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"Russia leather" Quotes from Famous Books

... as church mice, I've no doubt. I ought to send her something that'll be practically useful.' And by way of sending something practically useful, Lady Hilda chose at last a handsome silver-topped Russia leather dressing-case. ...

— Philistia • Grant Allen

... him and was surprised. The last rays of the setting sun fell across the open lawn and through the deep windows of the great room, illuminating the tall carved bookcases, the heavily gilt bindings, the rich, dark Russia leather and morocco of the folios. The footsteps of the party fell noiselessly upon the thick carpet and almost insensibly the voices of the visitors dropped to a lower key. A fine large wood fire was burning on the hearth, carefully covered with a metal netting ...

— A Tale of a Lonely Parish • F. Marion Crawford

... flax, linen cloth, linen yarn, Russia leather, tallow, furs, iron, potashes, &c., to an ...

— London in 1731 • Don Manoel Gonzales

... taking off his gloves, he rubbed his hands hard enough to take off their skin as well, if his epidermis had not been tanned and cured like Russia leather,—saving, of course, the perfume of larch-trees and incense. Presently ...

— Eugenie Grandet • Honore de Balzac

... his pocket-book, which, as she observed with some surprise, was of the finest Russia leather. Ferrying must be profitable work, to provide the ferryman with ...

— Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 • Various