Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa: Russia, Tahtary, and TurkeyT. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand, 1816 |
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الصفحة xii
... Feet . Three Versts equal 2 English Miles . The Russian Foot is exactly that of England . The Vershock equals 1 English Inch and . 104 Versts - equal 1 Degree . 500 Sajens 3 Archines · = 1 Verst . = 1 Sajen . 16 Vershocks == 1 Archine ...
... Feet . Three Versts equal 2 English Miles . The Russian Foot is exactly that of England . The Vershock equals 1 English Inch and . 104 Versts - equal 1 Degree . 500 Sajens 3 Archines · = 1 Verst . = 1 Sajen . 16 Vershocks == 1 Archine ...
الصفحة 6
... feet about in walking . Upon those occasions he was sure to talk with indecency and folly . But the instances were few in which the gloom spread over a great metropolis , by the madness and malevolence of a suspicious tyrant , was ...
... feet about in walking . Upon those occasions he was sure to talk with indecency and folly . But the instances were few in which the gloom spread over a great metropolis , by the madness and malevolence of a suspicious tyrant , was ...
الصفحة 19
... feet ; and it is entirely covered , in a most barbarous taste , with columns , and pilasters , and cariatides , stuck between the windows . All of these , in the true style of Dutch gingerbread , are gilded . The whole of the building ...
... feet ; and it is entirely covered , in a most barbarous taste , with columns , and pilasters , and cariatides , stuck between the windows . All of these , in the true style of Dutch gingerbread , are gilded . The whole of the building ...
الصفحة 23
... feet square , entirely covered , on all sides , from top to bottom , with amber ; a lamentable waste of innumerable ... feet long by fifty - two feet wide , and two stories high . The walls and pilasters of another apartment were ...
... feet square , entirely covered , on all sides , from top to bottom , with amber ; a lamentable waste of innumerable ... feet long by fifty - two feet wide , and two stories high . The walls and pilasters of another apartment were ...
الصفحة 24
... feet long . There are various statues about the house and gardens , in marble and in bronze , all without merit . The chapel is entirely of gilded wood , and very richly or- namented . A small flower - garden leads to the bath , which ...
... feet long . There are various statues about the house and gardens , in marble and in bronze , all without merit . The chapel is entirely of gilded wood , and very richly or- namented . A small flower - garden leads to the bath , which ...
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afford afterwards antient appearance archbishop Armenian arrived Ataman barks Black Sea brandy called Calmucks canal carriage Cataracts CATHERINE ceremony CHAP church colour common considerable 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 koumiss Kremlin Ladoga Lake Lake Ilmen land manner mode Moscow nations navigable Niemen nobles Novogorod observed officers Onega Orlof painting palace passage passed peasants perhaps persons PETER Petersburg Podolia poud priest Prince principal procured 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 Voyage Vyshney Voloshok whole wine women Woronetz СНАР
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الصفحة 424 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground : and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
الصفحة 352 - 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 - 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 5 - Merely seeing the men work,' replied the nobleman. 'Oh! is that your employment? Take off his pelisse, and give him a spade ! There, now work yourself ! ' " When enraged, he lost all command of himself, which sometimes gave rise to very ludicrous scenes.
الصفحة 333 - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on.
الصفحة 147 - The large bell near the cathedral is only used on important occasions, and yields the finest and most solemn tone I ever heard. When it sounds, a deep and hollow murmur vibrates all over Moscow, like the fullest and lowest tones of a vast organ, or the rolling of distant thunder.
الصفحة 203 - ... two coffins, one of which is empty, and destined for the present archbishop ; the other contains the bones of the founder of the monastery, who is regarded as a saint. The oak coffin was almost bit to pieces by different persons afflicted with the tooth-ach, for which a rub on this board is a specific.
الصفحة 60 - 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 - 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.