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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... ground on the right or Danish side of the river rises into bold slopes beautifully clothed with gardens and studded with villas , while the air was fragrant from the pro- fusion of lilacs , now in that northern region in full luxuriance ...
... ground on the right or Danish side of the river rises into bold slopes beautifully clothed with gardens and studded with villas , while the air was fragrant from the pro- fusion of lilacs , now in that northern region in full luxuriance ...
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... ground , and turned outwards , as if he were flying away from the shafts . In this form he is made to canter and prance through the streets , while his companion trots steadily along . To droschkas occasionally , and to heavier ...
... ground , and turned outwards , as if he were flying away from the shafts . In this form he is made to canter and prance through the streets , while his companion trots steadily along . To droschkas occasionally , and to heavier ...
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... ground covered with wood . The only two other towns of any consideration through which we passed were Novogorod and Vishny Volotchok . The former , though its name , if literally translated , would be simply New - Town , is one of the ...
... ground covered with wood . The only two other towns of any consideration through which we passed were Novogorod and Vishny Volotchok . The former , though its name , if literally translated , would be simply New - Town , is one of the ...
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... ground is intended to imitate a park . The whole , including the water , is very pretty , but the space is too extensive to be kept in per- fect order as dress ground . At the same time , sheep and cattle are never admitted to graze as ...
... ground is intended to imitate a park . The whole , including the water , is very pretty , but the space is too extensive to be kept in per- fect order as dress ground . At the same time , sheep and cattle are never admitted to graze as ...
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... his shoulder , with a short handle , and a long heavy * This significant emblem is very common in Russia , as I afterwards observed . lash trailing for several feet along the ground behind him LET . III . ] 23 FARM - STOCK .
... his shoulder , with a short handle , and a long heavy * This significant emblem is very common in Russia , as I afterwards observed . lash trailing for several feet along the ground behind him LET . III . ] 23 FARM - STOCK .
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