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... Russian princess Olga ( tenth century ) according to the tradition preserved in the Chronicle of Nestor , pretends to desire peace and tribute . " What dost thou desire from us ? " the Drevliani ask , " we will gladly pay tribute in ...
... Russian princess Olga ( tenth century ) according to the tradition preserved in the Chronicle of Nestor , pretends to desire peace and tribute . " What dost thou desire from us ? " the Drevliani ask , " we will gladly pay tribute in ...
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... Russia , illustrate the per- sistence of the superstition to our own day . In the ninety - fifth declama- tion of the work called The Orator ( 1596 ) , the Jew , in enumerating the uses to which he could put the flesh , says : " I might ...
... Russia , illustrate the per- sistence of the superstition to our own day . In the ninety - fifth declama- tion of the work called The Orator ( 1596 ) , the Jew , in enumerating the uses to which he could put the flesh , says : " I might ...
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... Russian folk - tale of a hunter who hung up the skins of the wolves he slew , but one day one of these skins became a wolf and killed him . The people who carry their heads under their arms resemble in this respect the tra- ditional ...
... Russian folk - tale of a hunter who hung up the skins of the wolves he slew , but one day one of these skins became a wolf and killed him . The people who carry their heads under their arms resemble in this respect the tra- ditional ...
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... Russia , and is re- united to him , and survives both husbands . Von Loen's " Mann am Hofe " ( 1740 ) , was an imitation of Richardson , and more meritorious than the above . Goethe says that it gained approbation and importance because ...
... Russia , and is re- united to him , and survives both husbands . Von Loen's " Mann am Hofe " ( 1740 ) , was an imitation of Richardson , and more meritorious than the above . Goethe says that it gained approbation and importance because ...
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... Russian literature , in his Russian Folk - tales ( 1873 , p . 5 ) , " the Skazkas , or Russian Folk - tales , may justly be said to be characteristic of the Russian people . There are numerous points on which the lower classes ' of all ...
... Russian literature , in his Russian Folk - tales ( 1873 , p . 5 ) , " the Skazkas , or Russian Folk - tales , may justly be said to be characteristic of the Russian people . There are numerous points on which the lower classes ' of all ...
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