The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... king- dom , called Great Permia , and since Solikam , was the staple for the merchandises of Persia , and the furs of Tartary . There has been found in Per- mia a great quantity of the coin of the first Caliphs , and some Tartarian ...
... king- dom , called Great Permia , and since Solikam , was the staple for the merchandises of Persia , and the furs of Tartary . There has been found in Per- mia a great quantity of the coin of the first Caliphs , and some Tartarian ...
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... king's garden , my memoirs say , that this race of people is entirely unknown to the Russians . All the southern part of these countries is peo- pled by numerous hordes of Tartars . The ancient Turks came from this part of Tartary to ...
... king's garden , my memoirs say , that this race of people is entirely unknown to the Russians . All the southern part of these countries is peo- pled by numerous hordes of Tartars . The ancient Turks came from this part of Tartary to ...
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... king , under his son's name . If such a government appears extraordinary to strangers , the marriages of czar Michael Roma- now will seem still more so . The Russian princes had never intermarried with foreign states since the year 1490 ...
... king , under his son's name . If such a government appears extraordinary to strangers , the marriages of czar Michael Roma- now will seem still more so . The Russian princes had never intermarried with foreign states since the year 1490 ...
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... king of Poland from the throne ; placed that crown on the head of Stanislaus , and then stript him of it ; which made Charles XII . king of Sweden , the first of conquerors for nine years , and the most unfortu- nate of kings for nine ...
... king of Poland from the throne ; placed that crown on the head of Stanislaus , and then stript him of it ; which made Charles XII . king of Sweden , the first of conquerors for nine years , and the most unfortu- nate of kings for nine ...
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... king Augustus to assist him with thirty thousand men ; and , from his work- loft , issued out orders to his army that was assem- bled in the Ukraine against the Turks . 11th Aug. 1697. ] His troops gained a victory over the Tartars near ...
... king Augustus to assist him with thirty thousand men ; and , from his work- loft , issued out orders to his army that was assem- bled in the Ukraine against the Turks . 11th Aug. 1697. ] His troops gained a victory over the Tartars near ...
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