Story of a Life, Volume 1Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 190
... Russian but , by speaking it very fast and accenting the wrong syllable in each word , made it incomprehensible to ... Russian priests wore vestments made of pure gold and that all Russian officers spoke French . We gathered at ...
... Russian but , by speaking it very fast and accenting the wrong syllable in each word , made it incomprehensible to ... Russian priests wore vestments made of pure gold and that all Russian officers spoke French . We gathered at ...
Page 231
... Russian literature . He looked like Byron and wore a frock coat buttoned to the neck . Selikhanovich was gifted and sensitive . He ' washed ' the image we had formed of the Russian writers . It was as though a good restorer had cleaned ...
... Russian literature . He looked like Byron and wore a frock coat buttoned to the neck . Selikhanovich was gifted and sensitive . He ' washed ' the image we had formed of the Russian writers . It was as though a good restorer had cleaned ...
Page 281
... Russian prison , he lived in Russia for five years . 5 Makborka : cheap tobacco . 6 Hetman : originally a Polish military title , retained by the Cossacks . 7 Zaporozhye : The Dnieper region where the main part of the Cossack army was ...
... Russian prison , he lived in Russia for five years . 5 Makborka : cheap tobacco . 6 Hetman : originally a Polish military title , retained by the Cossacks . 7 Zaporozhye : The Dnieper region where the main part of the Cossack army was ...
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