The Mysterious Gentleman Farmer, or the Disguises of Love; A Novel. (1808)
by John Corry (9781458888983)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: w Their secret intercourse was followed by the pregnancy' of Jpwna, and when the moment f parturition arrived her delicate constitution could not sustain the rjgeur of a Siberian winter. She expired i the arms of her unhappy Alexovitz, and their jsad story excited the compassion of even the governor of the fort, who had Jong been accustomed to witness the 'sorrows of exiles with in- ." The dissolution of lowna and fcer infant was death to the hopes and enjoyments of Alexovitz. He languished languished in all the anguish of incurable grief till a gradual decline re-united him to the only object of his loye." . t . '.- CHAPCHAPTER III. i, t Mr. Solheran proceeds to Moscow?- Curious Adventures of Romanzow. IN less than a month after hi arrival at Petersburgh, Mr. Sothe- ran prepared for a journey into Tartary, and purposed afterwards to travel through Circassia and thence to Turkey. f Accordingly he procured the requisite passports for himself and his servant, and attended by a guard of Cossaks and a guide, he departed from.the Russian capital. -': ' After, After a tedious journey through roads almost impassable, he came in sight of Moscow, once the seat of the Russian government, and still celebrated for its extent, population, and commerce. But whatever charms it might possess in the estimation of a native, to Mr. So- theran this celebrated city appeared an irregular, dirty place; ahd the uncouth manners of the inhabitants were still more disgusting to a: manr who had been accustomed to the refinement of London i arid Paris. By exhibiting a new view of man, however, even Moscow had some claims to. the attention of the traveller.: ..'.. J i,"; mi In In this city the manners of the Russians and Tartars, in some degree assimilate, partic...

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