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 | | As far as I can form an idea of her character, she was not very intelligent, poorly educated--like all at that time, she knew French better than Russian (and to this her education was limited)--and exceedingly spoilt, first by her father, then by her husband, and lastly, in my time, by her son. |
 | | First he tells us of the faintly seen features of his mother, supplementing his description by accounts furnished by surviving members of her family; after this he gives his fresher and more exact recollections of his father and of his aunts. |
 | | On February 17, 1826, a son, Sergey, was born; on April 23, 1827, Dmitriy; on August 28, 1828, a third son, Lev. |
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