Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden and Denmark, Том 11802 |
Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения
afcended affaffins affembled againſt alfo almoſt antient Auftria Auguftus bishop Cafimir Charles Hanbury Williams church confiderable confifted conftitution converfation courts Cracow croffed crown cuſtom diet drefs duke election elective monarchy embaffador emperor emprefs Engliſh eſtabliſhment faid fame fcarcely fecond fecure feemed fenate fent feparate fervice feveral fhould fide firft firſt fituation fmall fome fometimes foon foreft fovereign fpecies ftate ftill ftyle fubjects fucceffor fuch fupport furprized Grodno hiftory himſelf honour horfes houfes houſe increaſe inftance Jaghellon John Sobieski king of Poland Ladislaus laws of Poland lefs Lengnich Liberum Veto Lithuania Mofcow moft moſt muſt Nicon nobility nobles nuntios obferved occafionally Pacta Conventa paffed palace palatinate party patriarch peaſants perfon permanent council Peterſburgh poffeffed Poles Poliſh prefent prince principal raiſed refidence refpect reign Ruffian ſeveral Sigifmond ſmall Sobieski Stanislaus ſtate ſtreets thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe throne tion town tzar ufual uſed vifit villages Warfaw whofe
Популярные отрывки
Стр. 322 - Englifh pounds. It has always been efteemed a meritorious act of religion to prefent a church with bells ; and the piety of the donor has been meafured by their magnitude. According to this mode of...
Стр. 237 - If you afk for an interpreter, they bring you a Jew ; if you come to an inn, the landlord is a Jew; if you want poft-horfes, a Jew procures them, and a Jew drives them ; if you wim to purchafe, a Jew is your agent...
Стр. 151 - The immenfe fize of thefe chambers, with the fpacious paflages or galleries, together with the chapels abovementioned, and a few fheds built for the horfes which are foddered below, probably gave rife to the exaggerated accounts of fome travellers ; that thefe mines contain feveral villages inhabited by colonies of miners, who never fee the light. It is certain that there is room fufficient for fuch purpofes ; but the...
Стр. 252 - Vitepfk, from thence by a ftraight line running direftly fouth to the fource of the Drug near Tolitzin, by the Drug to its junction with the Dnieper, and laftly, by the Dnieper to the point where it receives the Sotz. This territory is now divided into the two governments of...
Стр. 80 - The 3. The exigencies of the ftate, occafioned by the continual wars in which Poland had been engaged, demanded, at this particular crifis, an impofition of feveral heavy taxes...
Стр. 394 - The nine churches are fplendid, and extremely .rich in gold and filver ornaments, and coftly veftments. The principal church has a cupola of copper gilt, and four domes, of tin or iron painted green. We afcended a new belfry, built by the emprefs Elizabeth, which is not an inelegant piece of architecture; it commands a fine view of the adjacent country, Avhich is gently waving, richly cultivated, producing much grain, and thickly flrewed with villages.
Стр. 39 - One of them difcharged a piftol at him fo very near, that he felt the heat of the flalh ; while another cut him acrofs the head with his fabre, which penetrated to the bone. They then laid hold of his majefty by the collar, and, mounting on horfeback, dragged him along the ground between their horfes at full gallop for near...
Стр. 147 - ... with round caps or hats. The women of the lower class wear upon their heads a wrapper of white linen, under which their hair is. braided, and hangs down in two plaits.
Стр. 258 - One long broad ftreet, which is paved, interfects the whole length of the town in a ftraight line ; the other ftreets generally wind in circular directions, and are floored with planks. The walls, ftretching over the uneven fides of the hills till they reach the banks of the Dnieper ; their antient ftyle of architecture ; their grotefque towers ; the fpires of churches...
Стр. 283 - The streets are in general exceedingly long and broad: some are paved; others, particularly, those in the suburbs, formed with trunks of trees or boarded with planks like the floor of a room; wretched hovels are blended with large palaces; cottages of one story stand next to the most stately mansions.