 23 FARM - STOCK .
... he carries over his shoulder , with a short handle , and a long heavy * This significant emblem is very common in Russia , as I afterwards observed . lash trailing for several feet along the ground behind him LET . III . ] 23 FARM - STOCK .
Side 24
... feet along the ground behind him . With this implement he soon reduces to order , and brings back to the herd , any refractory animal which is inclined to stray ; the want of fences rendering his constant attendance necessary . There is ...
... feet along the ground behind him . With this implement he soon reduces to order , and brings back to the herd , any refractory animal which is inclined to stray ; the want of fences rendering his constant attendance necessary . There is ...
Side 31
... feet of the young ladies whenever he could meet with them , intreating them to intercede with their father to permit him to enter a convent . This , however , will not be allowed , for fear of the example being followed . This man has ...
... feet of the young ladies whenever he could meet with them , intreating them to intercede with their father to permit him to enter a convent . This , however , will not be allowed , for fear of the example being followed . This man has ...
Side 52
... feet by way of stirrups ; very often , however , even this rude accommodation was wanting . The great pace at which the Russians generally drive when the road is good is very dangerous for the postilion , since , if his horse falls ...
... feet by way of stirrups ; very often , however , even this rude accommodation was wanting . The great pace at which the Russians generally drive when the road is good is very dangerous for the postilion , since , if his horse falls ...
Side 74
... . The road , on leaving Yaroslav , lay for nearly a mile along a causeway , twenty or thirty feet high , across a low flat . A small river , called the Medveditza , flows here into 74 [ LET . VIII . RUSSIAN ROADS . "
... . The road , on leaving Yaroslav , lay for nearly a mile along a causeway , twenty or thirty feet high , across a low flat . A small river , called the Medveditza , flows here into 74 [ LET . VIII . RUSSIAN ROADS . "
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