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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... silver - gilt , with arabesque flowers all over them , which they say are done with some kind of acid I believe the secret is not known out of Russia . All the Russian women assembled at this festival were of the upper class of petty ...
... silver - gilt , with arabesque flowers all over them , which they say are done with some kind of acid I believe the secret is not known out of Russia . All the Russian women assembled at this festival were of the upper class of petty ...
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... silver , which serves wonderfully to recal to their mind's 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 ...
... silver , which serves wonderfully to recal to their mind's 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 ...
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... silver , which serves wonderfully to recal to their mind's 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 ...
... silver , which serves wonderfully to recal to their mind's 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 ...
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... silver to the church , which seemed to raise us im- mensely in the good monk's estimation . After thanking him for the trouble , we left the monastery of St. An- thony just as a party of the peasantry from a village close by , dressed ...
... silver to the church , which seemed to raise us im- mensely in the good monk's estimation . After thanking him for the trouble , we left the monastery of St. An- thony just as a party of the peasantry from a village close by , dressed ...
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... silver rouble intrusted to her had tempted him to commit the murder . The second case was that of a lady who went to take a walk in the Strogonoff gardens , at a few versts ' distance from St. Petersburg . She was seen to enter them ...
... silver rouble intrusted to her had tempted him to commit the murder . The second case was that of a lady who went to take a walk in the Strogonoff gardens , at a few versts ' distance from St. Petersburg . She was seen to enter them ...
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