The Alhambra and the Kremlin: The South and the North of Europe
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Historic Legend.—The Jesuits.—Partition.—Last Insurrection.—Nationality crushed out.—Attempted Insurrection.—Defeat.—Warsaw.—Armed Despotism.— Discontent.—Precarious Prosperity.—Russian Rule and Language.—Fate of a Spy.—Consequence.—Russian Soldiery.—Ill-manners.—Botanical Gardens.— Observatory.—Palace.—Sobieski’s Monument.—Grave Error.—Illumination.— Streets.—Drunkenness.—Climate.—Lutheran Church.—Relics of Romanism.— Mendicants.—Jewish Quarter.—Hospital.—War of Religions.—Statue of the Virgin.—Little Russia.—Funeral.—English Cock
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