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Michael Strogoff

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1501 I, IX | would have been no less hospitable. In the villages, which 1502 II, I | he should be beyond the hostile zones, that he could traverse 1503 II, V | to take a place among the houris of Mohammed’s heaven.~But 1504 I, I | since yesterday.”~“Telegraph hourly to Tomsk, General, and keep 1505 I, II | which may be called his household, his wives and his slaves— 1506 II, XI | not make a sound, but the howls of the wolves filled the 1507 I, V | excitement, the confusion, the hubbub; demonstrative as were the 1508 II, XI | bluish light cast a peculiar hue, became almost fearful to 1509 I, I | assumed rich and varied hues, broken by the shadows of 1510 II, XIII| condemned by the Grand Duke to a humiliating degradation.”~“Yes, I remember. 1511 I, VIII| gypsy girls. One of them was humming a song of strange rhythm, 1512 II, IX | me? Have you not repaid a hundred-fold the help which I was able 1513 II, IV | Irkutsk, built beyond the hundredth meridian— have seen Tomsk 1514 I, IV | cause their destruction. Hungry wolves also roam over the 1515 I, I | were sportsmen, after all, hunting on the same ground. That 1516 II, XIV | seized his weapon, and hurled him again to the ground.~ 1517 II, VII | kibitka drifted along anew.~“Hurrah!” exclaimed Nicholas.~Two 1518 I, X | broken trunks which were hurtling through the air.~Suddenly, 1519 II, XI | impregnated with liquid hydrogen. At the port of Bakou, on 1520 I, IV | Mstislaf, Governor of the Hyperborean Regions, Lord of the countries 1521 II, XIII| listened to the noise of the ice-blocks drifting down the Angara.~ 1522 II, XI | cut channels through the ice-fields—had they been able to get 1523 II, VI | Thus they passed the river Ichirnsk, the villages of Ichisnokoe, 1524 II, VI | Ichirnsk, the villages of Ichisnokoe, Berikylokoe, Kuskoe, the 1525 II, VI | Bogostowskoe, and, lastly, the Ichoula, a little stream which divides 1526 I, III | imperceptible signs— the forms of icicles, the appearance of the small 1527 II, XV | the Angara by means of the icy barrier, they had escaped, 1528 I, VIII| province had published an order identical with that of Nijni-Novgorod. 1529 I, VII | answer made in the Tartar idiom: “It is said that a courier 1530 II, XI | were Jolivet and Blount idle, but fought bravely with 1531 I, III | Czar’s presence in complete ignorance of what the emperor expected 1532 II, VIII| recovered his usual spirits. The ill-omen had affected him more than 1533 II, I | in some enclosure, where, ill-treated, poorly fed, and exposed 1534 I, I | a conflagration, vividly illuminating the gloom in which for some 1535 II, V | the midst of the aerial illumination.~Then a squadron of Tartars, 1536 II, X | river, and, by an optical illusion, it appeared as if it was 1537 I, II | towers, a glorious city, made illustrious by Avicenna and other learned 1538 I, V | veritable helmsman of this imaginary vessel! A whimsical and 1539 I, XV | Strogoff urged on his horse, imbuing him with all his own feverish 1540 II, XIV | and, thinking he had an immeasurable advantage over the blind 1541 II, XIV | advantages were on his side. The immobility of the blind man froze him. 1542 I, I | seemed to have only one, immutably stereotyped on his brain.~ 1543 I, VII | Caucasus. The long twilight imparted a coolness to the atmosphere 1544 II, XIV | he sprang forward on his impassible adversary. The two blades 1545 II, V | girls of India than the impassioned dancers of Egypt.~When this 1546 I, V | most indifferent and least impatient of men; yet, from a certain 1547 I, XII | Czar had in no way been impeded; and, if he could only get 1548 I, II | another, followed by those impedimenta of Oriental sovereignty 1549 I, IV | such exposed to all the impediments of an ordinary journey.~ 1550 I, II | instigator. This traitor, impelled by insane ambition as much 1551 II, VII | early!”~A presentiment of impending misfortune passed across 1552 I, XV | formed a tangled network, an impenetrable undergrowth, sprinkled everywhere 1553 II, VII | difficulty, even on this imperfect apparatus, had the current 1554 I, XV | argillaceous, and therefore impermeable, so that the waters remain 1555 II, X | which pressed too near them, imperturbably steered the raft in the 1556 II, II | old woman.~And she added impetuously, “Was he not going to see 1557 I, X | murmured the young girl.~The impetus the tarantass had received 1558 I, XVII| message to send, that he only implored a little bread and water, 1559 II, VI | extending her hands, as if imploring pity.~“Burnt out his eyes! 1560 I, XV | and out of the way of the importunate and curious.