| 单词 | verst |
| 例句 | Four versts from the town, near the airfield, on the road to Romanovka. The Saturday interview: Janet Suzman 2011-08-19T23:10:48Z Then I shall go with my seven companions and a worthy priest who has us in charge, to St. Louis in the state of Missouri, 2,000 versts from New York. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Scattered over a distance of 8,000 versts, they die and teach others to die. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z Salmé was a skilful rider; every ten or fifteen versts they found fresh horses, guarded by soldiers of Timásheff's regiment; he was very popular with his men. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z Verst, verst, n. a Russian mile, 3500 feet in length, or almost two-thirds of an English mile. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Its length is six hundred verst, and its peaks seem to be crushed under the heavy clouds. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z I shall return to St. Louis, and leave there about the middle of November for our house at St. Michael, near New Orleans, which is 1,500 versts from St. Louis. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z In many cases it was necessary to march to and from work 6 to 8 versts, which swallowed up a considerable portion of the working day. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z The ice on the Byélaya broke up, and the blocks were carried down by the stream; the river broke its banks and spread till it was six versts across. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z A march of six or eight versts brought us to the little village or hamlet of Odstok. Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z By the straight road it would be about eight versts. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z And now at last I come here, seventy versts from home, hope for a little money, and all you give me is moods! Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z Early the next morning I went out about twelve versts from the city to attend a grand military review by the emperor in person. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z Lupenevsky went off after tea: there was positively no room for them to sleep at Bagrovo, and they had not far to go, only fifteen versts. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z He was then living at his country place, about eight versts from Odessa, and asked me to go out and pass the next day with him. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z About one hundred versts from them were high mountains, the Ural Mountains, and beyond them, they had heard, there was good land, and to that land there was no end. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z The brick-fields were situated about four versts from the fortress; through all the summer they sent there, every morning at six o'clock, a gang of fifty convicts. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Fortunately, too, we were but two or three versts from a posthouse. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z The distance was only 50 versts, and the strong Bagrovo horses could go all the way without baiting. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z He occupied a pretty little place a few versts from Odessa, with a large fruit and ornamental garden. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z They travelled about three versts, when they were met by Abdul, the prisoners' master, and two more Tartars. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z Ten versts from their hamlet they had a farm where six Kirghiz labourers, long since brought down by them to be no better than slaves, used to pass the autumn. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z This river is navigable for large vessels one hundred and fifty versts; beyond this for three or four hundred versts it is full of cataracts. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z Suddenly the door opened; and Ivan, a tall, handsome lad, wearing a travelling jacket, entered the room with a quick step and delivered a letter which he had brought from the post-town 25 versts away. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z In Wilczodola, a few versts from here, they waylaid and maimed Pan Baezynski and robbed the branch office of the governmental whiskey monopoly besides. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z He marched about a verst, but his strength gave out,—his feet hurt him so. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z After dinner there were further details; the story was that they had been seized at a hamlet, seventy versts away from the town. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Three centuries ago it covered an area of sixty-three versts in circumference, and contained a population of more than four hundred thousand inhabitants. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z At last a messenger galloped up and announced that the couple had stopped at the village of Noikino, eight versts from Bagrovo; they were to change their dress there and would arrive in two hours. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z At this time I learned that there was a line of strong posts from Dabie to Petrikau, a distance of, roughly, eighty versts. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z They heard that along the river K�ma, in a circle of 140 versts, there was good land: the soil had not been ploughed for centuries, the forests had not been cut down for centuries. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z As you go out of the town there's a forest fifteen versts in length. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z About seven versts from the city we passed the imperial seat of Zechenne, built by the Empress Catharine to commemorate the victory obtained by Orloff over the Turks on the coast of Anatolia. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z This estate turned out highly profitable, because it was only a hundred versts from Samára and about fifty from a number of ports on the Volga. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z Considerable ground was gained; but four or five versts to the rear of their first position the Germans were found to be strongly entrenched. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z They asked the guides, and learned that from there they had to cross the mountains and walk overland about two hundred versts, and then the rivers would begin again. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z When we had gone about three versts through the wood I stopped the horse. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Now he has only two versts more to walk, he can see the nobleman's great straw-covered shed, only his feet cannot see it, and they want to rest. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z He also made a seat for himself and his wife in the village of Choorassovo, fifty versts from Simbirsk; this was a separate property of 350 serfs which his wife had inherited from her mother. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z These, probably, outflanked the Germans; and reinforcements were daily arriving in vast numbers, prolonging the line in the direction of the Vistula some seventy versts north of Dabie. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Photogravure from Painting by A. Kivsh�nko When he had gone about forty versts, he again stopped to feed the horses and to rest in the vestibule of a hostelry. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z He formed his opinion from the gravity of the crime for which he was made to march three or four thousand versts on foot. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Certainly an estimate in versts wasn't going to help a lot. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z It was a long journey of 400 versts, and she had plenty of leisure to think over what she was doing. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z He fainted twice; and sometimes we were compelled to carry him a verst or two; but as soon as he gained a little strength he insisted on marching like the rest of us. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z We made about three versts in a circle, and walked past the swamp. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z He had carried his companion B—— for several hundred versts, seeing that at the end of the first half-stage he had fallen down from fatigue. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z It was perfectly apparent, as we listened one evening, that the old ones had placed the young ones about a verst away and were making them answer independently. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z This smaller settlement, called Kivatsky, was within two versts of my grandfather, down the river; and he made a wry face at first; for it reminded him of old times in Simbirsk. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z These horrible relics of "the glories of war" extended for a linear distance of ten versts along the sides of the roads—how far across the fields I cannot say. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z We walked to one side, made another verst, and again hit the old trail. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z How one would have liked to fly away beyond this steppe, which began on the opposite shore and stretched out for fifteen hundred versts to the south like an immense table-cloth. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z When within a verst of the proposed curved line upon which we were to take our stands with barzois, all dismounted and proceeded through the marsh on foot, making as little noise as possible. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z My grandfather's first operation in this year was to build a mill; without it, it had been necessary to drive forty versts to get his corn ground. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z The distance to Vilna from Bialystok is about 170 versts: it took us thirty-nine hours to perform it. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Thus the old men walked without expense some seven hundred versts. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z And now at last I come here, seventy versts from home, hope for a little money and all you give me is moods. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z One day our scouts arrived from Philipovo, twenty-six versts off, to report that another family of wolves, numbering about sixteen, had been located. