Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's Residence in that Country, Chiefly in the Interior |
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... receiving their passports , which had been collected soon after we sailed from Traavemunde by the captain's book ... received a permit for my luggage to pass . The intro- duction of poisonous drugs into the country is strictly pro ...
... receiving their passports , which had been collected soon after we sailed from Traavemunde by the captain's book ... received a permit for my luggage to pass . The intro- duction of poisonous drugs into the country is strictly pro ...
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... received a thousand roubles , about forty pounds , for each . In another room are the portraits of Field - Marshals only - a rank of which the Emperor is extremely chary . He has at present but two , of whom one only is actually in his ...
... received a thousand roubles , about forty pounds , for each . In another room are the portraits of Field - Marshals only - a rank of which the Emperor is extremely chary . He has at present but two , of whom one only is actually in his ...
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... received a thousand roubles , about forty pounds , for each . In another room are the portraits of Field - Marshals only — a rank of which the Emperor is extremely chary . He has at present , but two , of whom one only is actually in ...
... received a thousand roubles , about forty pounds , for each . In another room are the portraits of Field - Marshals only — a rank of which the Emperor is extremely chary . He has at present , but two , of whom one only is actually in ...
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... received by M - ' s father and all the family . Comfortable apartments , consisting of bed - room , dressing - room , and sitting- room , had been prepared for us , and we were glad to enjoy a good night's rest after our journey . As we ...
... received by M - ' s father and all the family . Comfortable apartments , consisting of bed - room , dressing - room , and sitting- room , had been prepared for us , and we were glad to enjoy a good night's rest after our journey . As we ...
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... received the euphonious name of Rodivōn Rodivōnovitch . The ordinary routine of life which I have described has been varied now and then by an occasional visit . The system of country visiting in Russia is carried on upon the hospitable ...
... received the euphonious name of Rodivōn Rodivōnovitch . The ordinary routine of life which I have described has been varied now and then by an occasional visit . The system of country visiting in Russia is carried on upon the hospitable ...
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