The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... attacked the Aba . kumists ; but a stop was put to the carnage , by publishing a convocation of a council , which was immediately assembled in a hall of the palace . This took up very little time , for they obliged eve- ry priest they ...
... attacked the Aba . kumists ; but a stop was put to the carnage , by publishing a convocation of a council , which was immediately assembled in a hall of the palace . This took up very little time , for they obliged eve- ry priest they ...
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... attack the convent of Trinity , threatening to destroy every thing that came in their way . The imperial family stood upon their de- fence ; the boyards arm their vassals , all the gen- tlemen flocked in , and a bloody civil war seemed ...
... attack the convent of Trinity , threatening to destroy every thing that came in their way . The imperial family stood upon their de- fence ; the boyards arm their vassals , all the gen- tlemen flocked in , and a bloody civil war seemed ...
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... attacks of the French , who breathed nothing less than the utter subversion of their state . a German colonel , named Verstin , who had ob- tained a commission from Peter's father , the czar Alexis , to raise soldiers in the Netherlands ...
... attacks of the French , who breathed nothing less than the utter subversion of their state . a German colonel , named Verstin , who had ob- tained a commission from Peter's father , the czar Alexis , to raise soldiers in the Netherlands ...
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... attacked by one part of his new troops , and defended by the other . The difference be- tween this fight , and others of ... attack , received a considerable wound . These bloody sports were intended to initiate the young troops into the ...
... attacked by one part of his new troops , and defended by the other . The difference be- tween this fight , and others of ... attack , received a considerable wound . These bloody sports were intended to initiate the young troops into the ...
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... attack the town of Asoph , at the mouth of the Tanais , and at the extremity of the Palus Mæotis , now called the ... attacks against it ; the Rus- sians , in vain , attempted to take it by storm ; and after losing a great number of men ...
... attack the town of Asoph , at the mouth of the Tanais , and at the extremity of the Palus Mæotis , now called the ... attacks against it ; the Rus- sians , in vain , attempted to take it by storm ; and after losing a great number of men ...
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