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 32
... seen nothing of Krasnoe as we approached , and I was curious to discover what sort of a place it was , and to see something of the country , and though the weather continued rainy and disagreeable , I set off immediately after breakfast ...
... seen nothing of Krasnoe as we approached , and I was curious to discover what sort of a place it was , and to see something of the country , and though the weather continued rainy and disagreeable , I set off immediately after breakfast ...
Side 35
... seen . The roofs are covered either with thatch , boards , thin sheets of iron or guttered tiles , as slates are unknown ; the most usual , because the cheapest covering for the peasants ' houses , is a slovenly thatch . These houses ...
... seen . The roofs are covered either with thatch , boards , thin sheets of iron or guttered tiles , as slates are unknown ; the most usual , because the cheapest covering for the peasants ' houses , is a slovenly thatch . These houses ...
Side 45
... seen in every village and in every gentleman's garden , was of course kept in full play . After dinner we found that the peasants had apparently got tired of amusing themselves , and had gone home to their houses . * About six o'clock ...
... seen in every village and in every gentleman's garden , was of course kept in full play . After dinner we found that the peasants had apparently got tired of amusing themselves , and had gone home to their houses . * About six o'clock ...
Side 50
... seen for about a month , when he had the impudence to appear at Krasnoe at a village feast , to share in the amusements of the day . In the mean time his real character had been discovered , namely , that he was a deserter from the army ...
... seen for about a month , when he had the impudence to appear at Krasnoe at a village feast , to share in the amusements of the day . In the mean time his real character had been discovered , namely , that he was a deserter from the army ...
Side 55
... seen in Russia . The garden was well laid out , the trees and shrubs judi- * Or since ; landscape gardening is not greatly in vogue , and little understood in Russia . ciously planted , and there was a handsome piece of LETTER V. 55.
... seen in Russia . The garden was well laid out , the trees and shrubs judi- * Or since ; landscape gardening is not greatly in vogue , and little understood in Russia . ciously planted , and there was a handsome piece of LETTER V. 55.
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