This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895* edition. Excerpt: ...at Bezzubov. The people there are very poor; many of the peasants used to sleep in their ovens in winter-time. One day the priest came into a cottage to bless the household; he looked round, and there was no one there, so he began to sing the trofar.1 Suddenly the people crawled out from the oven and came up ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895* edition. Excerpt: ...at Bezzubov. The people there are very poor; many of the peasants used to sleep in their ovens in winter-time. One day the priest came into a cottage to bless the household; he looked round, and there was no one there, so he began to sing the trofar.1 Suddenly the people crawled out from the oven and came up to kiss the crucifix.... A good many of my pupils went about begging. For all that, though, a great gentleman from St. Petersburg passed through our village, and he said the people were not averse to education--really." " Do you mean that ironically? " asked the master of the house. " Oh dear no! " " Of course, even a poor man may desire education; just take the case of Lomonbsov: he was a peasant and became an academician." " Exactly so." " Well, what else did the great gentleman from St. Petersburg remark? " " He said that it would be a good thing for our administration to introduce a uniform for the scholars." " A capital idea! " exclaimed the master of the house; " there ought to be discipline in a school. Without discipline no institution can exist. H'm... What subjects were taught in your school? " "We used the New Testament in the Russian and Slavonic tongues, a hundred and four selections from the Old and New Testaments, the ' Elements of Christian Doctrine, ' ' Examples of Piety, ' and the Breviary, for the children to learn by heart; the first hour's division 2 of the 1 Special canticle on a Saint's day. In the Greek Church the psalms are divided up into a kind of rosary. Thirty-third Psalm, and the Book of Six Psalms, with ' All that has breath.' ..". " Is that all? " " No, we had a library, containing the following books: "Selected Passages from Schreck's 'Universal History."' "The Programme for Acceptance into the Military...
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Frenzeny, Paul. Fair. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Maroon cloth binding with gilt print and design on the front cover and spine. There is gilt on the top page edging. In addition to the normal library markings and attachments, there are some light scattered soil spots in the text. The hinges are cracked and have been taped by library, however the tape on the front hinge is cracked. The binding in cracked in several places of which a couple were taped by library. There are no loose or missing pages. The cover has some light corner wear and light scuffing. The spine has a lean, some bleach spots and end wear. International Humour series.
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