The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... already remarked , in speaking of Moscow , that this prince encouraged the inhabitants of that city to build a great num- ber of stone houses . He likewise enlarged that capital , and made several useful regulations in the general ...
... already remarked , in speaking of Moscow , that this prince encouraged the inhabitants of that city to build a great num- ber of stone houses . He likewise enlarged that capital , and made several useful regulations in the general ...
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... already described in several examples . A young lady , named Soltikoff , of the family with the nobleman of that name who had been assassinated by the seditious Strelitzes , was sent for from the heart of Siberia , where her father ...
... already described in several examples . A young lady , named Soltikoff , of the family with the nobleman of that name who had been assassinated by the seditious Strelitzes , was sent for from the heart of Siberia , where her father ...
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... already the cou- rage to aim at real sovereignty . La Neuville , the Polish envoy , then resident at Moscow , and who was eye - witness to all that passed , pretends that Sophia and Galitzin had engaged the new chief of the Strelitzes ...
... already the cou- rage to aim at real sovereignty . La Neuville , the Polish envoy , then resident at Moscow , and who was eye - witness to all that passed , pretends that Sophia and Galitzin had engaged the new chief of the Strelitzes ...
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... already erected , in Moscow , some of those arts and manufactures which he was desirous of see- ing established in his empire , and the latter ex- celled in the art of navigation , which he already began to look upon as the most ...
... already erected , in Moscow , some of those arts and manufactures which he was desirous of see- ing established in his empire , and the latter ex- celled in the art of navigation , which he already began to look upon as the most ...
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... already learned the manner of working a ship ; and , not- withstanding the pains his courtiers took to imi- tate their master , he was the only one who made a proficiency in it . He found it no less difficult to raise a well dis ...
... already learned the manner of working a ship ; and , not- withstanding the pains his courtiers took to imi- tate their master , he was the only one who made a proficiency in it . He found it no less difficult to raise a well dis ...
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