~Exhausted with 1561 II, II | aspect rather strange than imposing for a Tartar Sardana-palus, 1562 I, II | tortoises and lizards, is almost impregnable, Is-chardjoui is defended 1563 II, II | these unfortunates? Would he imprison them in Tomsk, or would 1564 I, VII | good deal preferable to imprisonment in a fortress. Therefore 1565 I, VI | the order—though this was improbable enough, for such a thunder-clap 1566 I, IX | coach-builders will devise some improvement in this last-named vehicle. 1567 I, XIV | well in this species of improvisedkreml,” but without much 1568 I, X | ahead have for being so imprudent?~Michael remained thus on 1569 I, IV | had jumbled together so imprudently in his remarks tallow and 1570 II, II | dressed; but, from a sort of impudent bravado, he still wore the 1571 II, XV | hand in vapor, can with impunity hold it over a stream of 1572 II, XI | Michael did not wish to remain inactive. He lay down at the side 1573 I, XIV | who had fallen back almost inanimate upon a bench. But when the 1574 II, III | military fete should mark the inauguration of the Tartar headquarters 1575 I, XIII| invaderspillage, theft, incendiarism, murder. Such was the system 1576 II, III | before her breast, at a few inchesdistance only. Directly 1577 II, V | surrounded it, due to the incineration of a certain aromatic and 1578 II, XI | which could make the least incision in the ice, hard as granite 1579 I, XIII| the boats overtake us.”~Incited by these words, the boatmen 1580 II, XIV | torrents, and, following the inclination of the ground, it spread 1581 I, V | bench?”~“Yes, if I feel inclined to do so,” answered Michael 1582 I, XII | Novo-Zaimskoe, this road has slight inclines, which gentle undulations 1583 I, IV | the care she took not to incommode or give trouble to anyone, 1584 I, IX | Neither jerks nor jolts incommoded him. He knew that a Russian 1585 II, XII | circumstances, he had given incontestable proofs. The news of the 1586 II, II | when they were found too inconvenient? This was the secret of 1587 II, III | instead of blood had it been incumbent on us to be always and everywhere 1588 I, III | scratch his head in doubt and indecision. Sparing of gestures as 1589 II, IX | more rapidly and with his indefatigable step.~On the 18th of September, 1590 I, VIII| as if to fix his features indelibly in her memory.~It was but 1591 I, II | interests, had supported the independence of the Kirghiz against the 1592 I, VI | brutally, together made an indescribable uproar. The girl for whom 1593 II, VIII| before Nijni-Oudinsk, the indications of recent devastation could 1594 II, VIII| and filled Nicholas with indignation. But what could they do? 1595 I, II | disdaining to reply to these indirect reproaches cast on his policy, 1596 I, VII | Those are inquisitive and indiscreet fellows whom I shall probably 1597 II, V | Persians appeared rather indolent than fiery. Their passion 1598 II, III | which he submitted her, the indomitable Siberian would not speak. 1599 I, IV | in Russia, but a permit indorsed with a private seal, and 1600 I, III | Marfa, who could never be induced to leave the house of the 1601 II, I | Telegraph was not a man to indulge himself.~“M. Jolivet,” he 1602 I, V | can she reach Irkutsk!”~Indulging in such reflections, Michael 1603 I, XII | number. This, the first industrial town established by the 1604 I, I | glittered an epergne of inestimable price, brought from London, 1605 I, XIV | in order not to see the inexpressible anguish which agitated the 1606 I, X | taken broadside it must infallibly capsize and be dashed over 1607 II, IV | the less carry forever the infamous brand of the knout.”~At 1608 I, XI | nursing of some poor little infant?”~“I never heard it,” replied 1609 I, XV | two-winged insects which infest this marshy country.~Travelers 1610 II, V | kaleidoscope of sparks, whose infinite combinations varied at each 1611 I, VI | conceal from himself how infinitely greater they would prove 1612 II, IV | Asia would, no doubt, be inflicted on Michael. Ogareff had 1613 I, IV | Siberian frontier, but evil influences might be feared in the Volga 1614 I, II | the bounds, more than once infringed by the half-subdued nomads, 1615 II, V | powder of some metallic ingredient, after the Chinese fashion, 1616 II, XIII| it suited him. He would inhabit the very palace. He would 1617 I, VII | Stretched on the benches, they inhaled with delight the slight 1618 II, VII | refuge at Irkutsk. The same injunction was given to all the villages 1619 I, IV | disembowel a bear, without injuring its precious fur.~A crowd 1620 I, VI | must be more useful than injurious.”~But these reflections 1621 I, XIII| resentment at the gross injury he had received.