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 xi
... present system bad -- A change likely to be worse - Importance of the life of the Emperor to his country - Character of the Emperor ... DETAILS OF RUSSIAN HUSBANDRY , & c . Origin of M. Sabouroff's letter - Mode of reckoning property ...
... present system bad -- A change likely to be worse - Importance of the life of the Emperor to his country - Character of the Emperor ... DETAILS OF RUSSIAN HUSBANDRY , & c . Origin of M. Sabouroff's letter - Mode of reckoning property ...
Side 2
... 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 so near the ...
... 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 so near the ...
Side 11
... 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 , there- fore , according to our ...
... 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 , there- fore , according to our ...
Side 12
... present them- selves here at every step , but which would certainly be followed by a gazing mob in London . The equip- ages also at Petersburg are , for the most part , quite unlike all that one has seen elsewhere . The private ...
... present them- selves here at every step , but which would certainly be followed by a gazing mob in London . The equip- ages also at Petersburg are , for the most part , quite unlike all that one has seen elsewhere . The private ...
Side 15
... 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 out to walk ...
... 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 out to walk ...
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