 ... social consideration. Such ideas appear to the ordinary Russian noble absurd and ridiculous. Hence there is a certain amount of truth in the oftrepeated saying that there is in reality no aristocracy in Russia. Certainly the Noblesse as a whole cannot...  Russia. Popular ed - Sivu 280tekijä(t) sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace - 1885Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1877 - 812 sivua
...is proud of his birth, or imagines that the fact of his having a long pedigree gives him any.right to political privileges or social consideration. Such...and general culture rather than pedigree or blood. Though it has no peculiar legal privileges, its actual position in the Administration and at Court... | |
 | 1877 - 938 sivua
...saying that thero is in reality no aristocracy in Russia. " Certainly the Noblesso as a whole cannot bo called an aristocracy. If the term is to be used at...and general culture rather than pedigree or blood. Though it has no peculiar legal privileges, its actual position in the Administration and at Court... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1877 - 636 sivua
...term which, if used at all, should be limited to a group of families that cluster around the courts and form the highest ranks of the noblesse. This social...and general culture rather than pedigree or blood. To a considerable extent it takes the English aristocracy as its model, and harbours the secret hope... | |
 | Courtney Stanhope Kenny, Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence - 1878 - 264 sivua
...imagines that the fact of his having a long pedigree gives him any right to political privileges or to social consideration. Such ideas appear to the ordinary...and general culture, rather than pedigree or blood Though it has no peculiar privileges, its actual position in the Administration and at Court gives... | |
 | Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence - 1878 - 192 sivua
...imagines that the fact of his having a long pedigree gives him any right to political privileges or to social consideration. Such ideas appear to the ordinary...and general culture, rather than pedigree or blood Though it has no peculiar privileges, its actual position in the Administration and at Court gives... | |
 | Henrietta M. Chester - 1881 - 476 sivua
...better knowledge of Russian society than any other living author, states that " if the term aristocracy is to be used at all, it must be applied to a group...and general culture, rather than pedigree or blood. ... It takes rather the English aristocracy as its model, and harbours the secret hope of one day obtaining... | |
 | Nevin Otto Winter - 1913 - 648 sivua
...and there are thousands in that rank who do not possess a title. The real aristocracy is doubtless a group of families which cluster around the court, and form the highest rank of titled class. The real basis of an aristocracy is official rank, rather than blood or pedigree.... | |
 | 1877 - 936 sivua
...of Russians who are proud of their wealth, of their culture, or of their official position, but wo scarcely ever find a Russian who is proud of his birth,...and general culture rather than pedigree or blood. Though it has no peculiar legal privileges, its actual position in the Administration and at Court... | |
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