Excerpt from The Theatre, Vol. 2: A Monthly Review of the Drama, Music, and the Fine Arts; July to December, 1883 Russia the friars are millionaires, and though professing asceticism, they live on the fat of the land the purest chateau-yquem and the finest Lafitte will be given to the guest on certain occa sions, though their holinesses will take special, care to call the finest products of the best-known vintages mere. Kvass, and expect a liberal subscription to the expenses of the establishment. But: the mention of such ...
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Excerpt from The Theatre, Vol. 2: A Monthly Review of the Drama, Music, and the Fine Arts; July to December, 1883 Russia the friars are millionaires, and though professing asceticism, they live on the fat of the land the purest chateau-yquem and the finest Lafitte will be given to the guest on certain occa sions, though their holinesses will take special, care to call the finest products of the best-known vintages mere. Kvass, and expect a liberal subscription to the expenses of the establishment. But: the mention of such vintages gives us an appetite. So come and dine with me at the Hermitage Restaurant. On this Side you will find dozens of elegant little salons for supper-parties and Should you wish to come in from the country for a night, with a wife bent on opera or ball, with supper to finish, you can have suites Of apartments, salon c/zamb're (i coat/267 and included, with every luxury in furniture and feeding, for a less price than at the hotels. On another Side will be found Russian baths revelling in marble and mirrors. Here, with all the accessories Petronius could imagine or Catullus describe, there are no magistrates to ring a curfew bell, or say when a man's appetite is to be choked Off and the place can scarcely be said to close from year's end to year's end. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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