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 73
... gives his assistance in case of need , especially where , as in this case , he is re- mote from great towns , and great roads . These people were called up in the middle of the night , and they were employed up to their knees in water ...
... gives his assistance in case of need , especially where , as in this case , he is re- mote from great towns , and great roads . These people were called up in the middle of the night , and they were employed up to their knees in water ...
Side 76
... give his whip more power . We found horses awaiting us at the end of the first and second stages from Ouglitch ; but at the last station , before reaching Yaroslav , those which had been ordered for us had , owing to some mistake , been ...
... give his whip more power . We found horses awaiting us at the end of the first and second stages from Ouglitch ; but at the last station , before reaching Yaroslav , those which had been ordered for us had , owing to some mistake , been ...
Side 79
... give me a good navodka , for I know your father , and your uncles , and all the family . " He had probably found out who we were from the courier , or perhaps our servant ; at all events , I believe he gained his point . All the way ...
... give me a good navodka , for I know your father , and your uncles , and all the family . " He had probably found out who we were from the courier , or perhaps our servant ; at all events , I believe he gained his point . All the way ...
Side 88
... give way to the son of a shopkeeper who is a lieutenant , and the daughter of an untitled general will walk before a princess whose father is only colonel . † Though , however , titles are of no account , nobility confers great privi ...
... give way to the son of a shopkeeper who is a lieutenant , and the daughter of an untitled general will walk before a princess whose father is only colonel . † Though , however , titles are of no account , nobility confers great privi ...
Side 91
... give you a short account of the Russian system . The fire establishments here are not , as in England , in the hands of insurance companies , but under the immediate control of government . The firemen are soldiers , and the horses ...
... give you a short account of the Russian system . The fire establishments here are not , as in England , in the hands of insurance companies , but under the immediate control of government . The firemen are soldiers , and the horses ...
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