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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... give both those classes credit for the sternest principles of self - denying patriotism if we suppose war in the abstract to be popular with them . The peasant , it is true , has a fanatical venera- tion for his Emperor , and the ...
... give both those classes credit for the sternest principles of self - denying patriotism if we suppose war in the abstract to be popular with them . The peasant , it is true , has a fanatical venera- tion for his Emperor , and the ...
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... Give peace in our time , but not the peace of trembling , Won by true strength , not cowardly dissembling . " F. LUSHINGTON . Points of War . R. L. V. January 30th , 1856 . PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION . I CANNOT venture to add PREFACE TO ...
... Give peace in our time , but not the peace of trembling , Won by true strength , not cowardly dissembling . " F. LUSHINGTON . Points of War . R. L. V. January 30th , 1856 . PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION . I CANNOT venture to add PREFACE TO ...
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... of far abler travellers . My object has been to give some description of private life , national customs , and domestic habits in Russia . January , 1839 . CONTENTS . PREFACE TO SECOND AND FIRST EDITIONS CONCLUDING REMARKS.
... of far abler travellers . My object has been to give some description of private life , national customs , and domestic habits in Russia . January , 1839 . CONTENTS . PREFACE TO SECOND AND FIRST EDITIONS CONCLUDING REMARKS.
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... give them a swim almost every evening during the summer . There are numerous small rafts to be seen at the edge of the river and of the canals for the washerwomen , who stand on them with bare legs and wash the linen in the water at the ...
... give them a swim almost every evening during the summer . There are numerous small rafts to be seen at the edge of the river and of the canals for the washerwomen , who stand on them with bare legs and wash the linen in the water at the ...
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... give this city an outward character widely different from that of our own metropolis . In the population of the streets the distinction is not less broadly marked . The uncouth peasant in his sheepskin coat , the tradesman in his * The ...
... give this city an outward character widely different from that of our own metropolis . In the population of the streets the distinction is not less broadly marked . The uncouth peasant in his sheepskin coat , the tradesman in his * The ...
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afterwards agreeable aide-de-camp amusement appear arrived Bashkir called cantonists carriage chiefly church colours conscription Cossacks cross crown custom dinner dressed Emperor Empress England English fast Fcap feet fire five four French frost Galitzin gentleman German Greek ground Gulf of Finland hand handsome head History horses Imperial ispravnik istvostchik journey kibitka kind Krasnoe lady land letter LORD Lubeck manner master miles morning Moscow nearly Neva night nobles o'clock officers palace passed peasants person Petersburg Plates Portrait Post 8vo postilion pounds present priest Prince province received remarkable river road roubles Russian Second Edition serfs servants Siberia side sledges snow soldier streets Tamboff Third Edition thousand tilègas tion told town travelling versts village Volga Vols winter Winter Palace wolves wood Woodcuts Yaroslav young
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