Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa: Russia, Tartary, and TurkeyT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816 |
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... vessel rolling in an Atlantic calm . Our good friend Professor Pallas experienced as rough a journey along this route , a few years before . He men- tions the delay , and even the danger , to which he was exposed on the Heights of ...
... vessel rolling in an Atlantic calm . Our good friend Professor Pallas experienced as rough a journey along this route , a few years before . He men- tions the delay , and even the danger , to which he was exposed on the Heights of ...
الصفحة 48
... vessels pass the canal annually . The town , or village , as it is called , is full of buildings and shops . It is spacious , and wears a stately thriving appear- ance ; forming a striking contrast with the miserable villages along this ...
... vessels pass the canal annually . The town , or village , as it is called , is full of buildings and shops . It is spacious , and wears a stately thriving appear- ance ; forming a striking contrast with the miserable villages along this ...
الصفحة 161
... vessels , supposed to possess the pro- perty of disarming poison of its deadly quality : masquerade dresses worn by their sovereigns : a few natural curiosities ; and among these , the horn of a Narvhal , above eight feet in length ...
... vessels , supposed to possess the pro- perty of disarming poison of its deadly quality : masquerade dresses worn by their sovereigns : a few natural curiosities ; and among these , the horn of a Narvhal , above eight feet in length ...
الصفحة 164
... vessels . of massive silver , made to contain consecrated oil : this is sent all over RUSSIA , from Moscow , for the service of the Greek churches . Sixteen of these vessels , of very considerable magnitude , each capable of containing ...
... vessels . of massive silver , made to contain consecrated oil : this is sent all over RUSSIA , from Moscow , for the service of the Greek churches . Sixteen of these vessels , of very considerable magnitude , each capable of containing ...
الصفحة 176
... vessels of antient glass , at least twelve inches in diameter . There was one of these , standing near a window , filled with earth , in which had been planted a Dutch tulip ; of course , it was liable to be broken every instant . Vases ...
... vessels of antient glass , at least twelve inches in diameter . There was one of these , standing near a window , filled with earth , in which had been planted a Dutch tulip ; of course , it was liable to be broken every instant . Vases ...
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afford afterwards antient appearance archbishop Armenian arrived Ataman barks Black Sea brandy called Calmucks canal carriage Cataracts CATHERINE Celo ceremony CHAP church Circassians common considerable containing copeeks covered Crimea Danaetz Dnieper Dniester Don Cossacks dress Dvina Emperor empire Empress England English Europe exhibited feet frequently Galitzin Greek hair Heber's horses houses hundred inhabitants inland journey Kremlin Ladoga Lake Lake Ilmen land manner mode Moscow nations navigable Niemen nobles Novogorod observed officers Onega Orlof painting passage passed peasants perhaps persons PETER Petersburg Podolia poud priest Prince principal provinces reign remarkable resembles Rivers falling rivulets roubles Russian Sea of Azof Siberia situation slaves sluices stanitzas steppes sterlet streets Taganrog Tahtars Tanaïs Tcherkask thousand timber tion town traveller Tula Tumuli Ukraine versts vessels village Vitegra Volga Volhynia Vyshney Voloshok whole wine women Woronetz СНАР
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الصفحة 350 - And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
الصفحة 74 - AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
الصفحة 71 - Its vibrations seemed the rolling of distant thunder; and they were instantly accompanied by the noise of all the bells in Moscow. Every inhabitant was stirring, and the rattling of carriages in the streets was greater than at noon-day. The whole city was in a blaze; for lights were seen in all the windows, and innumerable torches in the streets.
الصفحة 61 - Having heard accounts of its immense population, you wander through deserted streets. Passing suddenly towards the quarter where the shops are situated, you might walk upon the heads of thousands. The daily throng is there so immense, that, unable to force a passage through it, or assign any motive that might convene such a multitude, you ask the cause, and are told that it is always the same. Nor is the costume less va--rious than the aspect of the buildings; Greeks, Turks, Tartars, Cossacks, Chinese,...
الصفحة 60 - Moscow!' and you behold nothing but a wide and scattered suburb, huts, gardens, pig-sties, brick walls, churches, dunghills, palaces, timber-yards, warehouses, and a refuse, as it were, of materials sufficient to stock an empire with miserable towns and miserable villages.
الصفحة 4 - Razumovsky was, by the Emperor's order, broken into small pieces, while he stood by and directed the work. The horses had been found with it in the streets, without their driver. It happened to be of a blue colour ; and the Count's servants wore red liveries: upon which...
الصفحة 59 - ... gate. Having passed, you look about, and wonder what is become of the city, or where you are; and are ready to ask, once more, How far is it to Moscow? They will tell you>
الصفحة 71 - The walls, ceilings, and every part of this building, are covered with the pictures of saints and martyrs. In the moment of our arrival the doors were shut ; and on the outside appeared Plato, the archbishop, preceded by banners and torches, and followed by all his train of priests with crucifixes and censers, who...