 ... low trafficker, will be surprised to learn, that amongst the Gypsies of Moscow, there are not a few who inhabit stately houses, go abroad in elegant equipages, and are behind the higher orders of the Russians neither in appearance nor mental acquirements.  Suggestions on the Ancient Britons in Three Parts - Side 31af George Duckett Barber Beaumont - 1854Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Samuel Bulfinch Emmons - 1857 - 302 sider
...outcasts, incapable of appreciating the blessings of a settled and civilized life, yet among the Gypsies of Moscow there are not a few who inhabit stately houses, go abroad in elegant equipages, and are not a whit behind the higher order of Russians in appearance, nor in mental acquirements. To the female... | |
 | 1842 - 1008 sider
...outcast, incapable of appreciating the blessings of a settled and civilized life, or, if abandoning his vagabond propensities, and becoming stationary, as...orders of the Russians neither in appearance nor mental acquirements. To the female part of the gipsy colony of Moscow, is to b« attributed the merit of this... | |
 | 1842 - 528 sider
...condition of a low trafficker, will be surprised to learn that amongst the gypsies of Moscow there arc not a few who inhabit stately houses, go abroad in...orders of the Russians neither in appearance nor mental acquirements. To the female part of the gypsy colony at Moscow is to be attributed the merit of this... | |
 | 1842 - 654 sider
...beauty of the voices of the women has raised numbers of their tribe to affluence : " Amongst the gypsies of Moscow, there are not a few who inhabit stately...abroad in elegant equipages, and are behind the higher order of the Russians neither in appearance nor mental acquirements." But in Spain, as well as everywhere... | |
 | 1842 - 544 sider
...condition of ;i low trafficker, will be surprised to learn that amongst the gypsies of Moscow there arc not a few who inhabit stately houses, go abroad in elegant equipages, and arc behind the higher orders of the Russians neither in appearance nor mental acquirements. To the... | |
 | 1843 - 818 sider
...gypsies of Moscow exhibit them in quite a new character — as settled, wealthy, educated and refined. "There are not a few who inhabit stately houses, go...elegant equipages, and are behind the higher orders at' the Russians neither in appearance nor mental acquirements. To tlie female part of the gypsy colony... | |
 | Walter Simson - 1865 - 606 sider
...what Mr. Borrow says : " Those who have been accustomed to consider the Gipsy as a wandering outcast will be surprised to learn that. amongst the Gipsies...abroad in elegant equipages, and are behind the higher order of A person who has never considered this subject, or any other cognate to it, may imagine that... | |
 | Walter Simson, James Simson - 1866 - 606 sider
...what Mr. Borrow says: " Those who have been accustomed to consider the Gipsy aa a wandering outcast will be surprised to learn that, amongst the Gipsies...not a few who inhabit stately houses, go abroad in elegaut equipages, and are behind the higher order of A person who has never considered this subject,... | |
 | 1880 - 606 sider
...of the Gipsies, and could converse with them in their own language, assures us that "amongst those of Moscow, there are not a few who inhabit stately...abroad in elegant equipages, and are behind the higher order of the Russians neither in appearance nor in mental acquirements. To the female part of the Gipsy... | |
 | Laura Alexandrine Smith - 1889 - 256 sider
...higher than the condition of a low trafficker, will be surprised to learn that, amongst the gypsies of Moscow, there are not a few who inhabit stately...higher orders of the Russians neither in appearance nor in mental acquirements. To the female part of the gypsy colony of Moscow is to be attributed the merit... | |
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