...the required information in its minutest details ; and this the more willingly as he feels nattered by the interrogation, and is pleased by the opportunity...one can deny that the frauds daily practised in the market-places are innumerable. Nevertheless, examples are also numerous among them of the most romantic...

...province often present a striking contrast to those of another. These partisans of Russia assert that Englishmen are too apt to attribute the courtesy of...among them of the most romantic acts of integrity. The case is much the same with their temperance as with their honesty. The nation is inclined to cheating...

...which two Russian peasants are sure to salute each other when they meet cannot be the result of fears engendered by social tyranny. On the contrary, a spirit...politeness pervades all classes, the highest as well as the lowest.'—Kohl. The chief person in every village is its Elder, or Selski Starosta, and its affairs...