Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the CountryA. Roman and Company, 1967 |
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Page 479
... Church were made partly in money and partly in furs , the Company allowing the Church from seven to four- teen rubles for the skin of a sea - otter . The Company expended on behalf of the Church nearly 40,000 rubles per annum , and ...
... Church were made partly in money and partly in furs , the Company allowing the Church from seven to four- teen rubles for the skin of a sea - otter . The Company expended on behalf of the Church nearly 40,000 rubles per annum , and ...
Page 480
... church , but are of little merit . The most beautiful object in the church is the well - known Madonna , in which the faces of the Holy Mother and Child are executed with as much skill and delicacy as in a miniature on ivory . In the ...
... church , but are of little merit . The most beautiful object in the church is the well - known Madonna , in which the faces of the Holy Mother and Child are executed with as much skill and delicacy as in a miniature on ivory . In the ...
Page 481
... church of St. Basil . The building , having been adapted from an ordinary house , is not a very good specimen of a Greek church : though its decorations are elaborate . The walls are covered with enlarge- ments from famous pictures in ...
... church of St. Basil . The building , having been adapted from an ordinary house , is not a very good specimen of a Greek church : though its decorations are elaborate . The walls are covered with enlarge- ments from famous pictures in ...
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As Talked in the Sanctum | 5 |
By Kibesillah | 540 |
Dominoes The National Game of China | 559 |
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