The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... called Russia by the name of Mus- covy , from the city of Moscow , the capital of that empire , and the residence of the grand dukes ; but at present the ancient name of Russia prevails . It is not my business in this place to inquire ...
... called Russia by the name of Mus- covy , from the city of Moscow , the capital of that empire , and the residence of the grand dukes ; but at present the ancient name of Russia prevails . It is not my business in this place to inquire ...
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... called port glaives , or sword - bearers , who were afterwards incorporated in the Teutonic order , made them- selves masters of this province in the thirteenth century , at the time when the fury of the crusades armed the Christians ...
... called port glaives , or sword - bearers , who were afterwards incorporated in the Teutonic order , made them- selves masters of this province in the thirteenth century , at the time when the fury of the crusades armed the Christians ...
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... called Auringa , in the Lapland tongue Beve . Here is not the least analogy . The inhabitants of Finland , and Swedish Lapland , formerly wor shipped an idol whom they called Iumalac , and since the reign of Gustavus Adolphus , to whom ...
... called Auringa , in the Lapland tongue Beve . Here is not the least analogy . The inhabitants of Finland , and Swedish Lapland , formerly wor shipped an idol whom they called Iumalac , and since the reign of Gustavus Adolphus , to whom ...
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... called the Chinese town , where all the rarities of China are exhibited ; the spa- cious quarter of the Kremlin , where stood the palace of the czars ; the gilded domes , the lofty and conspicuous turrets ; and , lastly , the prodi ...
... called the Chinese town , where all the rarities of China are exhibited ; the spa- cious quarter of the Kremlin , where stood the palace of the czars ; the gilded domes , the lofty and conspicuous turrets ; and , lastly , the prodi ...
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... called , by the Rus- sians , Woronesteh at the mouth of the river of the same name , which falls into the Don , Peter the Great built his first fleet ; an undertaking which was at that time entirely new to the inha- bitants of these ...
... called , by the Rus- sians , Woronesteh at the mouth of the river of the same name , which falls into the Don , Peter the Great built his first fleet ; an undertaking which was at that time entirely new to the inha- bitants of these ...
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Page 17 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home : Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
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