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... traveller ; but as the horses and their drivers are thoroughly practised in getting over them , there is no real danger . When the crack is small , the horses jump over them without stopping ; when they are large , planks are laid ...
... traveller ; but as the horses and their drivers are thoroughly practised in getting over them , there is no real danger . When the crack is small , the horses jump over them without stopping ; when they are large , planks are laid ...
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... traveller in former times of having met a carrier conveying goods to a distance , accord- ing to our reckoning , of a thousand miles , for seven farthings per day for the keep of himself and horse . Siberian hospitality not only extends ...
... traveller in former times of having met a carrier conveying goods to a distance , accord- ing to our reckoning , of a thousand miles , for seven farthings per day for the keep of himself and horse . Siberian hospitality not only extends ...
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... traveller has said that a more astonishing contrast , altogether in favour of the celestials , can hardly be found on the face of the earth . However , let us have Mr. Cottrell's state- ment : The Mai - ma- tchin is a small ...
... traveller has said that a more astonishing contrast , altogether in favour of the celestials , can hardly be found on the face of the earth . However , let us have Mr. Cottrell's state- ment : The Mai - ma- tchin is a small ...
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... takes a much wider stride ; for our remarkable German traveller has written four separate works on the country ; not only St. Petersburg , but Moscow and other cities having been selected for this 46 Cottrell's Recollections of Siberia .
... takes a much wider stride ; for our remarkable German traveller has written four separate works on the country ; not only St. Petersburg , but Moscow and other cities having been selected for this 46 Cottrell's Recollections of Siberia .
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... traveller , or had not delivered your luggage at the luggage - office half an hour before starting - time — all was full of penalties and losses ; till we could not help` exclaiming- 66 Alas , what perils do environ The man who travels ...
... traveller , or had not delivered your luggage at the luggage - office half an hour before starting - time — all was full of penalties and losses ; till we could not help` exclaiming- 66 Alas , what perils do environ The man who travels ...
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Page 126 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Page 252 - I wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid, And in the forest's shade Our vows were plighted. Under its loosened vest Fluttered her little breast, Like birds within their nest By the hawk frighted.
Page 253 - THE RAINY DAY. THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.
Page 252 - But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er the dark sea I flew With the marauders. Wild was the life we led ; Many the souls that sped, Many the hearts that bled, By our stern orders. " Many a wassail-bout Wore the long Winter out ; Often our midnight shout Set the cocks crowing, As we the Berserk's tale Measured in cups of ale, Draining the oaken pail, Filled to o'erflowing.
Page 251 - Pale flashes seemed to rise, As when the Northern skies Gleam in December ; And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber.
Page 411 - ... hath a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both; whereas common speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to clothe them in, and these are always ready at the mouth. So people...
Page 252 - Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare Fled like a shadow ; Oft through the forest dark Followed the werewolf's bark, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow. " But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er the dark sea I flew With the marauders.
Page 226 - return to him, and to them that sent you hither, and say to them that they send no more to me for any adventure that falleth, as long as my son is alive. And also say to them that they suffer him this day to win his spurs; for if God be pleased, I will this journey be his and the honour thereof, and to them that be about him.
Page 411 - I would establish but one great general rule to be observed in all conversation, which is this, "that men should not talk to please themselves, but those that hear them." This would make them consider, whether what they speak be worth hearing; whether there be either wit or sense in what they are about to say; and, whether it be adapted to the time when, the place where, and the person to whom, it is spoken.
Page 210 - the innocency of childhood, the beauty of youth, the solidity of middle, the gravity of old age, and all at eighteen ; the birth of a princess, the learning of a clerk, the life of a saint, yet the death of a malefactor, for her parent's offences.