EMPIRE 0E THE CZAR.
CHAPTER XXVII.
ENGLISH CLUB.REUNION OF NATIONS.PECULIAR CHARACTER
OF ARCHITECTURE IN MOSCOW. OBSERVATION OF MADAME DE
STAËL.ADVANTAGE OF OBSCURE TRAVELLERS.—KITAIGOROD.
MADONNA OF VIVIELSKI. CHURCH OF VASSILI BLAGENNOÏ. —
THE HOLY GATE.ADVANTAGE OF FAITH OVER DOUBT.CHURCH
f)F THE ASSUMPTION. FOREIGN ARTISTS.TOWER OF JOHN
THE GREAT. —CONVENT OF THE ASCENSIONINTERIOR OF THE
TREASURY. CROWNS AND THRONES, TREASURES OF THE
CZARS. — A CONTRAST. MOORISH PALACE.NEW WORKS AT
THE KREMLIN. —DESECRATION OF THE FORTRESS. ERROR OF
THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS. RESTORATION OF THE CAPITAL TO
MOSCOW.VIEW OF MOSCOW FROM THE KREMLIN. — RECOL
LECTIONS OF THE FRENCH ARMY. —OBSERVATION OF NAPOLEON.
— DANGER OF HEROISM IN RUSSIA. ROSTOPCIIIN.THE FALL
OF NAPOLEON. — REVIEW OF HIS CHARACTER
The inflammation of my eye being reduced, I left my prison yesterday, in order to dine at the English club. It is a species of restaurateur, to which there is no admission except through the introduction of a member of the society, which is composed of the most distinguished people in ]Víu`cow. The institution is
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