Note 1
In Russian, “silen.”
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Notes to The Brothers Karamazov — Constance Garnett translation
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Note 2
A proverbial expression in Russia.
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Grushenka.
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i.e. setter dog.
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Probably the public event was the Decabrist plot against the Tsar, of December 1825, in which the most distinguished men in Russia were concerned.—TRANSLATOR’S NOTE.
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When a monk’s body is carried out from the cell to the church and from the church to the graveyard, the canticle “What earthly joy...” is sung. If the deceased was a priest as well…
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i.e. a chime of bells.
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Literally: “Did you get off with a long nose made at you?”—a proverbial expression in Russia for failure.
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Gogol is meant.
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