The Englishwoman in Russia; impressions of the society and manners of the Russians at home, by a lady two years resident in that country |
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... eyes and Lilliputian features made it look like an Indian doll . The rigour of their climate does not , it seems , congeal the tender sym- pathies of the human heart , for its mother fondled it with the greatest affection and pride ...
... eyes and Lilliputian features made it look like an Indian doll . The rigour of their climate does not , it seems , congeal the tender sym- pathies of the human heart , for its mother fondled it with the greatest affection and pride ...
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... eyes sparkled with unwonted fires ; each of them was regaled with a tumblerful , which both ladies and gentlemen tossed off as if it were water , and which had no other effect than that of rendering them in infinite good humour with us ...
... eyes sparkled with unwonted fires ; each of them was regaled with a tumblerful , which both ladies and gentlemen tossed off as if it were water , and which had no other effect than that of rendering them in infinite good humour with us ...
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... eyes that they imagine that by imi- tating the exterior polish of the French - although omit- ting the solid enlightenment of that nation - they have really become civilized , and many , I verily believe , think that they have even ...
... eyes that they imagine that by imi- tating the exterior polish of the French - although omit- ting the solid enlightenment of that nation - they have really become civilized , and many , I verily believe , think that they have even ...
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... eye the vision of sundry rough nags in the field at the back . It is but just to them to say that the apparition of a military uniform possesses the same magic influence . The life the poor yemstchicks lead must be miserable in the ...
... eye the vision of sundry rough nags in the field at the back . It is but just to them to say that the apparition of a military uniform possesses the same magic influence . The life the poor yemstchicks lead must be miserable in the ...
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... eye can reach , not a single bark to ruffle the mysterious stillness of the waters , nor any living thing to awaken the echoes of those dismal forests of pine which stretch far away to the verge of the horizon , and seem an impenetrable ...
... eye can reach , not a single bark to ruffle the mysterious stillness of the waters , nor any living thing to awaken the echoes of those dismal forests of pine which stretch far away to the verge of the horizon , and seem an impenetrable ...
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