The Century: A Popular QuarterlyCentury Company, 1896 |
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Page 12
... whole of Moscow were ringing ( they almost drowned the noise of the cannon that announced the entry ) , and those of the little church opposite us -- whose priests , in gold vestments , were already gathered on the street and swinging ...
... whole of Moscow were ringing ( they almost drowned the noise of the cannon that announced the entry ) , and those of the little church opposite us -- whose priests , in gold vestments , were already gathered on the street and swinging ...
Page 13
... whole arrangements , and the ceremony of receiving bread and salt from the nobles opposite the governor - gen- eral's house was dispensed with altogether . The cheering was very loud for the Em- press , who now appeared in a carriage ...
... whole arrangements , and the ceremony of receiving bread and salt from the nobles opposite the governor - gen- eral's house was dispensed with altogether . The cheering was very loud for the Em- press , who now appeared in a carriage ...
Page 16
... whole of Moscow , it may be said , was in prayer for the Czar . In the church the scene was very moving . The Em- peror himself was visibly affected , and it is no shame to confess that one followed the general example . There are hopes ...
... whole of Moscow , it may be said , was in prayer for the Czar . In the church the scene was very moving . The Em- peror himself was visibly affected , and it is no shame to confess that one followed the general example . There are hopes ...
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... whole service he bore himself with great dignity , and in a manner worthy of such an occasion . After the creed and the reading of the epistle and the gospel , he ordered the imperial mantle to be brought , which was clasped round his ...
... whole service he bore himself with great dignity , and in a manner worthy of such an occasion . After the creed and the reading of the epistle and the gospel , he ordered the imperial mantle to be brought , which was clasped round his ...
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... whole of Italy ; yet they agreed that this surpassed them all . It certainly was quite , quite beautiful . With the best possible judgment , every architec- tural line had been followed in the lighting , and the Kremlin stood revealed ...
... whole of Italy ; yet they agreed that this surpassed them all . It certainly was quite , quite beautiful . With the best possible judgment , every architec- tural line had been followed in the lighting , and the Kremlin stood revealed ...
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