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z By the evening of the second day, the vanguard was within seven versts of Parashino. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z Almost immediately the train began to run back; and often it went on a few versts, stopped for half an hour, and then went on again. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z They marched some ten versts and reached a brook. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z A verst is equal to about two-thirds of an English mile. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z A family of eleven wolves had been located about three versts from it by a pair of huntsmen sent some days in advance; this explained our arrival. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z It was an anxious and troublesome job, because the distance was considerable—about 400 versts. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z We had ridden along the fresh road about six versts when, on rounding a small wood, we saw a weak squadron of Uhlans in front of us, and not more than 300 yards away. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Elis�y had walked about five versts, when day began to break. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z She stopped under the cross, and, looking around, saw that the man was half a verst distant, staggering along toward the town. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z From Orodinatovo to Philipovo is only ten versts, but over roads still less worthy of the name than the others already traveled. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z In the twinkling of an eye, you have left behind you the whole surface of a frozen lake, measuring several versts in length. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z About six o'clock we were again ordered to advance; and after marching six versts occupied a line of shallow trenches. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z In Jaffa all pilgrims go ashore: from there it is seventy versts on foot to Jerusalem. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z We all looked into the shady alley between the linden-trees, and at the other end of it, perhaps a verst away, we saw a cloud of dust, which approached us with uncommon rapidity. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The village reached down to the plain; meadows stretched away to an immense distance, their bright green growing gradually dark; far away, about twenty versts off, many other villages were visible. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z These facts were communicated to the police, inquiries were instituted, and the courier's body, with a deep gash in the head, was found in a ditch two or three versts from the station. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z We could see for about a dozen versts in most directions, and yet only four or five small farmhouses, and as many isolated cottages, were in sight. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Walking was just play to him, and he swayed his staff, and made as much as seventy versts a day. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z Although the district is some thousands of versts nearer the civilized world, it contains few colonies. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z This little town of S—— lies about two versts from the Rhine. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z There are no causeways anywhere; the roads are mere tracks marked out by two ditches a few inches deep, and a line of posts set up from verst to verst to mark the distance. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z I saw they were going on a little shooting expedition, and I took the liberty of following them, although they went several versts beyond the bounds of the camp. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z From the township office to the village was a distance of ten versts, and Iv�n returned home late. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z "Do you know," Józef said to Stefan, as they lay down to sleep, "I have a superstitious fear that something will stop us, and it grows with every verst we pass." More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Two versts from L—— were the remains of a castle of the middle ages. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Astrakhan has for some years had a lazaret on the mouths of the Volga at seventy-five versts from its walls. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z I looked back for the last time when we were half a verst along the road. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Zor’ka had not gone two or three versts when he felt something pricking him behind the collar. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z On Sundays he took his wife to church, a few versts off, and when it was fine he carried his little girl there too. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z He lies only a few versts from this spot. The Tempering The wheels are never greased, and the noise they make can often be heard at a distance of several versts. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z For we had not retreated more than four versts when a squad of thirty Prussian hussars rode up to us, mistaking us for a battalion of their own countrymen. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Its major axis is about 90 or 100 versts in length, its minor axis not more than twenty versts. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Not far from Yampele, about three versts away, some robbers fell upon a Jewish tavern, killed a whole houseful of people, down to a baby in a cradle. Yiddish Tales Quick he ran a verst, a second, For a short space well proceeded, When he suddenly stopped standing, Would not stir from his position. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two From thence we had a gentle descent of about a verst to the outskirts of Piatigorsk. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z We were ordered to fall back about a verst, though without breaking the line; and took post behind a wood, the trees of which we felled to form an abattis. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z From Moscow to Warsaw one travels a long and rather dreary seven hundred miles, the first half of which is characterized by such sameness, verst after verst, as to render the journey extremely monotonous. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Lipovietz is not more than five versts away—what can have happened? Yiddish Tales Listening to her one might very well have supposed that she had herself travelled every verst of that weary road. The Red Rat's Daughter Next day we set out for Kislovodsk, situated forty versts from Piatigorsk, in the interior of the mountains, and possessing acid waters of great reputation. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The two places are about thirty versts distant from each other: so it was evident the foe had fallen back on a pretty wide front. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z The line between the two cities is six hundred and four versts in length, which is equivalent to four hundred and three English miles. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Ah! my English comrade, there is a little girl waiting for me about half a verst from Moscow town, and I long to break from this life and return to her. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War The nearest civilization was the township of Dui, which was upwards of a hundred versts away. The Red Rat's Daughter We were more than ten versts from Georgief, when we were stopped in a village by the perversity of a postmaster, who refused to let us have horses at any price. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The Germans opened fire with a dozen or fourteen guns at a distance of seven versts. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z It was a long time ago since he had been born in a mine about five versts distant which had been subsequently closed. Peasant Tales of Russia "Bear it I——better than I did; and, except when scolding the postilions for not going twelve versts an hour, in deep snow, she enjoyed herself the entire way." The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life We journeyed three hundred versts over his own estates, drawn on sledges by his serfs. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II We could just discern from our windows the base of the Bechtau, at a distance of but two versts. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The latter place is a small Russian town actually on the frontier, and more than thirty versts from a railway-station. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z His thoughts flew to them over thousands of versts. Peasant Tales of Russia I’ve said before that Russia is still back in the Middle Ages, but now, with every verst we covered, it seemed to me we were getting farther back still,—to the Dark Ages themselves. The Red Symbol It was still ten versts to the nearest station; but the great, dark, purple cloud which had collected, God knows whence, without the smallest breeze, was moving swiftly upon us. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy We had then more than two versts to travel over an island, before we came to the branch of the river opposite Kherson. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z We ourselves blew up the station at Seeburg, or Seeburg Road as it might be called, for the town is situated several versts from the railway. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z He did not know how many versts he was from the great high road, along which he had been driven together with the whole herd of prisoners. Peasant Tales of Russia Within an hour we had covered the twenty versts and were on the outskirts of the town. The Red Symbol You are going to travel 300 versts and then you'll give your soul up to God. Contemporary Russian Novelists Though my experiment was limited to a trip of two versts at the most, I was totally exhausted when I dismounted. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z We proceeded in the direction of Choczi, and met the enemy about sixteen versts west of that town, which is situated on the frontier line. