Travelogues; . SUNSHINE ST. PETERSBURG 33 Along the Quay of the Palace there passes every after-noon the swift parade of the nobility, diplomacy, and wealthof Petersburg, in superb carriages, drawn, the greater part ofthem, by coal-black horses urged to a thundering trot by theimpassive monumental coachmen. With arms at full lengththey appear literally to push upon the rigid reins, and witheyes fixed always half a block ahead, shout imperatively with. PALATIAL FACADES military accent, Prava f prava ! to warn all slowervehicles to keep well to the right. The rear elevation of the wo
Travelogues; . SUNSHINE ST. PETERSBURG 33 Along the Quay of the Palace there passes every after-noon the swift parade of the nobility, diplomacy, and wealthof Petersburg, in superb carriages, drawn, the greater part ofthem, by coal-black horses urged to a thundering trot by theimpassive monumental coachmen. With arms at full lengththey appear literally to push upon the rigid reins, and witheyes fixed always half a block ahead, shout imperatively with. PALATIAL FACADES military accent, Prava f prava ! to warn all slowervehicles to keep well to the right. The rear elevation of the world-famous Hermitage museumrises from this same quay. The stately entrance-portal adornsthe opposite fagade upon the street called the Millionnaia, aname suggestive of the value of the treasures contained withinthis marvelous museum. The Hermitage might well be 3 34 ST. PETERSBURG X , X,-*, ^^mfrWM f!
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