~Nadia, 1622 II, I | tent, on a japanned table inlaid with precious stones, was 1623 I, XII | at each relay, roused the innkeepers, urged on the iemschiks, 1624 I, V | which the landlords of the inns refused to receive travelers 1625 II, IX | time for the poor fellow, inoffensive and good, who had paid for 1626 I, II | This traitor, impelled by insane ambition as much as by hate, 1627 II, XV | not blind. Harry Blount inscribed this observation: “Red-hot 1628 II, XV | the city. They were the inseparable Blount and Jolivet. On gaining 1629 I, XI | Alcide, who understood the insinuation, “we will pay double.”~“ 1630 II, XIII| was not too free in these insinuations. He wished to allow them 1631 I, V | his bag, had his podorojna inspected at the police office, he 1632 I, IV | would become of her?~The inspection ended, the doors of the 1633 I, I | retina must have been as instantaneous as that of those conjurors 1634 I, II | which Ivan Ogareff was the instigator. This traitor, impelled 1635 I, II | enterprise so dear to Tartar instinctsaided by the chiefs who 1636 II, XII | now under the necessity of instituting a regular siege of the town.~ 1637 I, IV | great market, he had agents, instructed to provoke a rising in the 1638 II, III | soldier bearing this terrible instrument of torture approached Marfa. 1639 II, I | of Asiatic Russia, being insufficiently garrisoned, would fall into 1640 II, VIII| treated by the soldiers, was insulted by one of them.~Michael 1641 II, VIII| see the insult, nor the insulter, but Nicholas saw for him. 1642 I, IX | was pulled up, as it was insupport-ably hot, and at twelve oclock 1643 I, IV | Siberia, whilst traversing the insurgent provinces, he would have 1644 I, IV | head. “But the safety and integrity of the Russian territory 1645 I, V | City of Constantinople, and intending to breakfast on the bank 1646 II, V | assumed an expression of intense scorn whenever he cast his 1647 II, V | their harps vibrated with intenser sound in the midst of the 1648 II, XIII| the least hesitation. He intentionally did not conceal that the 1649 I, IV | to attempt to divine the intentions of the Muscovite government, 1650 I, III | whose interest it will be to intercept this letter.”~“I will traverse 1651 II, XIII| arrival in Irkutsk, a frequent intercourse was established between 1652 II, IV | replied Blount coolly. “Any interference on our part in behalf of 1653 II, I | white sticks artistically interlaced, indicated the high rank 1654 I, I | his thoughts, whereas his interlocutor seemed to have only one, 1655 I, XVII| on Tomsk, neglecting the intermediate country.~Michael Strogoff’ 1656 I, VII | Then passed rafts of wood interminably long, and barges loaded 1657 II, IV | drag her on, when Ogareff interposed, saying, “Let that woman 1658 II, XV | vapor formed by his tears interposing between the glowing saber 1659 II, IV | this practice. After having interpreted the sense of the verse touched 1660 I, XIV | am mad,” she said to her interrogators. “My eyes have deceived 1661 II, II | to this double blow. The interruption to her journey, the death 1662 II, I | were thrown a piece of the intestines of goats grilled on the 1663 I, XI | Let me introduce you to my intimate enemy, Mr. Blount.”~The 1664 I, XV | themselves felt by their intolerable stinging, to which the most 1665 II, VII | very sustaining, and even intoxicating; so that Nicholas and his 1666 II, V | to enjoy the pleasures of intoxication.~The Emir made a sign. Michael 1667 II, I | bloody execution. But he intrenched himself in that isolation 1668 II, II | grief, separated from the intrepid companion whom God seemed 1669 I, II | became involved in secret intrigues, and was degraded from his 1670 I, XIV | that a courier had been intrusted with the important warning. 1671 I, XV | have never been able to inure themselves.~Michael Strogoff’ 1672 I, IX | is to be hoped that the invention of Russian coach-builders 1673 II, II | the greatest respect, and invited him to accompany them to 1674 I, X | Michael, for the first time invoking the all-powerful name of 1675 I, II | stopped at nothing, he became involved in secret intrigues, and 1676 II, VII | he felt to appear, but he inwardly raged against the bad luck 1677 I, XI | request roused Blount’s ire to its highest pitch, and 1678 II, VI | enlarged. The rich blue of the iris was darker than formerly. 1679 II, XII | at the confluence of the Irkut and the Angara, on the right 1680 II, VIII| this horse, and the reins ironically put into his hand. Then, 1681 I, V | stinging whip or red-hot irons of the tamer; and, besides 1682 II, XI | But the misfortune was irreparable, and the fugitives must 1683 II, XIV | villain, suddenly lifted by an irresistible force, was dashed to the 1684 II, VII | all Michael’s efforts, was irresistibly drawn into one of these.