Fred Markham in Russia1858 - 372 pages |
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... Church , the most modern sacred edifice in the city , and by far the finest , and near it was seen the graceful tower of the Admiralty , tapering up like a golden needle into the blue sky . Soon , other buildings - hospitals and palaces ...
... Church , the most modern sacred edifice in the city , and by far the finest , and near it was seen the graceful tower of the Admiralty , tapering up like a golden needle into the blue sky . Soon , other buildings - hospitals and palaces ...
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... churches and monasteries , and palaces and villas , and also some stables , larger than any other edifice in the neighbour- hood , belonging to the Grand Duke Michael . On a hill above them , a little distance to the west , appeared the ...
... churches and monasteries , and palaces and villas , and also some stables , larger than any other edifice in the neighbour- hood , belonging to the Grand Duke Michael . On a hill above them , a little distance to the west , appeared the ...
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... churches and other public buildings , and houses which anywhere else would be palaces , each vieing with the other in size and magnificence , and forming a vast street , the clear rapid Neva flowing down the centre , with superb granite ...
... churches and other public buildings , and houses which anywhere else would be palaces , each vieing with the other in size and magnificence , and forming a vast street , the clear rapid Neva flowing down the centre , with superb granite ...
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... church ; and extending far away beyond it was palace after palace , many in the Italian style , the mighty pile of the Winter Palace being conspicuous above all , though in the far distance ; and yet numberless other proud edifices are ...
... church ; and extending far away beyond it was palace after palace , many in the Italian style , the mighty pile of the Winter Palace being conspicuous above all , though in the far distance ; and yet numberless other proud edifices are ...
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... Church with its superb granite columns , the Winter Palace with its long rows of richly ornamented windows , the War Office , the Senate House , and many others . At one end , with a crescent of fine buildings before it , which contain ...
... Church with its superb granite columns , the Winter Palace with its long rows of richly ornamented windows , the War Office , the Senate House , and many others . At one end , with a crescent of fine buildings before it , which contain ...
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