Ivan Vejeeghen: Or, Life in Russia |
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Page 17
... Italy alone excels Poland in the free- dom of the women . In Poland nobody thinks it strange or improper for a married or unmarried woman to converse alone with a gentleman , to walk arm in arm with him at a distance from others , to ...
... Italy alone excels Poland in the free- dom of the women . In Poland nobody thinks it strange or improper for a married or unmarried woman to converse alone with a gentleman , to walk arm in arm with him at a distance from others , to ...
Page 63
... Italian , played exceedingly well on the piano - forte , and sang like a nightingale . She lived very genteelly . Her house was comfortable , and well furnished . She had in her service two footmen , two maid servants , a man - cook , a ...
... Italian , played exceedingly well on the piano - forte , and sang like a nightingale . She lived very genteelly . Her house was comfortable , and well furnished . She had in her service two footmen , two maid servants , a man - cook , a ...
Page 64
... Italian named Baritono , who had at one time been a teacher of music and singing . I knew no- thing of the origin of my aunt , and she never spoke with any one either about her own relations , or about the place of her birth . She ...
... Italian named Baritono , who had at one time been a teacher of music and singing . I knew no- thing of the origin of my aunt , and she never spoke with any one either about her own relations , or about the place of her birth . She ...
Page 140
... Italian , and dance all manner of foreign dances . Eliza was taught all this for money , but as foreigners do not import wit for sale to us , but merely for home - consumption , Leeza remained a blockhead as God created her . CC My ...
... Italian , and dance all manner of foreign dances . Eliza was taught all this for money , but as foreigners do not import wit for sale to us , but merely for home - consumption , Leeza remained a blockhead as God created her . CC My ...
Page 145
... Italy in twice the time . To make their guests eat and drink to excess is esteemed in Moscow the first characteristic of a good accueil . To guz- zle and swill to a ne plus ultra is a sort of pleasure which even well bred people do not ...
... Italy in twice the time . To make their guests eat and drink to excess is esteemed in Moscow the first characteristic of a good accueil . To guz- zle and swill to a ne plus ultra is a sort of pleasure which even well bred people do not ...
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Page 192 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.