~ 1685 I, XI | This redoubled Mr. Blount’s irritation. He even began to speak 1686 I, II | is almost impregnable, Is-chardjoui is defended by a population 1687 II, XV | cousin like you—”~“My cousin isnt to be married!” answered 1688 II, I | intrenched himself in that isolation which constitutes in part 1689 I, V | gauzes from Smyrna and Ispahan. Tiflis armor, caravan teas. 1690 II, V | Turkey, Bohemia, Egypt, Italy, and Spain. They were enlivened 1691 I, IV | Lord of the countries of Iveria, Kartalinia, Grou-zinia, 1692 I, XV | at Pokrowskoe. His horse, jaded since his departure from 1693 II, I | bodies of those whom their jailers would not even take the 1694 II, XII | the Gymnasium, or at the Japanese School, or at the School 1695 II, I | Before this tent, on a japanned table inlaid with precious 1696 I, IV | Riazan, Polotsk, Rostov, Jaroslavl, Bielozersk, Oudoria, Obdoria, 1697 II, XII | like pot-bellied Chinese jars, presents something of an 1698 I, XII | of Siberia lay in Russian jaws.~Neither Michael nor his 1699 II, I | other. They were no longer jealous of each other. So, then, 1700 I, XI | understood how a sudden jerk would separate the front 1701 I, IX | mode of traveling. Neither jerks nor jolts incommoded him. 1702 I, I | their calling. Enthusiastic jockeys in this steeplechase, this 1703 I, I | when asked, he replied in a jocular manner that he corresponded 1704 I, XI | replied the Englishman, “this joking is going too far, it passes 1705 I, V | food were to his taste, he jotted down in his book some memoranda 1706 II, IX | short halt in the village of Joulounov-skoe. It was burnt and deserted. 1707 I, IV | this young girl, alone, journeying to that far-off Siberia, 1708 I, V | hundreds, uttering their joyous notes.~It should be mentioned 1709 I, V | mixed with cinnamon, and a jug of kwass, the ordinary Russian 1710 I, IV | neighbor— the merchant who had jumbled together so imprudently 1711 I, VI | circumstances, perfectly justifiable.~“All Russian subjects are 1712 II, X | acknowledged that his gravity was justified by the circumstances.~Jolivet 1713 I, X | At one end a huge rock jutted out, round the summit of 1714 I, XIV | sudden stop sprang behind a jutting wall.~“What is the matter?” 1715 I, IV | Kartalinia, Grou-zinia, Kabardinia, and Armenia, Hereditary 1716 II, V | fiery hems. It was like a kaleidoscope of sparks, whose infinite 1717 II, I | mingled some hundreds of “kalenders,” a sort of religious mendicants, 1718 I, IV | Caucasian tribes, the Mongol, Kalmuck, Samoid, Kamtschatkan, and 1719 I, XV | fact, between Oubinsk and Kamakore the very heavy rains of 1720 I, IV | Mongol, Kalmuck, Samoid, Kamtschatkan, and Aleutian hordes, and 1721 I, II | Arctic Ocean, from the Sea of Kara to Behring’s Straits. It 1722 II, I | Turcoman tents, calledkaraoy,” which had been carried 1723 I, IV | Semigallia, of Bialystok, Karelia, Sougria, Perm, Viatka, 1724 I, XV | small towns of Ikoulskoe and Karguinsk, which he passed on the 1725 I, IV | the countries of Iveria, Kartalinia, Grou-zinia, Kabardinia, 1726 I, VIII| confluence of the Volga and Kasanka. It is an important chief 1727 II, X | Theodosia, at Kiev, that of Kazan, as well as the church of 1728 I, IV | From beneath a sort of kerchief which she wore on her head 1729 II, X | did not even possess the key of the box, which would 1730 II, I | belonged to the Seides and Khodjas, who are the principal personages 1731 II, VIII| Tartars from the khanats of Khokland and Koondooz, with which 1732 I, II | Irkutsk there is a branch to Kiatka, on the Mongolian frontier; 1733 I, II | journeys in summer in a kibick or telga; in winter, in 1734 I, VII | them with an accidental kick.~Michael Strogoff took care, 1735 II, IX | at ten in the evening, Kimilteiskoe was at last entered. From 1736 II, II | placed near her a courageous, kind-hearted being to comfort and assist 1737 II, VII | sweeping, flying away. The kindly rays of the sun have condensed 1738 II, XII | emporium of the innumerable kinds of merchandise which are 1739 I, I | all subjects of the United Kingdom.~“Nevertheless,” added Alcide 1740 II, I | part the majesty of Eastern kings. He who does not show himself 1741 II, XII | the banks of the Lena, at Kirensk, and now, neither frost 1742 II, XV | dark he covered her with kisses.~When Ogareff had in his 1743 I, I | seen three distinct towns: Kitai-Gorod, Beloi-Gorod, Zemlianai-Gorod— 1744 I, XIII| were in vain. “Saryn na kitchou!” shouted the soldiers from 1745 I, IV | doffed his uniform, with a knapsack on his back, dressed in 1746 I, XVI | they produced from their knapsacks.