The Land of ThorHarper & Brothers, 1870 - 542 páginas |
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... strange a place . The best streets of St. Petersburg resemble on an in- ferior scale the best parts of Paris , Berlin , and Vienna . Nothing in the architecture conveys any idea of national taste except the glittering cupolas of the ...
... strange a place . The best streets of St. Petersburg resemble on an in- ferior scale the best parts of Paris , Berlin , and Vienna . Nothing in the architecture conveys any idea of national taste except the glittering cupolas of the ...
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... strange and peculiar civilization - a boundless desert of wild - looking streets , a waste of colossal palaces , of gild- ed churches and glistening waters , all perpetually dwin- dling away before him in the infinity of space . He sees ...
... strange and peculiar civilization - a boundless desert of wild - looking streets , a waste of colossal palaces , of gild- ed churches and glistening waters , all perpetually dwin- dling away before him in the infinity of space . He sees ...
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... strange city should experience this feeling to some extent , but I know of no place where it seems so strikingly the case as in St. Petersburg . Accus- tomed as I was to strange cities and strange languages , I never felt utterly lonely ...
... strange city should experience this feeling to some extent , but I know of no place where it seems so strikingly the case as in St. Petersburg . Accus- tomed as I was to strange cities and strange languages , I never felt utterly lonely ...
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... strange mistake . The sunshine still lingers in the heavens with a golden glow ; the evening vanishes dreamily in the arms of the morning ; there is nothing to mark the changes - all is soft , gradual , and illusory . A peculiar and ...
... strange mistake . The sunshine still lingers in the heavens with a golden glow ; the evening vanishes dreamily in the arms of the morning ; there is nothing to mark the changes - all is soft , gradual , and illusory . A peculiar and ...
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... strange way , continually accompanied him . He drank enormous quan- tities of beer , and smoked from morning till night a tre- mendous meerschaum , which must have held at least a pint of tobacco . When not engaged in drinking beer and ...
... strange way , continually accompanied him . He drank enormous quan- tities of beer , and smoked from morning till night a tre- mendous meerschaum , which must have held at least a pint of tobacco . When not engaged in drinking beer and ...
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