That's where there's science for you! There's your school; there alone will you gain sense." (1) The Cossack country beyond (za) the falls (porozhe) of the Dnieper.
"And are they only to remain home a week ?" said the worn old mother sadly and with tears in her eyes.

"The poor boys will have no chance of looking around, no chance of getting acquainted with the home where they were born; there will be no chance for me to get a look at them." "Enough, you've howled quite enough, old woman! A Cossack is not born to run around after women.

You would like to hide them both under your petticoat, and sit upon them as a hen sits on eggs.

Go, go, and let us have everything there is on the table in a trice.

We don't want any dumplings, honey-cakes, poppy-cakes, or any other such messes: give us a whole sheep, a goat, mead forty years old, and as much corn-brandy as possible, not with raisins and all sorts of stuff, but plain scorching corn-brandy, which foams and hisses like mad." Bulba led his sons into the principal room of the hut; and two pretty servant girls wearing coin necklaces, who were arranging the apartment, ran out quickly.