~Michael’s self-possession 1747 II, VII | share. Then, after having knelt before a small picture of 1748 I, XV | would almost say that a knight’s armor would not protect 1749 II, III | clouded than usual, and his knitted brow gave signs of latent 1750 I, IX | chapels, the traveler might knock at any door, and it would 1751 I, XII | convulsively as if he would have knocked the brute down. But by a 1752 II, X | added the Frenchman, “you knouted the face of that villain 1753 II, V | long-handled guitar, the “kobize,” a kind of violoncello, 1754 I, IV | Bielozersk, Oudoria, Obdoria, Kondinia, Vitepsk, and of Mstislaf, 1755 II, IX | two reached the village of Kouitounskoe. The young girl suffered 1756 I, XIII| afternoon it had reached Koulatsinskoe, fifty miles farther on. 1757 I, XV | halted at the station of Koulikovo. But there, as he had feared, 1758 II, VII | Khanats of Khokhand and Koun-douze, had now under his command 1759 II, I | bits of that cheese calledkroute,” made of sour ewe’s milk, 1760 II, VI | Ichisnokoe, Berikylokoe, Kuskoe, the river Marunsk, the 1761 II, VI | of that night, from the l6th to the 17th of August? How 1762 II, XII | the fortifications. They labored day and night. The Grand 1763 II, X | social position; in fact, laboring like a peasant on his plot 1764 II, VI | once more set out on the laborious road to Irkutsk. The girl 1765 I, I | sweeping robes adorned with lace, and uniforms covered with 1766 II, XII | helmets and blue uniforms laced with silver. Besides, as 1767 I, VIII| post-houses, the bad roads, and lack of villages. Michael Strogoff 1768 I, XV | having seen that his horse lacked nothing; but his sleep was 1769 II, II | newspapers,” replied Blount laconically.~“You have, doubtless, papers 1770 I, XIII| ferryboat, it being too heavily laden to escape from them.~The 1771 I, I | covered with diamonds, the ladies-in-waiting in their most exquisite 1772 II, III | order, and there were no laggards with the exception of those 1773 I, XIV | Three days hast thou lain unconscious.”~“Hast thou 1774 II, VII | lighted up by a flickering lamp, Nicholas and the young 1775 I, I | faintly illumined by a few lamps, washed the lower portion 1776 I, I | former was ruddy like a Lancashire gentleman. The Anglo-Norman, 1777 I, XIV | a gunshot wound?”~“No; a lance-thrust in the head, now healing,” 1778 II, III | whips, or pushed on with lances, arranged themselves round 1779 I, VIII| town was so far from the landing-place, a large crowd was collected 1780 I, V | Constantinople. There, the landlord offered him a fairly comfortable 1781 I, V | against a town in which the landlords of the inns refused to receive 1782 I, VII | reproduce in this monotonous landscape.~The Caucasus had been steaming 1783 II, V | bearing a parti-colored lantern, and under a fresher breeze 1784 I, IV | of room, she held on her lap.~She wore a long, dark pelisse, 1785 I, V | from the Ural, malachite, lapis-lazuli, spices, perfumes, medicinal 1786 I, IV | Courlanders. Add to these, Finns, Laplanders, Esthonians, several other 1787 II, IX | Michael! at sight of the lash raised upon Marfa, could 1788 I, IX | some improvement in this last-named vehicle. Springs are wanting 1789 II, VIII| shortening. Autumn here lasts but a very little while, 1790 II, VII | living being in this town, lately so lively!~The last telegram 1791 II, III | knitted brow gave signs of latent wrath which was waiting 1792 I, VII | of year, and under this latitude, the sky scarcely darkened 1793 I, III | mist, or even in higher latitudes, where the polar night is 1794 I, XI | interrupted by a burst of laughter from his companion, who 1795 II, VIII| troops, this column had launched a flotilla of boats, which 1796 II, VII | and was suitable for the launching of the kibitka. The horse 1797 II, V | doutares and tambourines.~“Lavish as robbers,” said Alcide 1798 I, IX | whip. But what epithets he lavished on them, including the names 1799 II, XII | obedient to the special laws which govern him.”~“General,” 1800 I, XV | platforms ballasted with thick layers of clay, whose joists shook 1801 I, XI | and while the Caucasus was laying in her supply of fuel, I 1802 I, IX | this sort of thing. The leader, rather larger than the 1803 I, VI | delay.”~But one thought leads to another. Michael Strogoff 1804 I, XVI | officer, smoking “beng,” the leaf which forms the base of 1805 I, IV | so stern that the sleeper leant on the opposite side, and 1806 I, XV | galloped on without halt, leaping the space between the rotten 1807 II, XIII| hope, that she stopped on learning the news of the Tartar invasion!”~ 1808 I, XV | they drove them to the leeward of fires of green wood, 1809 I, III | and, according to Russian legends, most huntsmen who have 1810 I, XIV | Russia.~It was not without a legitimate pride that Michael Strogoff 1811 II, XV | being finished up like a lemon in a bowl of punch!”~Their 1812 I, XI | hundred yards behind. I will lend you one of my horses, harness 1813 II, XII | to resist the enemy for a lengthened period.