Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 16, 2025
On a similar hill, to the westward, stood the church, glittering with its dozen bulging, golden domes. These two establishments divided the sovereignty of Kinesma between them. But the shadow of the former stretched also over other villages, far beyond the ring of the wooded horizon.
One who happens to have read the work of Villebois can easily comprehend the existence of a state of society, on the banks of the Volga, a hundred years ago, which is now impossible, and will soon become incredible. What is strangest in our narrative has been declared to be true. We are in Kinesma, a small town on the Volga, between Kostroma and Nijni-Novgorod.
The others followed his example, and their revelry wore out the night. Such was the festival which preceded the departure of Prince Boris for St. Petersburg. Before following the young Prince and his fortunes, in the capital, we must relate two incidents which somewhat disturbed the ordered course of life in the castle of Kinesma, during the first month or two after his departure.
Strong dark eyes, like the Great Peter, and what a goodly leg for a babe! He'll be a proper Prince of Kinesma, my daughter, and we owe it to you." Helena smiled, and gave him a grateful glance in return. She had had her secret fears as to the complete conversion of Prince Alexis; but now she saw in this babe a new spell whereby he might be bound.
The old man's face lighted up with a glow of selfish satisfaction; but Helena quietly took her lover's hand, and said, "Whatever you are, Boris, I will be faithful to you." Leaving Boris to discover the exact form and substance of the passion of love, we will return for a time to the castle of Kinesma. Whether the Princess Martha conjectured what had transpired in St.
All others slept, and the curious crowd outside, listening to the music, stole silently away; down in Kinesma, the mothers ceased to scold their children, and the merchants whispered to each other in the bazaar; the captains of vessels floating on the Volga directed their men by gestures; the mechanics laid aside hammer and axe, and lighted their pipes.
Under the fear which his barbarity inspired lurked a brute-like attachment, kept alive by the recognition of this quality. One day it was reported to him that Gregor, a merchant in the bazaar at Kinesma, had cheated the wife of one of his serfs in the purchase of a piece of cloth.
With a grim smile on his face, the Prince stepped back and shiveringly obeyed. Both then waded out, sat down upon the ground and pulled on their boots; and presently the people of Kinesma beheld the dripping pair walking side by side up the street, conversing in the most cordial manner.
When, to a stately march, the musicians blowing their loudest, Prince Alexis and Princess Martha led the way to the ball-room, the signal was given: candles and tar-barrels burst into flame, and not only within the castle, but over the landscape for five or six versts, around everything was bright and clear in the fiery day. Then the noises of Kinesma were not only permitted, but encouraged.
Not only all those within the church, but the thousands outside, spared not their tears, but wept until the fountains were exhausted. Notice was given, at the close of the services, that "baked meats" would be furnished to the multitude, and that all beggars who came to Kinesma would be charitably fed for the space of six weeks.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking