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... bear upon any one point , particularly , when by so doing , the obscurity of some of them may be elucidated . The journey of Olga , wife of Igor , son of Ru- rick , to Constantinople , after avenging the death of her husband upon the ...
... bear upon any one point , particularly , when by so doing , the obscurity of some of them may be elucidated . The journey of Olga , wife of Igor , son of Ru- rick , to Constantinople , after avenging the death of her husband upon the ...
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... bears , supporters , are represen ted at an altar , upon the ice , with crucifixes crossed before the bogh , on which is placed a candelabrum with a triple lustre , emblem of the trinity . The fortress of Novogorod is large , but of ...
... bears , supporters , are represen ted at an altar , upon the ice , with crucifixes crossed before the bogh , on which is placed a candelabrum with a triple lustre , emblem of the trinity . The fortress of Novogorod is large , but of ...
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... bears their name , may we seek for classick authors , historians , lawgivers , and poets . A copy of the Encyclopæ- dia , placed more for ostentation than for use , may perhaps , in a solitary instance or two , greet , the eye , as the ...
... bears their name , may we seek for classick authors , historians , lawgivers , and poets . A copy of the Encyclopæ- dia , placed more for ostentation than for use , may perhaps , in a solitary instance or two , greet , the eye , as the ...
Página 51
... bear the great- est resemblance to the nobles of the " Two Sicilies . " The Neapolitans , and the grandees of Palermo , are exactly like those of Moscow ; and even the peasants of the two coun- tries have a certain degree of resemblance ...
... bear the great- est resemblance to the nobles of the " Two Sicilies . " The Neapolitans , and the grandees of Palermo , are exactly like those of Moscow ; and even the peasants of the two coun- tries have a certain degree of resemblance ...
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... bears another name : it is called Russian magnificence . The children of those who murdered Peter the third re ... bear an allusion in Eng- land . When the late empress died , her son and successour caused the body of his father to ...
... bears another name : it is called Russian magnificence . The children of those who murdered Peter the third re ... bear an allusion in Eng- land . When the late empress died , her son and successour caused the body of his father to ...
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Términos y frases comunes
afforded afterwards Akmetchet ancient antiquity appearance Armenian arrived Balaclava beautiful Black Sea Bosporus building Caffa called Calmucks canal carriage Caucasus ceremony Cherson Chersonesus church Circassians coast colour consists Constantinople copeeks covered Crimea described distance Don Cossacks dress emperour empire empress England English feet fortress Greek harbour head Heber's horses houses hundred inhabitants interiour journey Kaffa Kuban labour land manner marble miles Mithradates Moscow mountains mouth nations night nobles observed Odessa officers Oxai Pallas passed peasants peninsula perhaps persons Petersburgh Phanagoria plain port present princes professor Pallas publick remains remarkable resemblance river rocks roubles ruins Russian sea of Azof seemed seen ship shore sian side situation steppes stone Strabo Sudak Taganrock Taman Tanaïs Tartars territory thing tion tombs town traveller trees Tscherchaskoy tumuli Turkish Turks versts vessels village voyage walls whole wind Woronetz Yenikalé
Pasajes populares
Página 403 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 249 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Página 37 - 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...
Página 400 - near the village of Dauphigny ; this would suit me nicely, you know it well, for I have often said that I should like to be buried there ; and let me beg of you, as you value your old friend, not to suffer any pomp to be used at my funeral ; nor any monument, nor monumental inscription whatsoever, to mark where I am laid : but lay me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten.
Página 360 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting. martlet, does approve, By his lov'd mansionry, that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coigne of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd, The air is delicate.
Página 2 - Fire seldom, but fire sure. Push hard with the bayonet — the ball will lose its way, the bayonet never. The ball is a fool, the bayonet a hero ! Stab once, and off with the Turk from the bayonet.
Página 29 - ... 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,
Página 36 - ... near an embroidered stool of satin placed for the archbishop. The loud chorus which burst forth at the entrance to the church, continued as the procession moved towards the throne, and after the archbishop had taken his seat ; when my attention was for a moment called off, by seeing one of the Russians earnestly crossing himself with his right hand, while his left was employed in picking my companion's pocket of his handkerchief.
Página 35 - The second grand ceremony of this season takes place on Thursday before Easter at noon, when the archbishop washes the feet of the apostles. This we also witnessed. The priests appeared in their most gorgeous apparel. Twelve monks, designed to represent the twelve apostles, were placed in a semicircle before the archbishop. The ceremony is performed in the cathedral, which is crowded with spectators. The archbishop, performing all and much more than is related of our Saviour in the thirteenth chapter...
Página 96 - England thoy are considered only as articles of luxury; yet throughout the vast empire of Russia, through all Finland, Lapland, Sweden, and Norway, there ' ' is no cottage so poor, no hut so destitute, but it possesses its vapour bath ; in which all its inhabitants, every Saturday at least, and every day in cases of sickness, experience comfort and salubrity...