The character of the Russians and a detailed history of Moscow. Illustrated with numerous engravings. With a dissertation on the Russian language; and an appendix, containing tables, political, statistical, and historical; an account of Imperial Agricultural Society of Moscow; a catalogue of plants found in and near Moscow; an essay on the origin and progress of architecture in Russia, &c. &c / By Robert Lyall.

  • Robert Lyall
Date:
1823
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Credit: The character of the Russians and a detailed history of Moscow. Illustrated with numerous engravings. With a dissertation on the Russian language; and an appendix, containing tables, political, statistical, and historical; an account of Imperial Agricultural Society of Moscow; a catalogue of plants found in and near Moscow; an essay on the origin and progress of architecture in Russia, &c. &c / By Robert Lyall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sometimes pretty severe, I wished the reader to have an opportunity of judging of the ground of my attacks without much trouble to himself, and thus to put it into his power to form his own conclusions from the evidence of facts for and against different statements. With the deepest solicitude I present this volume at the bar of the British Public, whose sterling virtues I learned duly to appreciate in foreign climes, whose character and opinion I sincerely venerate, whose judgment must decide whether I shall continue my literary labours, and whose smile or frown may have a considerable influence on the future course of my life. I honestly avow, that nothing ter- restrial could yield me such pleasure as the approbation of my coun- trymen, at the conclusion of a work which has cost me days and nights of research and toil: nothing could produce more pain than their condemnation or even their indifference. But, whatever be my fate, my love of truth and of philanthropy, my attachment to the cause of liberty and of independence, will, I trust, be unshaken by vicis- situde. ROBERT LYALL. London, November 20. 1823. [»]
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