John Ledyard's Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788, Volume 2University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1964 - 698 pages |
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Page 190
... told of it before I knew it to be wine Karamyscherff is fully sensible of the Luxury & vanity I complain of in this Country , that is but beginning to begin , as I told him to day and laments it , and declared to me frankly that ...
... told of it before I knew it to be wine Karamyscherff is fully sensible of the Luxury & vanity I complain of in this Country , that is but beginning to begin , as I told him to day and laments it , and declared to me frankly that ...
Page 223
... told him so , & I told him that whatever declaration he might make to the contrary I would not believe it- This is not the only Instance . I live with a young Russian Officer with whom I came from Irkutsk ; 112 no circumstance has ever ...
... told him so , & I told him that whatever declaration he might make to the contrary I would not believe it- This is not the only Instance . I live with a young Russian Officer with whom I came from Irkutsk ; 112 no circumstance has ever ...
Page 335
... told him , that if he returned to Russia , he would certainly be hanged ; but that if he chose to go back to England , they wished him a pleasant journey . In the midst of poverty , covered with rags , infested with the usual ...
... told him , that if he returned to Russia , he would certainly be hanged ; but that if he chose to go back to England , they wished him a pleasant journey . In the midst of poverty , covered with rags , infested with the usual ...
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