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  • Vassilievna also muttered something, while Fomishka folded his hands across his breast and turned to his wife.

    Virgin Soil 2003

  • "Vera Vassilievna!" he cried in surprise, staring at her as he addressed

    The Precipice Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov 1851

  • Vassilievna also muttered something, while Fomishka folded his hands across his breast and turned to his wife.

    Virgin Soil Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

  • Vassilievna made their appearance from the adjoining room (a bedroom or perhaps the maids 'room) from whence a great bustle and whispering had been going on for some time.

    Virgin Soil Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

  • A girl, Pufka, was kept in the house for entertainment, and the old nurse Vassilievna used to come in during dinner with a dark kerchief on her head, and would relate all the news in her deep voice -- about Napoleon, about the war of 1812, about

    Virgin Soil Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

  • Vassilievna used to come in during dinner with a dark kerchief on her head, and would relate all the news in her deep voice — about Napoleon, about the war of 1812, about Antichrist and white niggers — or else, her chin propped on her hand, with

    Virgin Soil 2003

  • Vassilievna wanted to come home, I asked for the pleasure, "he said looking at Vera with a mixed air of modesty and respect.

    The Precipice Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov 1851

  • Vassilievna which I hope she will like when the time comes. "

    The Precipice Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov 1851

  • Vassilievna are further disturbed, it is still possible, "he added in a low tone," to accept my proposal. "

    The Precipice Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov 1851

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