The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... Czar Peter created , and not to engage in an useless attempt , to clear up the chaos of antiquity . We should always keep in mind , that no family upon earth knows its first founder , and consequently , that no nation knows its first ...
... Czar Peter created , and not to engage in an useless attempt , to clear up the chaos of antiquity . We should always keep in mind , that no family upon earth knows its first founder , and consequently , that no nation knows its first ...
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... czar and his courtiers . These dresses were not manufactured in the country ; and yet , it is evident , that the people might be ren- dered industrious long before that time . In the reign of the czar Boris Godonow , the largest bell ...
... czar and his courtiers . These dresses were not manufactured in the country ; and yet , it is evident , that the people might be ren- dered industrious long before that time . In the reign of the czar Boris Godonow , the largest bell ...
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... czar Alexis , father of Peter I. recovered it again in 1654 , since which time it has always constituted part of the Russian empire . The panegyric of Peter the Great , pronounced in the academy of sciences at Paris , takes notice ...
... czar Alexis , father of Peter I. recovered it again in 1654 , since which time it has always constituted part of the Russian empire . The panegyric of Peter the Great , pronounced in the academy of sciences at Paris , takes notice ...
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... czar ordered to have his hat nailed to his head , for not pulling it off while he was making his speech to him . Others attribute this adventure to a Tartar , and others again to a French ambas- sador . Olearius pretends , that the czar ...
... czar ordered to have his hat nailed to his head , for not pulling it off while he was making his speech to him . Others attribute this adventure to a Tartar , and others again to a French ambas- sador . Olearius pretends , that the czar ...
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... czars . They thought it not enough that their prince walked bare - headed once a year before the patriarch , leading ... czar in the senate , but pretended that neither war nor peace could be made without his consent . His authority was ...
... czars . They thought it not enough that their prince walked bare - headed once a year before the patriarch , leading ... czar in the senate , but pretended that neither war nor peace could be made without his consent . His authority was ...
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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.
Page 16 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes.
Page 16 - But chiefly Love— to Love an Altar built, Of twelve vast French Romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves; And all the trophies of his former loves...
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