Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's Residence in that Country, Chiefly in the InteriorJ. Murray, 1856 - 228 Seiten |
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... nearly connected by marriage with several Russian families , I accompanied my wife into that country in the summer of 1837 , for the purpose of visiting her relatives , among whom we spent twelve months , either in private houses in the ...
... nearly connected by marriage with several Russian families , I accompanied my wife into that country in the summer of 1837 , for the purpose of visiting her relatives , among whom we spent twelve months , either in private houses in the ...
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... nearly ninety years old when she died . After her husband's death , if not during his lifetime , she was sole mistress of his property , which she increased till she accumulated an immense fortune by extraordinary energies and talents ...
... nearly ninety years old when she died . After her husband's death , if not during his lifetime , she was sole mistress of his property , which she increased till she accumulated an immense fortune by extraordinary energies and talents ...
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... nearly six weeks , though I can scarcely persuade myself of the fact , so quickly and agreeably has the time flown by . Our life , however , has been extremely quiet and regular . We breakfast about nine , or half - past , after which M ...
... nearly six weeks , though I can scarcely persuade myself of the fact , so quickly and agreeably has the time flown by . Our life , however , has been extremely quiet and regular . We breakfast about nine , or half - past , after which M ...
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... nearly fifty miles with the same horses over very indifferent roads . A week ago we were invited to a village fête , about four- * We afterwards found incidentally that a messenger had been sent to a town nearly twenty miles off , to ...
... nearly fifty miles with the same horses over very indifferent roads . A week ago we were invited to a village fête , about four- * We afterwards found incidentally that a messenger had been sent to a town nearly twenty miles off , to ...
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... nearly three months , and our leave - takings with those from whom we parted , I shall pass over in silence . The General sent us with his own horses the first eight - and - thirty miles , having despatched a set half way over night ...
... nearly three months , and our leave - takings with those from whom we parted , I shall pass over in silence . The General sent us with his own horses the first eight - and - thirty miles , having despatched a set half way over night ...
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