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z “Not more than seven or eight versts, I am sure,” was the reply. The Boy Allies with the Cossacks Or, A Wild Dash over the Carpathians We were nearing the verge of the great undulating plain, and the village from whence in daylight the first view of the castle, some eight versts distant, was obtained. The Red Symbol The hero’s heart quailed not, but when he was within ten versts the Nightingale whistled so loud that Iliya’s steed fell down upon his knees. The Russian Garland being Russian Folk Tales It surely was not for the sake of a pair of scissors that Alexander had made one of his Cossacks gallop 4000 versts in a fortnight. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z We heard that there had been fighting quite recently; and daily we heard the reports of artillery in that direction, the distance being less than thirty versts. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z After spending three days on this front motoring hundreds of versts, and inspecting the positions taken by the Russians, their achievement becomes increasingly impressive. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War No; his house is some two versts distant. The Red Symbol Our Lord and King, you have a knight Polkan who has been confined in prison for many years; perhaps he can overtake Bova, for he clears seven versts at a single leap. The Russian Garland being Russian Folk Tales A very dense fog surprised us at sunset, scarcely five versts from the town. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The next morning the weather was no better; but when the rain began to fall faster the atmosphere cleared a little, and we were ordered to advance about six versts and dig trenches. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Her war on a front of two thousand versts long had to be waged with whatever materials happened to be available. England and Germany If so,—good; we ride on to Count Vassilitzi’s house some versts further. The Red Symbol And as the corpulent man retired with an improbable alacrity, he continued gravely: 'This time Herr Cantberg was not more than a hundred versts from the truth.' Ghetto Comedies The distance was but twelve versts, but we spent several hours upon it, in consequence of the difficulty of the ground and the steepness of the cliffs which we were often obliged to ascend. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Both sides entrenched themselves, according to reports, for a distance of more than 300 versts. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z At every seventy-five versts—about fifty miles—the cars stop twenty minutes, and refreshments may be had by paying a pretty heavy price for them. The Land of Thor It was a little more than twenty versts to Mokroe, but Andrey's three horses galloped at such a pace that the distance might be covered in an hour and a quarter. The Brothers Karamazov On the 5th of October he arrived at Olekma, a town six hundred versts above Yakutsk, in latitude 60° 22', and east longitude 89° 15' from St. Petersburg. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 The travellers put us on the right way, and told us it was ten o'clock, and we had twelve versts between us and Kherson. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z I was not taken back to my billet, eight versts from the spot where I was hurt, but was sent on at once to Warsaw in an ambulance. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z At every twenty-five versts are sub-stations, where the cars stop for a few minutes. The Land of Thor Yes, I went a journey of forty versts into the country. The Brothers Karamazov Tomsk is fifteen hundred versts from Irkutsk, and four thousand five hundred from St. Petersburg, being in latitude 56° 29' 6", and longitude 54° 50' 6" from the latter place. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 It was four in the morning when we came in sight of Rostof, which is but twelve versts distant from the Don. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z A line runs parallel with the entire borderland at an average distance of about twenty versts—that is, one day's march for an army. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z For a distance of three versts from the gate of St. Petersburg the road was thronged with carriages and droskies, and crowds of gayly-dressed citizens, all wending their way toward the scene of entertainment. The Land of Thor But, unluckily, he advised their going on foot, as it would not be “much over” a verst. The Brothers Karamazov Its latitude is 55° 11' 14", and its longitude 37° 46' 14" east from St. Petersburg, from which, and from Irkutsk, it is distant three thousand versts. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 We need not wonder at any eccentricity of taste when we see men preferring the dislocating torture of riding those detestable trotters to the fatigue of walking fifteen or twenty versts a day. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Looking out of the windows we could see four long trains ahead of us, and one about half a verst behind us. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Trees fly by; desert patches of ground whirl from under; versts are as nothing to these spirited steeds and their spirited masters, and in an hour or so the grand scene of action is reached. The Land of Thor He hurried, striding along, and only when he reached Suhoy Possyolok did he realize that they had come not one verst, nor one and a half, but at least three. The Brothers Karamazov It is on the bank of the river Kamtchatka, about thirty-five versts from the sea. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 When we reached the opposite bank we might have fancied ourselves transported suddenly to a distance of a hundred versts from Astrakhan. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Enormous numbers of Germans, fresh troops, were assembling in front of Ostrolenka and Lomza; and, according to reports, on a line extending 400 versts north and west of these places. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z A quarter only of the defenders, and one-half of them invalids, occupy twenty-seven versts of fortifications without supports and without intervals for even the briefest repose. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era To begin with, he was late, taking a short cut from Volovya station which turned out to be eighteen versts instead of twelve. The Brothers Karamazov After leaving it, the traveller passes the vast and fertile plain of Baraba, where he is whirled along at the rate of two hundred and seventy versts a day. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 These sources are formed by a depression of about twenty-five versts in diameter, towards which converge several small ravines. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z He has been within a very few versts of the place, and made repeated efforts to gain his object; but so far the Russians have been able to beat him back. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Dubechnia—the name of our first station—was seventeen versts from the town. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories She came from a village only six versts from the monastery, and had been brought to him before. The Brothers Karamazov When the day broke, how great was their joy and astonishment to perceive themselves near the land, and within about twenty versts of the place whence they had been driven! The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 When we returned to our cabin, the Cossack officer presented to us a Tatar, who asserted he had found gold in a spot forty versts from Koumskaia. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Przasnysz is only twenty-two versts from Makow; and I began to suspect that the larger place was in the hands of the Germans. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Amputation was immediately performed above the middle of his thigh; he was laid on a peasant's cart, and carried 350 versts almost without stopping. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. It's eighty versts to the railway and the train starts for Moscow at seven o'clock to-night. The Brothers Karamazov He describes the bay of the Avatcha, which forms the port, as forty versts in circumference, encompassed by forest-covered mountains and extensive meadows. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 The news obliged my husband to suspend his scientific operations, and proceed to Selenoi Sastava, from which we were distant only thirty-five versts. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z However, the firing which was still going on was a good guide, and after riding about eight versts I came on a line of trenches occupied by Russian riflemen. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Not that they were merely handsome; despite their small and graceful build, and the glossy sleekness of their coats, they were both strong and spirited, and could cover twenty-five versts without a pause. Werwolves Ivan got out of the carriage, and the drivers stood round him bargaining over the journey of twelve versts to Tchermashnya. The Brothers Karamazov At Veyteway, the most northern point on the eastern coast visited by Mr. Dobell, he found a Toyune who had come a hundred and fifty versts, from motives of curiosity, to meet him. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Though the weather seemed still unsettled, we determined to make for the Caspian, which lay but thirty versts from us. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z About four versts outside the town we were halted in two long ranks on either side of a road, and served out with new boots, which we were sadly in need of. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Its entire length is not less than four thousand versts. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 It's only to turn to the left from the station at Volovya, only another twelve versts and you come to Tchermashnya.” The Brothers Karamazov On the western side of the ridge they passed a large lake, the source of the river Udama, surrounded by mountains, and three or four versts in length. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 From this place to St Petersburg is seventeen and a half versts. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 There is no railway running between the two towns, nor between Plock and the Prussian frontier, distant another 100 versts. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z "To Tiumen, 300 versts; then we take steamer again, that is if you go farther." Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia Three days they continued in a due east direction, and having gone forty-eight versts, turned off to the Baranov rocks, from which they were fifty versts distant, and where they arrived on the 18th. From Paris to New York by Land They had travelled from Russia on foot, near five thousand versts, to see their relations. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 A deputation from among them proceeded five versts further. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 We had, however, three versts to cover, and we found their outposts well advanced; so that we did not succeed in surprising them. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z The post-houses are situated from twelve to twenty-five versts apart, according to the difficulty of the country, a verst being about two-thirds of an English mile. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia A long stage of seventy-five versts without a break brought us to Khatignak, where another reindeer dropped dead from exhaustion before the door of the stancia. From Paris to New York by Land Approaching within three versts, or two English miles of this island, the vessel was suddenly surrounded by ice and the crew were reduced to an extremely dangerous situation. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. At five I received those persons who formed the deputation and came twenty versts to see me. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 When morning came, I calculated that 2,000 German bodies lay on half a verst of our front. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z He might easily have taken Moscow, but instead of advancing on it he halted at the village of Tushino, twelve versts away, where he held his court for seventeen months. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality And we lost yet another of the poor little beasts, which broke its leg in the gnarled roots of a tree, before reaching the povarnia of Siss, a hundred and thirty versts from Tostach. From Paris to New York by Land We had been five hours on the road; the driver said Kihlangi was "üx verst" distant, and at three, finally, we arrived. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland After a ride of seventy-six and a half versts we reached Wilcomir, where a deputation from the Hebrew community brought us wine and cake. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 A big battle was going on some eight or ten versts away. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z It was as though one single giant breast, hundreds of versts broad, thrust itself between the Germans and home. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 All the stancias on this road are leased by the Government to Yakute peasants, who are legally entitled to receive three kopeks a verst for every pair of deer. From Paris to New York by Land That is a village a few versts from here. The Book of All-Power It was so uneven, however, that in four days he could only penetrate about seventy versts. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Beyond these points the lines continued for hundreds of versts, right and left, but were, more or less, thrown back. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Boris Lugan has sung the song of the versts that eat up one's courage as well as the leather of one's shoes. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day The latter claimed payment for about fifty versts more than we had actually covered, so Stepan averred, although the distances north of Yakutsk are very vague, and the Cossack was probably wrong. From Paris to New York by Land I have—or had," he corrected himself, "an estate about seventy versts from here, and I think I can still depend upon some of my people—if there are any left alive. The Book of All-Power He thought he saw from the hills of the island a high land in the north-east, but when he attempted to reach it over the ice, he came upon open water twenty-five versts from land. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The fight was lost because the Germans had a network of railways behind them, while the nearest Russian line was 45 versts away. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z "It is many versts to America, and one rides on rubles." Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day The officials of those days probably reflected that, if three kopeks must be paid for a verst, the latter had better be a long one. From Paris to New York by Land And with it they were to feel the dogged sense of the grim necessity of fighting for every verst of frozen ground. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Four days after he came upon so much drift-ice that he was compelled to lie to at the mouth of the river, 120 versts to the east of the easternmost mouth-arm of the Lena. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II After waiting two hours till about 10 a.m., we resumed our march, and after proceeding four or five versts arrived at Ostrolenka railway-station. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z And when the Prince came to the blue sea, he looked—there slept Norka on a stone in the middle of the sea; and when it snored, the water was agitated for seven versts around. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore The stage between Ust-kutsk and Yakurimsk was a short one, only about eighteen versts, but it took us six hours to make it. From Paris to New York by Land One verst further back in the big clearing was Kodish village, a place which by all the rules of field strategy was absolutely untenable. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 They travel over a thousand versts as pilgrims to their sacrificial places. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II We did so: but he died before we had gone two versts. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z They walked and walked for several versts, then they grew tired. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore For the first seven or eight hundred versts we passed through dense forests, which gradually dwindled away to sparse and stunted shrubs until the timber line was crossed and vegetation finally disappeared. From Paris to New York by Land The nearest friendly troops, including their artillery, were back at Seletskoe, thirty versts away. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 He left the most easterly mouth-arm of the Lena on the 21st of August, and sailed 120 versts eastward, and there encountered drift ice which compelled him to seek a harbour at the coast. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The front of this terrific battle was very extensive—200 versts I was told; and the Russians claimed to have had 3,000,000 men in action. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z But when he came within a few versts of the sea-shore, his anger calmed down and he disappeared in the sea. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore The first stage out from Verkhoyansk, one of a hundred and fifty versts, was rapidly accomplished in less than twenty-four hours. From Paris to New York by Land Some of the men are playing out--eight versts more will be tough marching. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Ljachoff states the breadth of the sound between the mainland and the nearest large island at 70 versts or 40'. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Neither side had a decided victory in any part of the field, and the ground lost or won never exceeded a verst or two in extent and was often less than a hundred yards. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z It was some fifty versts long, whereas if it had been made in a straight line it would not have been more than five. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore Neither he nor his companions could travel for more than ten versts in any direction without a special permit from the Governor of Yakutsk, but, as the poor fellow pathetically remarked, "That's no great hardship!" From Paris to New York by Land Nevertheless we arrive at end of our twenty-one verst march at 1:25. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 From Chölm to Moscow, by the straightest road, is thirteen hundred versts. The Genius He made out a list of the posts, the number of versts, and the money that was to be paid; he changed some of O’Donahue’s gold into Russian paper-money, and gave all the necessary instructions. The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook Well, they built a bridge five versts long, and this piece of work cleared out both the pots. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore The lad had gone away with my boots to the village, which was three versts off. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar As in the previous fighting the Red Guards, realizing the strategic value of this road fought tenaciously for every verst of it. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 They were in the midst of the forest now, and the next town was several versts distant. The Black Cross On glancing about them, the peasants perceive that they are thirty versts from home, and they are too fatigued to undertake the return journey at once. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections Twelve loads of firewood were set alight, and the stove and the walls were made red-hot—impossible to come within five versts of it. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore This I could not refuse; but he rode very slowly, and made the verst a very long one. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar He will haul a load of small articles unguarded for many versts and deliver every piece safely, in spite of his own great hunger, because he is in charge of the shipment. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 As soon as my mother could be moved, he took us all out to the mill, about three versts out of town, on the Polota. The Promised Land I had myself already known something of the kind and had wondered at the fashion in which the crossing of a mere verst or two can bring the old life about one. The Dark Forest "Only four versts, one of noble birth," replied the struggling Jehu, who was busily engaged endeavouring to right the half-overturned sleigh. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers It was important that before the morning dawned I should have placed many versts between my pursuers and me. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Meeting with considerable opposition in the vicinity of Chamova, a village about fifty versts from Beresnik, a rush call was sent in for American reinforcements. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 At the age of fifteen my father was qualified to teach beginners in Hebrew, and he was engaged as instructor in two families living six versts apart in the country. The Promised Land Vulatch was a little town situated ten versts to our right in the Forest. The Dark Forest For instance, not very far beyond the Urals there is one magnificent stretch of perfectly straight road for 116 versts, or nearly eighty miles. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers On the high road I should have met them, but the country itself is so thinly inhabited, that often for thirty or forty versts together not a hut is to be found. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar The Reds could not get themselves together for another attack at this point before dark but did drive Ballard back verst after verst that afternoon. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 And what an adventure it was to walk the three versts into town, leaving a trail of perfume from the wild-flower posies we carried to our city friends! The Promised Land I walked down into the middle of them, found an officer, asked him about wounded, and got directed some two versts in front of me. The Dark Forest A Russian verst about night-fall, and under such conditions as I have endeavoured to point out to the reader, is an unknown quantity. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers We rode on talking thus for many versts. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Casualties held here for two or three days and evacuated by sled to Beresnik about fifty versts to the rear. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Said Takemoff, "Our lives are rough In these here blooming ditches, But mine's the worst by half a verst, Since some guy stole my breeches." War Rhymes by Wayfarer Bees, cold water shining deep in the well, and the samovar chuckling behind the flower-beds, and fifteen versts away the Austrians challenging the Russian nation!... The Dark Forest We chose the coast route, and travelled for five hours in the afternoon over forty-eight versts of the most singular road in the world. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers We rode on till we came to a copse, a quarter of a verst or so from the house of the young Barin. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar On the fourth of November, the day the Reds were massed in such numbers on the railroad, they succeeded in forcing Ballard from his trenches at the sixteenth verst pole. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 A few versts from there a stubborn fight lasting several days resulted in the abandonment of the Austrian line of resistance and a retreat, with a halt at Botszonce. The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 Only thirty versts, your honour ... or, thank God, even less. The Dark Forest The road is divided into sections of a verst each, a verst being about two-thirds of a mile. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers We had marched a verst or more when thick clouds began to gather in the sky, and loud rumblings were heard. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Several wounded on opposite bank but it was necessary for them to be evacuated overland for several versts under most extreme difficulties on two-wheeled carts through mud in many places to the horses' bellies. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Mélukow was a widow living in the neighborhood; her house, full of children of all ages, with tutors and governesses, was distant only four versts from Otradnoë. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World Five versts further, then stopped at a farmhouse, pitched tents. The Dark Forest On for many hundreds of versts rolls the train through the pasture lands of the splendid Kirghiz race. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers He told me that if I would let him ride one verst more with me he would then turn back. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar We crawl along the east shore for a verst and then cross squarely to the other side, facing a cold, harsh wind. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 The principal place of resort of this class is Marina Rotche, lying about two versts from Moscow, and thither I drove, attended by a valet de place. George Borrow The Man and His Books We, ourselves, must look back upon a hundred versts of fair smiling country that we had conquered with the sacrifice of many thousands of lives and surrendered without the giving of a blow. The Dark Forest The railway was 48 versts away, and the railway had to be reached. My War Experiences in Two Continents The sounds came a long, long way through the air, even to where I then was standing, many versts away from this.’ Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar That "stolen horse" pole there may be a verst post. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 On the rubble pavement of the court squatted peasants from the villages for many versts round about, both Russian and Finnish, hedged in by their wares, vegetables, flowers, fruit, and live poultry. Russian Rambles We were to spend the night at the small village of T——, twenty versts distant; then, to-morrow morning, to arrive at O——. The Dark Forest Our former dressing-station had been abandoned as too dangerous for staff and patients, and the dressing- and operating-room was now in a train about five versts down the line from Radzivilow station. Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia Soukhoroukof amply stocked my wallet with provisions, and before the end of another hour I had left my native village three versts behind my back. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar For thirteen versts there is hardly a drift. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 I sent a letter with a ten-kopek stamp on it to the post town, twelve versts distant. Russian Rambles Our only other transition, after a day or two longer at our farmhouse, was forward four versts to a tiny village on a high hill overlooking the Nestor, to the left of Nijnieff. The Dark Forest On the 3rd of February Lord Carlisle and his cortége found themselves five versts from Moscow. Andrew Marvell They were proprietors, large and small, of estates ten, twenty, and thirty versts away. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar The fourteenth verst takes us across the river--follow the telephone wires there. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 The estate for which we were bound lay thirty-five versts distant; but fearing that we might reach it too early if we were to start at once, I ordered an equipage for six o'clock. Russian Rambles By four o'clock the whole of our Otriad had disappeared, leaving only this soldier to inform us that we must move on at once to T—— or S——, twenty or thirty versts distant. The Dark Forest It was on the eve of Shrovetide, in the wilds about sixty versts from the railroad. The Awakening The Resurrection The Count’s own estate extended thirty versts in one direction, so that he had not many near neighbours. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Four versts beyond Volshenitsa the column passed the scene of the battle between the Bolos and "B" Force. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 And when he had gone very many versts into the forest, he took the sack with the cat in it and threw it away among the trees. Old Peter's Russian Tales This surprised them because they had heard that the Austrians were many versts distant. The Dark Forest A succession of granite quays, thirty versts in length, borders its course, and this magnificent labour of man is worthy of the transparent water which it adorns. Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. A miller, Nicholas Eréméitch by name, was, with his wife and children, returning from the neighbouring town to his own village, a distance of some twenty versts or so. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Wounded men were bandaged on the field with first aid and carried back twenty-six versts. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 "We can't turn back for that," says the giant; "we have already left your hat five hundred versts behind us." Old Peter's Russian Tales Six versts out of the town I espied him; he was striding along the highway. A Reckless Character And Other Stories "You may sail for seventy-five versts," said the painter, "without seeing them all." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 I had seen the encampment in the morning; it was more than two versts away, but I was strong and active, and I knew I could carry her as far. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar That one had been sunk, so we went a few more versts to the third barge which had been used by the Royal Scots but which had been evacuated by them that day. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Simultaneously a new attempt was made to drive the Jews from the forbidden fifty verst zone along the Western border of the Empire, particularly in Bessarabia. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) Thou hast travelled a thousand versts there and back … and all for what? A Reckless Character And Other Stories "A verst inland," says the captain; "and I will give you just half an hour to see it." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 A ride of three or four versts brought them in front of a dilapidated building on the borders of a wood. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Stayed over night at headquarters two versts further up the river. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 I have had them on my hands for a hundred versts or thereabouts. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) The last day of July; for a thousand versts round about lies Russia, the fatherland. A Reckless Character And Other Stories The first and second are issued free to those entitled to receive them, and the third is purchased at the rate of half a copeck a verst. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life After walking about two versts through the wood, we saw the old man coming towards us. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar In the afternoon of November 1st the enemy drove in our cossack post of "K" men at verst seventeen, began shelling us with his artillery and for several days kept raiding Ballard heavier and heavier. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Finally the Jews were forbidden to settle within twenty-one versts of the Austrian and Prussian frontiers. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) He was generally acknowledg'd a good scholar, and throughly verst in Ecclesiastical learning. Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles From our dining station we left the main road, and traveled several versts along the frozen surface of the Birusa river. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life We were to be removed from the land of our birth, from our once happy homes, and to be settled down, many hundred versts away, in a district between some German colonies and Tartary. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar He fell back to the new defenses at the fifteenth verst. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 From the fair he seems to have returned to Kolyma, and thence proceeded to Okotsk, a dangerous, difficult, and fatiguing journey of three thousand versts, a great part performed on foot, in seventy days. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson All at once, coming from a height about eight versts from the fort, appeared fresh parties of horsemen, and soon the whole steppe became covered with people, armed with arrows and lances. The Daughter of the Commandant In the morning we took tea fifty versts from Krasnoyarsk, and learned there was absolutely no snow for the last thirty versts before reaching the city. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The distance to Moscow is about five hundred versts, nearly four hundred miles, and for the whole of that distance there is very little improvement towards picturesque beauty. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar The village itself is located about forty versts above Shenkursk on the banks of the Vaga river, which meanders and winds about the village so that the river is really on both sides. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Semyon used to go over his verst twice a day, examine and screw up nuts here and there, keep the bed level, look at the water-pipes, and then go home to his own affairs. Best Russian Short Stories At about eight versts from Kieként the Caspian Sea discovered itself to them from a hill; and the thoughts of Verkhóffsky soared above it like a swan. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 He receives a patent for a strip of land seven versts long and a hundred fathoms wide, on the banks of a stream suitable for mining purposes. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Moscow is supplied with water by an aqueduct which reaches to about three versts from the city. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar The barge directly opposite was empty, so we went to the next barge about two versts farther up. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 About four versts away there was a cotton mill that had opened the year before, and its tall chimney rose up darkly from behind the forest. Best Russian Short Stories Had we been only half a verst further on our road, our journey had been at an end. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 In 1865 the captain of a Yenesei steamer learned that some natives had discovered the perfectly preserved remains of a mammoth in latitude 67°, about a hundred versts west of the river. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life It was scarcely more than fifty versts from my native hamlet. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Using the American engineers, he soon had a ferry in use three versts--about two miles--below Mejnovsky. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 The trolley travelled at twenty versts an hour, but the wheels squeaked. Best Russian Short Stories Since leaving Gizhiga we had travelled nearly three hundred versts, had found only four places where we could obtain poles, and had passed only three settlements. Tent Life in Siberia When we were about two versts from the station one of our horses left the sleigh and bolted homeward. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Suffice it to say that, after another night passed on foot, I stood within half a verst of my father’s door, yet I dared not venture into the village by daylight. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar For several versts we have skirted the edge of the river and watched the spires and domes of the city come nearer to us. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 His hut was ten versts away from a railroad station in one direction and twelve versts away in the other. Best Russian Short Stories We had made, as nearly as we could estimate, since leaving Anadyrsk, about two hundred versts; but whether we were anywhere near the seacoast or not we had no means of knowing. Tent Life in Siberia The distance from one station to the next varies according to the location of the villages, but is usually about twenty versts. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life This ceremony over, the Count and his friends drove on to his mansion, about a verst farther within the estate. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar We wind into the old river town and pass on for a verst and a half to an old monastery where we find quarters in a subsidiary building which once was an orphan's home. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 About half a verst away there was a big marsh, around which splendid reeds for his flutes grew. Best Russian Short Stories The distance which remained to be traversed, therefore, was only about fourteen hundred versts from Okhotsk to the Russian outpost of Anadyrsk, just south of the Arctic Circle. Tent Life in Siberia A few versts from Achinsk we crossed the boundary between Eastern and Western Siberia. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life A few versts on was a village, but I dared not enter it till the evening, and I must then depart privately and speedily, before any inquiries might be made concerning me. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Officer will try to get sleighs to come to meet us forty versts out of Pinega. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 I count the versts which lie between us. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 Thanking God in my heart that the other party was safe, I tore open the note and read hastily: Sea Shore, 15 versts from Lesnoi, October 4th. Tent Life in Siberia We dashed over the rough ice of the Tom for a few versts and then found a road on solid earth. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life To the north, however, not many versts from the city, rise the hills and woods, and fields and orchards of Finland, inhabited by the finest peasantry of the Russian empire. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar An interesting side incident of this recapture of Kodish was the defeat of a company of Reds occupying a Kodish flank position at the church on the river two versts away. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Riding in this way, a distance of about three versts, we reached the gate, and passed through to the south side, under a vaulted arch, lined with moss and overgrown with shrubs. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 We camped for the night under the huge spreading branches of a gnarled birch, a few versts from the scene of our exploit, and early Friday morning were off for Sidanka. Tent Life in Siberia On one course of twenty versts our sleigh was driven by a boy of thirteen, though seemingly not more than ten. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The miracle-working picture was to have been brought, but it had gone to a sick person thirty versts off. Liza "A nest of nobles" On the very day of this disaster to the White Guards the Americans on the road were travelling the last forty-six versts rapidly by sleigh. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Samit led Ammalát among the bushes, over the river, and having passed about half a verst among stones, began to descend. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 That night we floated down the Tigil River to Tigil, where we arrived just at dark, having accomplished in sixteen days a journey of eleven hundred and thirty versts. Tent Life in Siberia On the main road through the whole length of Siberia, there is a post at every verst, marking in large numbers the distance to the first station on either side of it. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life There is a story in Dostoievsky of a Russian free-thinker whose penance beyond this world was to walk a quadrillion versts. A Tramp's Sketches It is hard going but the goal is only a few versts away. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 There is a little less than a verst of land in the island, and Napoleonder lives there and watches geese. Folk-Tales of Napoleon The Napoleon of the People; Napoleonder This eruption is said to have scattered ashes over the peninsula for three hundred versts to a depth of an inch and a half. Tent Life in Siberia Among the five thousand and odd versts, I began to think matters improving, and when I descended below four thousand, I felt as if in my teens. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life I, for my part, have walked many a thousand versts from village to village, and have been glad to live the peasant-pilgrim's life. A Tramp's Sketches It was useless to hold the place longer and consequently that night it was decided to abandon the position here and withdraw to a new line about three versts in advance of Kitsa. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 In this manner was our traveller conveyed to the frontiers of Poland, a distance of six thousand versts, in six weeks. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 328, August 23, 1828 One Korak looked around over the steppe with a well assumed air of seeking some landmark, and then turning to me with a confident nod, repeated the word "verst" and held up four fingers! Tent Life in Siberia The last hundred versts of our ride we had four horses to each sleigh, and their united strength was not more than sufficient for our purpose. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life I saw sights which amply repaid me, if I wanted repayment, for every verst I tramped. A Tramp's Sketches You tenth verst, you break a beautiful scene on us with your trail across the valley. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 We are not more than twelve versts from the Amu-Daria, and beyond that river I shall enter on my adventure. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent If we had been three-quarters of an hour in losing two versts, how long would be we in losing versts enough to get back to the place from which we started. Tent Life in Siberia There was no town where we expected to stop before reaching Tumen, fifteen hundred versts away. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Four thousand versts at least, and he hasn't come straight by a long way. A Tramp's Sketches The Reds had sixty versts to haul their loads but they had the most horses, which they used without mercy. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 The stations are twenty or thirty versts apart. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Only thirty versts now intervened between us and the head-waters of the Kamchatka River, where we were to abandon our horses and float down two hundred and fifty miles on rafts or in native canoes. Tent Life in Siberia Our farewell dinner was considered a sufficient preparation for at least a hundred and fifty versts. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life He was a widower with an only daughter who was an invalid and unmarried, and whom he had brought fourteen hundred versts to Father Sergius to be healed. Father Sergius With rations for five days left for Archangel by sleigh, making a change of horses about every twenty versts. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 At five o’clock in the morning the train stops at the capital of the Khanate of Bokhara, eleven hundred and seven versts from Uzun Ada. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent When about fifteen versts from the village Dodd suggested a gallop, to try the mettle of our horses and warm our blood. Tent Life in Siberia A few versts from town we stuck upon an icy bank where the smooth feet of our horses could not obtain holding ground. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life First he would go some three hundred versts by train, then he would leave the train and walk from village to village. Father Sergius On February 12th Captain Ramsay hurried up with two platoons to reinforce Shred Mekhrenga, traveling a distance of forty versts in one day. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 The train arrived at Kizil Arvat, two hundred and forty-two versts from the Caspian, at thirteen minutes past seven in the evening instead of seven o’clock. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Nearly the whole afternoon was spent in packing the horses and getting ready for a start, and we camped for the night beside a cold mountain spring only a few versts away from the Village. Tent Life in Siberia We followed our former road a hundred versts from Barnaool, and then turned to the left to strike the great post route near Kiansk. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life And now he had brought her fourteen hundred versts and she was waiting in the hostelry till Father Sergius should give orders to bring her. Father Sergius Many versts but not all in one day. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 It extends to the station of Douchak at the six hundred and sixtieth verst, which we reach at six o’clock in the morning. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent According to native accounts, there were only two settlements between the Okhotsk Sea and Bering Strait, and the nearest of these—Penzhina—was four hundred versts distant. Tent Life in Siberia Sometimes there were many versts without trees, then there would be a scattered and straggling display of birches, and again the growth was dense enough to be called a forest. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Onward they flew, covering verst after verst of loneliness. Tom Swift and His Air Glider, or Seeking the Platinum Treasure We are making four versts an hour in spite of the hills and the cumbrous boots. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 In two hours we were barely able to double Mount Krestov—two versts in two hours! A Hero of Our Time The party of Americans which we had thus found buried in the snow, more than three hundred versts from Anadyrsk, had been landed there by one of the Company's vessels, some time in September. Tent Life in Siberia We did not follow the post route through Omsk, but took a cut-off that carried us to the northward and saved a hundred versts of sleigh riding. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life It was about ten versts' distance from the court to the homes of the neighbors, and this Ivan travelled late. The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories Only once is the advance party able to look back to the rear guard, the caravan being extended more than a verst. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 About six versts from the fortress there lived a certain 'friendly' prince. A Hero of Our Time He could come however, as far as the settlement of Yamsk, three hundred versts west of Gizhiga, and requested me to meet him at that place within twelve days after the receipt of his letter. Tent Life in Siberia We crossed the Irtish two hundred and seventy versts south of Tobolsk, a city familiar to American readers from its connection with the "Story of Elizabeth." Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life I had to go twenty-five versts by carriage and eight hours by train. The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories Here is the billeting officer to tell us that the eight versts is a mistake--it is nineteen instead. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 "He must be a brave sailor," I thought, "to have determined to cross the twenty versts of strait on a night like this, and he must have had a weighty reason for doing so." A Hero of Our Time Their favourite place of resort in the summer time is Marina Rotze, a species of sylvan garden about two versts from Moscow, and thither, tempted by curiosity, I drove one fine evening. The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain The great road formerly passed through Tobolsk, and was changed when a survey of the country showed that two hundred versts might be saved. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life After going half a verst my feet began to feel cold, and I remembered that in the car I had taken off my woollen socks, and had put them in my travelling bag. The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories At midnight of January 26th the exhausted column arrived in Vistavka, a position about six versts in advance from Kitsa, and we again made ready to defend this new position. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 We were now within a verst or so of the Station. A Hero of Our Time The weather was now intensely cold, the river winding, the delays many, but there were adequate stations for the benefit and accommodation of travelers every hundred versts or less. Rezanov About eight versts from the house we reached a cross road that led deeper into the forest. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The peasants set off In a file, down the road, Count the poles until thirty And enter the forest, And, silently counting Each footstep, they measure A verst as directed. Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? I am going home—that is, to you,—it's just the same; we're only twenty versts from one another. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories So, one day, Kazbich went and waited by the roadside, about three versts beyond the village. A Hero of Our Time The rest of the journey, but one hundred and ninety-six versts, must be made by land. Rezanov At a station where a fiery-tempered woman required us to pay in advance for our horses, we were only twenty versts from Tumen. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Go straight down the road, Count the poles until thirty: Then enter the forest And walk for a verst. Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? "Thirty versts, Tantine—we shall go in troikas—but you must send your servants on the night before." His Hour Besides, the mountain is about two versts 2 in length. A Hero of Our Time They had to walk nearly a verst before they reached the marsh. Sanine "From Tumen you will have only sixteen hundred versts to the end of the railway," said a gentleman to me one day. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The last day of July; for a thousand versts around, Russia, our native land. Dream Tales and Prose Poems For had they not a whole morning of sight-seeing still to do on the morrow, and then their thirty versts in troikas to arrive at Milasláv. His Hour He would gallop as much as fifty versts at a stretch! A Hero of Our Time First we drove straight on for twenty-four hours; during this time we still stopped at stations where we changed horses, and we covered 200 versts. Selected Polish Tales Close by here; only four hundred versts away. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life You walk a hundred versts, and not only isn't there a village; or a house, but you don't even see a dry stick. Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series He fought hand-to-hand: he fled; he retreated forty versts a day, resting in the woods singing his peasant-songs with the soldiers—and yearning for Pochinki. Tales of the Wilderness A few versts from Essentuki I recognized near the roadway the body of my spirited horse. A Hero of Our Time Stojka demurred and scratched his head, but he took up the reins and lashed the horses; after all, it was only a few versts, and one need not look much at the passengers. Selected Polish Tales It is about three hundred versts from the ridge of the Urals, and at the head of navigation on the Tura. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life You can pass your own father and not notice him, but you can see an inn in the dark a hundred versts away. Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series The sisters walked two versts through the wood. The Created Legend I was five versts from Essentuki—a Cossack village where I could change horses. A Hero of Our Time Slimak met him when he was about a verst from the cottage. Selected Polish Tales Our yemshick took us to the Hotel de Berlin, and, for the first time in eighteen hundred versts, we unloaded our baggage from the sleighs. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life You will remember that on the Marusinsky hunt my Guess ran neck-and-neck with the Count's dog, while your Squeezer was left a whole verst behind. Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series The Cossacks had hid themselves in the wood a couple of versts from the meeting. The Created Legend It is situated on a slope of Mount Mashuk, at the distance of a verst from the town, and is approached by a narrow path between brushwood and rocks. A Hero of Our Time A few versts from the village, where the chimneys peeped out from beyond the snowy hills, they came upon the little cortège. Selected Polish Tales Eight or ten versts on our second course, the sleigh halted and the yemshick announced the highest point on the road. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life At last I get here, seventy versts from home, and hope to get something, and I am received by you with a "state of mind"! Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series A month before, in snow and intense cold, 7 officers and 7 men of the cavalry school covered 370 versts in 4 days—60 miles a day. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute We will travel for a hundred versts by river. The Precipice The father had two bullets through his chest and one through the right side of his neck, and had crawled a distance of over a verst to give information. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia We were four hours making twenty-five versts to the last station before reaching Kazan. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life It is not till you get 4 versts from Derbend, in traversing the mountains, that you come upon a continuous wall. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 He introduced them to several estimable persons, and took them the next day to his dwelling, situate in a picturesque mountain village, twenty versts from the city. Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel I had it brought here last month, and to make sure it should not be broken, six men carried it in alternate shifts for the whole hundred and fifty versts. The Precipice This army had been compelled to retire some 60 versts the very day we were discussing an advance on Perm, and its present position was none too secure. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia Its position is well chosen on the banks of a small river, the Kazanka, which joins the Volga six versts away. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The wall … makes many windings, and every 3/4 verst it exhibits substantial towers like those of the city-wall, crested with loop-holes. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 At every 'verst,' which is not quite a mile, a small house is placed at the roadside, on which, in very large figures, the number of versts from St. Petersburg is told. Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals Suddenly the whole ended in a precipice, thickly overgrown with bushes, which overhung a plain about one and a-half versts in breadth along the banks of the Volga. The Precipice Instead of pushing them ahead, they were detrained at Svagena, and then entrained again from day to day, always about fifty versts behind the Japanese front. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia Seven versts from Kazan we reached the bank of the Volga. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life I took him to imply kilometres, as being a Finn he would not speak of versts. The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love On his way back to the farm, the whole ten versts, he would drive at a fast gallop. The Seven Who Were Hanged In the empty streets, every conversation could be heard a verst away; voices and footsteps re-echoed on the wooden pavement. The Precipice No civilian was allowed to approach within three versts, except the old Kirghis chief who, dressed in his picturesque native dress, had travelled over fifty versts to attend the function of making an English Ataman. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia We changed horses on the south bank of the Volga, only twelve versts from Kazan. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life They are making a thorough search over every verst of it. The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love It is not often that anyone succeeds in travelling a thousand versts so well. Letters of Anton Chekhov It was half a verst to the artillery commander's, the whole road ran between the tents. Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian The Fates had sent ours to Vladivostok, 5,000 versts east, at the very moment when their presence and general political policy would have paralysed correct military action. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia The summer road from Kazan westward follows the high ground in the vicinity of the river, but often several versts away. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life A hundred and twenty versts from Ufa he reached the flying Csika. Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian We did two hundred versts in twenty-four hours—one can't do more than that in the summer. Letters of Anton Chekhov Four versts from my house was a rich estate belonging to the Countess B—-; but nobody lived there except the steward. Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian The prisoners' camp was about three and a half versts distant, and the duration of the meeting was one hour and five minutes; the droshky hire for the journey was 100 roubles per droshky. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia About fifty versts from Nijne Novgorod the population of a large village was gathered, in Sunday dress, upon the ice. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life He meets the brigand Soloveï, a monster, a gigantic bird, called the nightingale; his claws extend for seven versts over the country. Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel At last I have vanquished the most difficult three thousand versts; I am sitting in a decent hotel and can write. Letters of Anton Chekhov We had to put away twenty-five versts a day. Yama: the pit For about one hundred versts the Russian forces, in small detachments, were allowing themselves to be pinned to the railway. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia The first day we ran twenty-five or thirty versts before sunset. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Suddenly coming from behind a hill, eight versts from the fortress, appeared new groups of horsemen, and soon the whole steppe was covered by men armed with lances and arrows. Marie; a story of Russian love The rivers rose above their banks and overflowed the meadows, and with them the roads, for dozens of versts around. Letters of Anton Chekhov They walk seven versts from the city to our place. Mother The day I landed a battle had been fought, which had proved disastrous, and resulted in a hurried retirement to twelve versts to the rear of Kraevesk. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia We had good horses, good drivers, and generally good roads for the first hundred versts. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The fort he commanded was only twenty-five versts from ours, so that from hour to hour we might expect an attack from Pougatcheff. Marie; a story of Russian love I have driven with horses more than four thousand versts. Letters of Anton Chekhov We have a woman teacher, too, about seven versts from the village. Mother Well-fed horses in saddle-cloths fly through the frost at the rate of twenty versts an hour; in the carriages sit ladies muffled in round cloaks, and carefully tending their flowers and head-dresses. What to Do? For the first thousand versts, to Krasnoyarsk, I arranged to travel with a young officer of engineers whose baggage consisted of two or three hundred pounds of geological specimens. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Well-fed horses in saddle-cloths fly through the frost at the rate of twenty versts an hour; in the carriages sit ladies muffled in round cloaks, and carefully tending their flowers and head-dresses. What to Do? Thoughts Evoked By the Census of Moscow I have come a thousand versts down the Amur already, and have seen a million gorgeous landscapes; I feel giddy with ecstasy…. Letters of Anton Chekhov The barges stood opposite a large village, near a pine forest, about two versts distant from the shore. The Man Who Was Afraid I verily believe that if the lumber-room had been a couple of versts away, and the frame twice as heavy as it was, I should have been the more pleased. Youth At the church or monastery six versts away, I overtook our party. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life And a heavy shower of rain came on, too, and Dounia, insulted and put to shame, had to drive with a peasant in an open cart all the seventeen versts into town. Crime and Punishment I have come more than a thousand versts down the Amur and seen a million landscapes, and you know before the Amur there was Lake Baikal, Transbaikalia…. Letters of Anton Chekhov And Foma was at this time about four hundred versts away from his godfather, in a village hut, on the shore of the Volga. The Man Who Was Afraid Twelve versts are a third of thirty-six, and in all there are forty-one to Lipetz. Boyhood Our road for seventy versts lay along the bank of the Angara. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life It is only ninety versts and then they can 'travel very comfortably, third class,' for a thousand versts! Crime and Punishment There in that Paradise I went more than a hundred versts on the railway and gazed at palm forests and bronze women to my heart's content…. Letters of Anton Chekhov No. In fact, it was only this morning, some thirty versts from here, that I overtook her and her companion. Through Russia Yet we were still ten versts from the next village, and in the meanwhile the large purple cloudbank—arisen from no one knows where—was advancing steadily towards us. Boyhood In the morning I learned we had traveled a hundred and sixty versts from Irkutsk. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The distance to the Casino was about half a verst, and our route led us through the Chestnut Avenue until we reached the square directly fronting the building. The Gambler |
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