~Irkutsk, founded 1814 I, XIII| ferryboat was still two lengths from the shore. The boatmen 1815 I, XIV | Feofar-Khan.~Michael Strogoff lent an attentive ear, but took 1816 II, I | clothed in rags, covered by a leopard skin, some idea may be formed 1817 I, X | strength of the wheels as to lessen the jolting, unavoidable 1818 I, XIV | of which his fur cap had lessened. With the energy which he 1819 I, II | hordes, the greater, the lesser, and the middle, and number 1820 I, II | regular soldiers. As M. Levchine says, “a firm front or a 1821 I, IV | the wide steppes being leveled by snow, while there are 1822 I, IX | pravo,” to the right, “na levo,” to the left, pronounced 1823 I, IX | expense, to say nothing of liberal tips. Therefore the crow 1824 II, II | service. Besides, he paid liberally for this espionage, from 1825 I, III | courier, entered the imperial library. He was a tall, vigorous, 1826 II, XIV | of flame from the Angara licked its walls, but were powerless 1827 I, VII | the escape-pipe and the lids of the valves were crowned 1828 I, III | something resembling that of a light-cavalry officer in the fieldboots, 1829 II, V | themselves on the earth or lightly bounded upwards, as though 1830 I, III | Kamtschatka, the extreme limit of Asiatic Russia. During 1831 II, VIII| longer the wide steppe with limitless horizon; but the rich country 1832 I, V | although the long twilight yet lingered, the crowd was already dispersing, 1833 I, V | usual pocket within the lining of his coat, over which 1834 II, XIII| courier from the Czar was a link which connected them with 1835 II, I | tearing his handkerchief, made lint of one piece, bandages of 1836 I, IV | a very young girl in the literal sense of the term, the development 1837 II, IV | that her dress seemed to be literally made of precious stones. 1838 I, IV | Pskov, Prince of Smolensk, Lithuania, Volkynia, Podolia, and 1839 I, IV | besides Russians, Poles, Lithuanians, Courlanders. Add to these, 1840 II, III | choking with emotion. “He lives, mother! It is he!”~“It 1841 II, IV | Ogareff became perfectly livid.~“Who is this prisoner?” 1842 I, II | peopled with tortoises and lizards, is almost impregnable, 1843 I, XIII| that the weight of this load would render it less safe. 1844 I, XI | situation, and his intention of loaning one of the horses.~“As you 1845 I, XV | name of lakes. In other localities the stagnant waters through 1846 I, XIV | have given his life to have locked his mother in his arms; 1847 II, XIII| person, and you shall be lodged in the palace.”~“And if 1848 II, VI | man, who will not let them loiter on the way. You have heard 1849 I, IV | feared at that time, such as long-continuing and dense fogs, excessive 1850 II, V | instruments, the “doutare,” a long-handled guitar, the “kobize,” a 1851 I, IX | long hair, were very like long-legged bears. They were small but 1852 II, I | folds of a brilliant silk looped with golden cords and tassels, 1853 I, VII | open as ever and even too loquacious, the Englishman still silent 1854 I, I | never forgot himself. His loquacity even helped him to conceal 1855 I, XII | the travelers not be great lords or high functionaries, they 1856 II, I | to submit to the common lot, resolving to protest later, 1857 I, XI | animal lying on the ground, loth to leave it to the birds 1858 I, XVII| firing became gradually louder, and soon to the left of 1859 I, XI | am by nature too great a lover of peace to venture where 1860 II, VI | never again see those one loves. But they can see you, however; 1861 II, XI | confounded with the heavy, low-hanging clouds. At intervals a puff 1862 I, XII | greatest activity. However, the loyal Cossacks of the government 1863 II, VII | inwardly raged against the bad luck which pursued him, his hopes 1864 I, IV | breakage of the coupling of the luggage-van had first caused the shock 1865 I, XI | DISTRESS~DURING the momentary lull which followed, shouts could 1866 II, II | And if I go to meet this luminary of the heavens?”~“It is 1867 I, X | could no longer breathe; her lungs, that is to say those gloomy, 1868 I, X | their vehicle giving a worse lurch than usual, they knew that 1869 II, IV | of fruitful mines. In the luxury of its houses, its arrangements, 1870 I, V | velvets and silks from Lyons, English cottons, harness, 1871 II, XII | European as soon as he sees its macadamized roads, bordered with pavements, 1872 I, VII | Perm. Powerful as were her machines, the Caucasus could not 1873 II, X | likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.” If it is calledSir 1874 I, X | wind and rain, was utter madness.