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 175
... hundred thousand roubles , about eight thousand pounds , on the morning of the wedding . The happy day at length arrived , the trousseau or pri- dannie was , according to custom , packed in handsome chests , placed on cars , and paraded ...
... hundred thousand roubles , about eight thousand pounds , on the morning of the wedding . The happy day at length arrived , the trousseau or pri- dannie was , according to custom , packed in handsome chests , placed on cars , and paraded ...
Side 177
... hundred thousand roubles which you paid me yesterday as your daughter's dowry , and which I left in your care last night . " " Ah ! " said the father - in - law , laughing , " you can't pretend to be serious . I gave you the money ...
... hundred thousand roubles which you paid me yesterday as your daughter's dowry , and which I left in your care last night . " " Ah ! " said the father - in - law , laughing , " you can't pretend to be serious . I gave you the money ...
Side 181
... hundred . In the winter , however , the trains are much more numerous ... Russia , they are the source of considerable inconvenience to the winter ... rouble per pood , or one penny per three and a half pounds , nearly . The law requires ...
... hundred . In the winter , however , the trains are much more numerous ... Russia , they are the source of considerable inconvenience to the winter ... rouble per pood , or one penny per three and a half pounds , nearly . The law requires ...
Side 188
... hundred roubles , about twenty pounds . Bribery often prevails to a great extent in the business of the recruitment ; masters paying to have bad characters , who are unfit for soldiers , received ; and conscripts who are fit , paying to ...
... hundred roubles , about twenty pounds . Bribery often prevails to a great extent in the business of the recruitment ; masters paying to have bad characters , who are unfit for soldiers , received ; and conscripts who are fit , paying to ...
Side 201
... hundred roubles thrown into the scale of jus- tice destroy its balance : and where is the unfor- tunate peasant to obtain redress ? When a peasant is convicted by law of an offence , he is usually flogged , or for more serious crimes ...
... hundred roubles thrown into the scale of jus- tice destroy its balance : and where is the unfor- tunate peasant to obtain redress ? When a peasant is convicted by law of an offence , he is usually flogged , or for more serious crimes ...
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