The Empire of the Czar; Or, Observations on the Social, Political, and Religious State and Prospects of Russia: Made During a Journey Through that Empire, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 - Russia |
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... horses set free , or birds let loose from their cages : men , women , the young and the old , are all as happy as schoolboys on a holiday . The same per- sons when they return have long faces and gloomy looks ; their words are few and ...
... horses set free , or birds let loose from their cages : men , women , the young and the old , are all as happy as schoolboys on a holiday . The same per- sons when they return have long faces and gloomy looks ; their words are few and ...
Page 135
... horse , an enormous serpent has been placed at his feet ; which is an ill - conceived idea , serving only to betray the impotence of the artist . I stopped for one moment before the scaffolding of an edifice which , though not yet ...
... horse , an enormous serpent has been placed at his feet ; which is an ill - conceived idea , serving only to betray the impotence of the artist . I stopped for one moment before the scaffolding of an edifice which , though not yet ...
Page 138
... a venerable gray - haired person , formerly ambassador in Spain , came to meet us on our entry into Moscow . He galloped his horse , and displayed all the activity of a young man , until KARAMSIN . 139 the sweat fell from his brow ;
... a venerable gray - haired person , formerly ambassador in Spain , came to meet us on our entry into Moscow . He galloped his horse , and displayed all the activity of a young man , until KARAMSIN . 139 the sweat fell from his brow ;
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... horses and carriages , struck me more than anything else on my first view of the city . The ordinary costume and general appearance of the lower classes of Petersburg , ( not the porters , but ) the workmen , coachmen , the small trades ...
... horses and carriages , struck me more than anything else on my first view of the city . The ordinary costume and general appearance of the lower classes of Petersburg , ( not the porters , but ) the workmen , coachmen , the small trades ...
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... horses are attached . The shaft horse has his head fixed in a large and raised semi - circle of wood , which gives the idea of a moving triumphal arch . It is not a collar , for the neck of the horse is far below the wood ; it is rather ...
... horses are attached . The shaft horse has his head fixed in a large and raised semi - circle of wood , which gives the idea of a moving triumphal arch . It is not a collar , for the neck of the horse is far below the wood ; it is rather ...
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