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The White Slave (Volume 2); Or, the Russian Peasant Girl

Charles Frederick Henningsen

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1845. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. Blanche and her husband were again upon the road. After a few versts the country-houses or datchas on either side indicated their near approach to the city. The idea which the wealthy Russians entertain of the pleasures of country life is very peculiar and utterly distinct from that of all other European nations, particularly of the English. The gregarious instinct appears in this particular as strongly developed amongst the higher orders as it does amongst the peasantry, when, dreading isolated farms and cottages, which are almost unknown, they crowd into villages and hamlets--when they congregate in atels or associations; and when, shaven and drilled, and led to the field of battle, it makes them so formidable an infantry, because even discomfiture or terror only causes them to huddle up together like a flock of sheep instead of flying. So, retirement in the summer to their own estates is always a matter of business, of policy, or of economy, with the proprietors of them; but the residence of their choice is in these datchas, half villas and half cottages in the environs of large cities, of which the great attractions seem to be that they are crowded close to each other, and are often more overlooked than the winter residences which they have quitted in the towns. Blanche observed that they were built in every variety of style, from the classic, with its Doric or Corinthian pillars, to the Saxon, or the Gothic. In magnitude and in fanciful absurdity of construction they resembled the cockney villas of a few years back; and the gay parties, sitting at their tea or their dessert, with open windows and within a few yards of the dusty road, strikingly resembled the scene witnessed on a fine Saturday summer evening, in the fanciful buildings which lin...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The White Slave (Volume 2); Or, the Russian Peasant Girl. To get started finding The White Slave (Volume 2); Or, the Russian Peasant Girl, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: General Books

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1150245948

Description: This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1845. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. Blanche and her husband were again upon the road. After a few versts the country-houses or datchas on either side indicated their near approach to the city. The idea which the wealthy Russians entertain of the pleasures of country life is very peculiar and utterly distinct from that of all other European nations, particularly of the English. The gregarious instinct appears in this particular as strongly developed amongst the higher orders as it does amongst the peasantry, when, dreading isolated farms and cottages, which are almost unknown, they crowd into villages and hamlets--when they congregate in atels or associations; and when, shaven and drilled, and led to the field of battle, it makes them so formidable an infantry, because even discomfiture or terror only causes them to huddle up together like a flock of sheep instead of flying. So, retirement in the summer to their own estates is always a matter of business, of policy, or of economy, with the proprietors of them; but the residence of their choice is in these datchas, half villas and half cottages in the environs of large cities, of which the great attractions seem to be that they are crowded close to each other, and are often more overlooked than the winter residences which they have quitted in the towns. Blanche observed that they were built in every variety of style, from the classic, with its Doric or Corinthian pillars, to the Saxon, or the Gothic. In magnitude and in fanciful absurdity of construction they resembled the cockney villas of a few years back; and the gay parties, sitting at their tea or their dessert, with open windows and within a few yards of the dusty road, strikingly resembled the scene witnessed on a fine Saturday summer evening, in the fanciful buildings which lin...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The White Slave (Volume 2); Or, the Russian Peasant Girl. To get started finding The White Slave (Volume 2); Or, the Russian Peasant Girl, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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