What is "petersburg"

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Petersburg if he did not use all his skill, and at the same time he sent an order to Dragon to be at the fencing school the next day.

Petersburg, but I met him again three months after, richly dressed, and occupying a seat beside mine at the table of M.

Those who have not seen Moscow have not seen Russia, for the people of St, Petersburg are not really Russians at all.

Petersburg, at which the empress and all her train of courtiers were present.

Petersburg with Madame de Soltikoff, whom he had met at Paris, and whose lover he was.

Petersburg and Arrive at Warsaw--The Princes Adam Czartoryski and Sulkowski--The King of Poland--Theatrical Intrigues --Byanicki I thought of leaving Russia at the beginning of the autumn, but I was told by M M.

Petersburg as an attache at the embassy, and afterwards succeeded in winning the favour of Catherine, then Grand Duchess, but soon to become empress.

In the same year I searched in vain for fortune at Berlin and at Petersburg, but I found it at Warsaw in the following year.

Petersburg, and I did not speak German much better then than I do now, so I had a good deal of difficulty in making myself understood, and usually excited my auditors to laughter.

The Bolsheviks, in Petersburg, had failed to appreciate the importance of the Soviet, and were weakly represented in it.

Petersburg with a young Parisian named La Riviere, who was tolerably pretty but quite devoid of education, unless it were that education common to all the girls who sell their charms in Paris.

Petersburg, and was to be succeeded by a dinner to twenty-four guests, given by General Orloff.

Petersburg, where his martial bearing and his well-known bravery had given him a sort of popularity in society, which, on the other hand, had great disdain for Gounsovski, the head of the Secret Police, who was known to be capable of anything underhanded and had been accused of sometimes playing into the hands of the Nihilists, whom he disguised as agents-provocateurs, without anybody really doubting it, and he had to fight against these widespread political suspicions.

Petersburg, where the Empress Anne Iwanowa had not approved of the Italian comedy.

Petersburg he dishonoured his own bills, and declared them worthless, not caring for his honour or good faith.