~“To wait is indeed serious,” 1875 II, I | Ichim, had increased in magnitude? Did he think his cause 1876 II, IV | beautiful. Contrary to the Mahometan custom, and no doubt by 1877 I, IV | of the character of the maiden. Twelve versts before arriving 1878 II, XV | Ogareff. This man was the mainspring of the invasion, and he 1879 II, VI | which they had hitherto maintained. Nadia, after having been 1880 I, V | for three weeks. Formerly Makariew had the benefit of this 1881 | makes 1882 I, V | minerals from the Ural, malachite, lapis-lazuli, spices, perfumes, 1883 II, XI | Whether it was set on fire by malevolence or imprudence, in the twinkling 1884 I, II | race comprises the Mongols, Manchoux, and Thibetans.~The Tartars 1885 I, XIII| the boatmen again worked manfully but it soon become evident 1886 I, III | and when he arrived at manhood he could bear any amount 1887 II, VIII| follow this road until it was manifestly impossible to do so longer 1888 II, VIII| on a stool, working the manip-ulator!”~Michael had managed to 1889 I, XI | distance. His companion’s easy manners only increased his usual 1890 II, I | bows, and arrows of Asiatic manufacture; some the saber, a matchlock 1891 I, IV | were their commerce, their manufactures, the number of their inhabitants, 1892 I, VII | wearing boots, ornamented with many-colored braid, and the breast a 1893 I, IX | encroaches on Siberian territory. Marble quarries, mines of salt, 1894 I, V | amateurs, was a band of “mariners of the Volga,” sitting on 1895 II, XV | My cousin isn’t to be married!” answered Alcide, laughing.~“ 1896 II, X | plot of ground; baptis-ing, marrying, burying. He had been able 1897 I, II | an oasis, surrounded by a marsh peopled with tortoises and 1898 I, XV | between the dense thicket of marsh-plants; again it would follow the 1899 II, VI | Berikylokoe, Kuskoe, the river Marunsk, the village of the same 1900 II, XIII| one could snatch off his mask. He resolved therefore to 1901 I, XV | provide themselves with masks of horse-hair, to which 1902 I, XIV | of the tarantass, and the massacre of the boatmen.~But Michael 1903 II, XI | seen by the Tartars, and massacred without mercy!~Michael returned 1904 II, I | the army would march en masse on the capital of Eastern 1905 II, X | they were more especially massed at the approaches to Irkutsk.~ 1906 I, III | hair fell over his broad, massive forehead. When his ordinarily 1907 II, XI | light it, and exhibit the matchless spectacle of an ocean of 1908 II, I | manufacture; some the saber, a matchlock gun, and the “tschakane,” 1909 I, IV | Very close as to political matters.”~Whilst Alcide Jolivet 1910 II, XII | exiles abound; and, lastly, a mayor, chief of the merchants, 1911 I, I | without cessation polkas, mazurkas, schottisches, and waltzes 1912 I, XII | with Michael. Except when meals were to be taken at the 1913 I, I | ranks took part in that measured promenade, which on occasions 1914 I, II | Bokhara, surrounded by a wall measuring more than eight English 1915 II, VII | from one side to the other, mechanically, no doubt, as if he could 1916 I, III | glittered a cross and several medals.~Michael Strogoff belonged 1917 I, XI | were I a bear, I should not meddle with two so brave and so 1918 II, XII | followed his profession of a medical man in Irkutsk. He was clever 1919 I, V | lapis-lazuli, spices, perfumes, medicinal herbs, wood, tar, rope, 1920 I, III | CHAPTER III MICHAEL STROGOFF MEETS THE CZAR~THE door of the 1921 I, II | territories of Balkh, Aukoi, and Meimaneh. It possesses nineteen large 1922 I, XV | hesitation, and in spite of the melancholy thoughts which possessed 1923 I, V | Copts—singing their wildest melodies and dancing their most original 1924 I, V | jotted down in his book some memoranda particularly favorable to 1925 I, XI | in it wrote the following memorandum, destined to figure in a 1926 II, IX | force of Russians directly menacing Tomsk or Krasnoiarsk? Did 1927 I, V | their four-footed dancers, menageries resounded with the hoarse 1928 II, I | kalenders,” a sort of religious mendicants, clothed in rags, covered 1929 I, XII | versts, no event worthy of mention having occurred. The same 1930 II, VI | and a little mead, calledmeod” in Russia. This had cost 1931 II, VIII| thermometer falls until the mercury is frozen nearly 42 degrees 1932 II, XI | Tartars, and massacred without mercy!~Michael returned to the 1933 I, I | attention either to the merriment of the younger guests or 1934 II, IV | at least gnaw through the meshes which imprisoned the lion. 1935 I, XVII| strange clerk that he had no message to send, that he only implored 1936 II, XII | Duke. “A brave and clever messenger managed this morning to 1937 I, IV | the disposal of the Czar’s messengers.