Nekrasov quotes

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Dean Worth wrote:

> Dear Seelangers,
>      A historian colleague has asked me to try to identify the two following
> citations from Nekrasov, which he thinks may have been cited from memory; I
> use the standard linguistic transliteration:
>      (1) "Chudo ja, Sasha, vidal: Gorstochku russkix soslali v strashnuju
> glush', za raskol, Volju da zemlju im dali, god nezametnu proshel - edut
> tuda kommissary, gljad' - uzh derevnja stoit, rigi, sarai, ambary! V kuznice
> molot stuchit, mel'nicu vystrojat skoro. Uzh zapaslis' muzhiki zverem iz
> temnogo bora, ryboj iz vol'noj reki. Vnov' cherez god pobyvali, novoe chudo
> nashli: zhiteli xleb sobirali s prezhde besplodnoj zemli. Vzrosshie v nravax
> surovyx, sami tvorjat oni sud, rekrutov stavjat zdorovyx, trezvo i chestno
> zhivut, podati platjat do sroka, tol'ko ty im ne meshaj." "Gde zh ta
> derevnja?" "Daleko, imja ej: Tarbagataj, strashnaja glush' za Bajkalom...
> Tak postepenno v polveka vyros ogromnyj posad - Volja i trud cheloveka
> divnye divy tvorjat!"
> (Note that this seems to be verse, not prose - dw)
>      (2) "Na mesto cepej krepostnyx Ljudi pridumali mnogo inyx"
> Please reply off-list to Georg Michels <georg.michels at ucr.edu> with a copy
> to me <dworth at ucla.edu>. Many thanks in advance! Dean Worth

Done.

This site may be of general interest:
<http://www.fplib.ru/literature/19century/nekrasov3.html(opt,mozilla,mac,russian,koi8,ice)>
where visitors can read much of Nekrasov's work, including those cited
above ("Dedushka," 1870, and "Svoboda," 1861).

--
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Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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