The Alhambra and the Kremlin: The South and the North of Europe
CHAPTER XXIV.
ST. PETERSBURG.
Searching Process.—Peculiar Costumes.—Rough Streets.—Russian Bath.— Dinner.—Model Guide.—Elegant Diction.—Peter the Great.—Catharine I.— Striking Contrasts.—Accommodating Weather.—Palace of the Emperor.— Column of Alexander.—Statue of Peter the Great.—Boy Czars.—Peter’s Lawyers.—Devotion.—Cathedral.—Trophies.—Isaac’s Cathedral.—Amazing Splendor.—Worship.—Offerings.—Holy of Holies.—Behind the Scenes.— Careful Husbands.—Greek and Romish Churches.—Lent.—Sabbath.—Exorcism.— Honors paid the Virgin
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