~Michael Strogoff was a 1938 I, V | of modern civilization, Messrs. Harry Blount and Alcide 1939 I, XII | which may be seen a fine metal-refining factory and a bell foundry, 1940 II, V | a colored powder of some metallic ingredient, after the Chinese 1941 II, X | Lake,” or for some more meteorological reason, Lake Baikal is subject 1942 I, XII | agree with Blount, who was a methodical eater—they started, and 1943 I, XIV | an animal of strength and mettle, and Michael Strogoff, accomplished 1944 II, XII | Grand Duke, who traveled en militaire rather than en prince, without 1945 I, XII | traveler of the berlin, a military-looking man, apparently about forty 1946 I, I | some satisfaction.~“And mine only as far as Krasnoiarsk,” 1947 I, X | excavation bearing the marks of a miner’s pick, where the young 1948 I, V | harness, fruits, vegetables, minerals from the Ural, malachite, 1949 I, X | woods, not an encampment of miners near the mines, not a hut 1950 II, III | prisoners—was unable to mingle with the prisoners who had 1951 II, XI | the Caspian Sea, in Asia Minor, in China, on the Yuen-Kiang, 1952 I, XII | for in it is the chief mint of the empire. There also 1953 II, II | whom was God reserving His miracles if this good man, whom a 1954 | miss 1955 II, II | stranger was accepted with some mistrust. Gradually, however, the 1956 I, IX | Michael kept awake all night, mistrusting the iemschiks, who are apt 1957 I, III | small branches of trees, mists rising far away in the horizon, 1958 II, VII | All three waited until the misty curtain should rise. The 1959 I, VII | long robes and a sort of miter on their heads; Jews, known 1960 I, IV | thin cheeks by delicately mobile nostrils. The lips were 1961 I, XVII| telegram by singing in a mocking tone:~“II est un petit homme, 1962 II, VII | employment there.” In fact, this model clerk, after having stayed 1963 II, IX | cloudy and the temperature moderate. There was some fear that 1964 I, II | direct its effects, the modifications he had adopted with regard 1965 II, V | place among the houris of Mohammed’s heaven.~But what was remarkable, 1966 II, IX | miserable wretch, living in the mold of clay from which he is 1967 I, XI | TRAVELERS IN DISTRESS~DURING the momentary lull which followed, shouts 1968 I, IV | orders which emanate from a monarch who has the right to employ 1969 I, XII | sentences; Blount replied by monosyllables. Each looked at everything 1970 II, III | here and there break the monotony of the immense plain. There 1971 I, XI | retreated towards him.~It was a monstrous bear. The tempest had driven 1972 II, VII | magnificent wooden houses, of monumental aspect! Not a Siberian belle, 1973 I, I | Beneath his eyes, bathed in moonlight, lay a fortified inclosure, 1974 II, X | little point at which was moored a raft.~The raft was just 1975 II, X | eight in the evening the moorings were cast off, and the raft 1976 II, VI | lay sometimes across wide moors, which extended as far as 1977 I, IV | nor, hemp, nor flax, nor morocco, nor furs.”~“But do you 1978 I, XII | Russia. It is as though a morsel of Siberia lay in Russian 1979 II, VI | procured in the town some morsels of “tchornekhleb,” a sort 1980 I, XIV | Michael Strogoff was not mortal. By swimming in a manner 1981 I, IV | inhabitants, the average mortality, etc., and all this he wrote 1982 I, XIII| and two of the horses were mortally wounded.~At the next moment 1983 I, I | acuteness had these two ordinary mortals ascertained that which so 1984 I, I | moon.~This river was the Moskowa; the town Moscow; the fortified 1985 I, XV | disputes with tipulae, gnats, mosquitos, horse-flies, and millions 1986 I, III | satisfied with his scrutiny, motioned to the chief of police to 1987 I, IV | British assurance, “Country mountainous between Moscow and Wladimir.”~ 1988 II, VII | slightest light, nor even smoke mounting into the air,” added Nadia.~“ 1989 II, IX | hear?” said Nadia.~Then a mournful cry succeeded it—a despairing 1990 II, II | child, hope! Do as I do. The mourning which I wear is not yet 1991 I, IV | Kondinia, Vitepsk, and of Mstislaf, Governor of the Hyperborean 1992 I, VIII| Wassili Fedor. He was a much-esteemed physician at Riga. But his 1993 II, III | girl was ignorant that her much-regretted companion still lived, she 1994 I, IX | protects the travelers from the mud, and a strong leathern hood, 1995 I, XVI | deep, but very wide and muddy. Beneath this thick water 1996 I, I | lighted by hundreds of lusters multiplied tenfold by the numerous 1997 II, XIV | sudden eddy of the confused multitude, Michael and the young girl 1998 II, IV | burnings, its pillages, its murders, had perfectly sickened 1999 II, V | dancers, being added the last murmurs of the doutares and tambourines.~“ 2000 I, XII | strongly-set head, and thick mus-taches meeting red whiskers. He


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