 ... in such a country as our own, in a great lord being, to a certain extent, his own master-carpenter, master-upholsterer, or master-coachmaker? Some admirable home traits are given by M. de Sabourof in a letter to the author. We select one which is...  Domestic scenes in Russia, letters - Página 334por Richard Lister Venables - 1839 - 348 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | David K. Hitchcock - 1844 - 286 páginas
...de Sabouref to the Rev. Mr. Venables, author of " Domestic Scenes in Russia." " The Russian peasant is deeply imbued with a. reverence for religion, and...is quite able to make the distinction between the man and his office. Of this I can give you a very characteristic anecdote. Passing one day near a large... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1841 - 622 páginas
...a letter to the author. We select one which is highly characteristic of the Russian peasant : — ' He is deeply imbued with a reverence for religion,...ignorant. He kisses the hand of his parish priest, hut he laughs at his failings, and is quite able to make the distinction between the individual and... | |
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