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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ... sperare, or English doublets such as special and especial. 4. 80 utaioBLixt, i. e., 80 py&ieft. Iiiv.ikobmh,-aro, used as a masculine substantive, the usual popular name for the ruble. On the popular names of the different coins, v. Rem. 46, p. 300. 5. Bnsua, from Biiicho, dim. of Bhho; supply Ha yromoiiie "to offer them", "to treat them with". 6. BocKpecHbwi. at-iout "on a Sunday", "one of these Sundays"; on the meaning of /rb-io, cf. p. 45 n. 6. Russian peasants willingly work on a Sunday to help their neighbors with urgent jobs, but they take no pay for it--3a Oho yroujcHie. /!'.."xxvni Ox5ia nyin,e Hcbojih. (Pa3CKi#B ox6THnKa.)1 Mm 6mjth Ha oxorfc2 3a iweBlvpiMH8. ToBapmnj npnnuocb4 crp-kiHTb no Mcabam)5; Ohl paraijn ero,,a;a Bt iisir 1. The author himself was the hero of this hunting story; he still bears on his forehead the scar of the wound made by the bear. Oxora nyine new'an "sport i9 more than compulsion": one does more for mere pleasure, than one would do under compulsion: there is no accounting for what anyone calls pleasure. There is a play on words which cannot be translated, oxoTa (root Xot-) meaning at the same time "desire", "pleasure", and "sport" (i. e., hunting and shooting): oxoTa Kt lesjy "the desire for something"; a CBoeit oxiVroft ny, v. p. 73 n. 10; oxoTa 3a 3artuani or Ha 3attuein (generally the plural in this expression) "harehunt". There is a quite similar development of meaning in the word oxoTHJim., properly "volunteer" (one who acts voluntarily: wit, Kto Cbooh oxoToft iuen,, AtiicTByeTb); then "amateur", "lover of: Oxmthhki ao MysiJKK 'a lover of music"; 6m Ox6thhki cnopan "he likes ...
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About the Author:
Paul Boyer is Merle Curti Professor of History and director of the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include "When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture".
Nikolai Tolstoy is a highly recognized and acclaimed historian and biographer. He was the sole beneficiary of his stepfather's will and is one of the trustees of O'Brian's estate.
Nikolai Tolstoy is a highly recognized and acclaimed historian and biographer. He was the sole beneficiary of his stepfather's will and is one of the trustees of O'Brian's estate.
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- PublisherRarebooksclub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1231134992
- ISBN 13 9781231134993
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages64
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