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... never been seen before , and to describe the manners which characterise female society among the wild Kirghis , that I have bethought me to collect some of the letters written on the spot to friends ; and these , with slight omissions ...
... never been seen before , and to describe the manners which characterise female society among the wild Kirghis , that I have bethought me to collect some of the letters written on the spot to friends ; and these , with slight omissions ...
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... never to meet again : all these had some message which they wished to be delivered . Nor could I refuse them this pleasure , although it would , I found , entail several deviations from our intended route . Had it been possible to dine ...
... never to meet again : all these had some message which they wished to be delivered . Nor could I refuse them this pleasure , although it would , I found , entail several deviations from our intended route . Had it been possible to dine ...
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... never to wash the face , from the hour of starting on a journey , until their arrival in some town where they intend staying . The state of my face gave me much annoyance , and was very painful . We were invited to dine at the house of ...
... never to wash the face , from the hour of starting on a journey , until their arrival in some town where they intend staying . The state of my face gave me much annoyance , and was very painful . We were invited to dine at the house of ...
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... never having visited those spots ; but what he could say was , that the skies were beauti- fully true to nature ; they were truly Siberian ; and how often , he said , have I wished I could delineate them , as in Petersburg they have no ...
... never having visited those spots ; but what he could say was , that the skies were beauti- fully true to nature ; they were truly Siberian ; and how often , he said , have I wished I could delineate them , as in Petersburg they have no ...
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... never fail to return the same night . Mouravioff was looked upon as one of the most determined of the conspirators of 1825. His brother Sèrge was hanged . His was a hard fate , for the rope broke before life was extinct , and another ...
... never fail to return the same night . Mouravioff was looked upon as one of the most determined of the conspirators of 1825. His brother Sèrge was hanged . His was a hard fate , for the rope broke before life was extinct , and another ...
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