From the first her society bored Peter unspeakably, and after the birth of their second, shortlived son Alexander, he practically deserted her.
From the first her society bored Peter unspeakably, and, after the birth of their second short-lived son Alexander, on the 3rd of October 1691, he practically deserted her.
He was so ungainly, so pimply about the head, so scaly about the legs, yet so serene, so unspeakably satisfied !
He was so ungainly, so pimply about the head, so scaly about the legs, yet so serene, so unspeakably satisfied!
Hitherto, by his own showing, the private life of the young tsar had been unspeakably abominable, but his sensitive conscience (he was naturally religious) induced him, in 1550, to summon a Zemsky Sobor or national assembly, the first of its kind, to which he made a curious public confession of the sins of his youth, and at the same time promised that the realm of Russia (for whose dilapidation he blamed the boyar regents) should henceforth be governed justly and mercifully.
The great attraction of Darjeeling is its scenery, which is unspeakably grand.
The place became an asylum for lepers and the caring for them began to be a charity under government charge in 1866; but conditions here were at first unspeakably unhygienic, their improvement being largely due to Father Damien, who devoted himself to this work in 1873.
Who would not be early to rise, and rise earlier and earlier every successive day of his life, till he became unspeakably healthy, wealthy, and wise?