Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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Page 107
... leave to introduce to you as an Ass that sprung from the Ashes of my Ass Commerce whom I entered Last January in Paris . Etatis suae thirty months- Peace to its manes . — I shall neither forget the pleasures or the pains it gave me they ...
... leave to introduce to you as an Ass that sprung from the Ashes of my Ass Commerce whom I entered Last January in Paris . Etatis suae thirty months- Peace to its manes . — I shall neither forget the pleasures or the pains it gave me they ...
Page 172
... leave on the spot where they have encamped : They never stay above 2 or 3 days in a place , & the day they march they tell their Women that they go to such a Mountain , River , Lake , Plain , or Forest , & leave them to bring the ...
... leave on the spot where they have encamped : They never stay above 2 or 3 days in a place , & the day they march they tell their Women that they go to such a Mountain , River , Lake , Plain , or Forest , & leave them to bring the ...
Page 192
... leave this Blank for him to fill up that can do it without blushing : & the following vacant Page I leave a blank for the animadversions of an honest Man on the religious Sentiment above - mentioned informing such at the same time that ...
... leave this Blank for him to fill up that can do it without blushing : & the following vacant Page I leave a blank for the animadversions of an honest Man on the religious Sentiment above - mentioned informing such at the same time that ...
Contents
Significance and Problems of Interpre | 32 |
Siberia in the Eighteenth Century | 63 |
The History and Editing of the Papers | 81 |
Copyright | |
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