The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... arrived at that port , after a most fatiguing and dangerous na- vigation , the czar Alexis was no more ; the govern- ment was changed , and Russia in confusion . The governor of Archangel suffered Verstin , Le Fort , and his whole troop ...
... arrived at that port , after a most fatiguing and dangerous na- vigation , the czar Alexis was no more ; the govern- ment was changed , and Russia in confusion . The governor of Archangel suffered Verstin , Le Fort , and his whole troop ...
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... arrived at Amsterdam . The czar reached this city fifteen days before the ambassadors . At his first coming , he ... arrival , not * Precop , or Perekop , once a fortress on the Isth- mus , which joins the peninsula of Crim Tartary to ...
... arrived at Amsterdam . The czar reached this city fifteen days before the ambassadors . At his first coming , he ... arrival , not * Precop , or Perekop , once a fortress on the Isth- mus , which joins the peninsula of Crim Tartary to ...
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... arrived , too late to assist the besieged , being both attacked and taken by the czar . His journal says , that , as a reward for his service , " The captain of bombar- diers was created knight of the order of St. An- drew by admiral ...
... arrived , too late to assist the besieged , being both attacked and taken by the czar . His journal says , that , as a reward for his service , " The captain of bombar- diers was created knight of the order of St. An- drew by admiral ...
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... arrived in season , and he was obliged to raise the siege . His rival , Charles XII . did not in fact make any conquests , though he gained so many battles : he was at that time in pursuit of king Augustus in Saxony , being always more ...
... arrived in season , and he was obliged to raise the siege . His rival , Charles XII . did not in fact make any conquests , though he gained so many battles : he was at that time in pursuit of king Augustus in Saxony , being always more ...
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... arrived within a few leagues of Grodno in Lithuania , is informed of the czar's being there in person with a body of troops ; upon which , without staying to deliberate , he takes only eight hundred of his guards , and sets out for ...
... arrived within a few leagues of Grodno in Lithuania , is informed of the czar's being there in person with a body of troops ; upon which , without staying to deliberate , he takes only eight hundred of his guards , and sets out for ...
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