Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801, Band 22Samuel Stansbury and Company, 1803 |
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... Catharine Jagellonica , sister to Sigismund Augustus , king of Poland ; but disagreeing in one of the arti- cles of the matrimonial contract , the Poles , by way of derision , sent him a white mare finely caparisoned . Incensed at this ...
... Catharine Jagellonica , sister to Sigismund Augustus , king of Poland ; but disagreeing in one of the arti- cles of the matrimonial contract , the Poles , by way of derision , sent him a white mare finely caparisoned . Incensed at this ...
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... himself more unfortunate than the Swedish monarch at Pultowa . For the safety of his army and of himself , the czar was indebted to Catharine , who was then his mistress . That woman , who afterwards be- came his $ 6 RUSSIA .
... himself more unfortunate than the Swedish monarch at Pultowa . For the safety of his army and of himself , the czar was indebted to Catharine , who was then his mistress . That woman , who afterwards be- came his $ 6 RUSSIA .
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... Catharine ac- quired an absolute sway over the mind of the emperor . She calmed his impetuosity , consoled him in his anxieties , and watched over his health . She had attended him in his campaign against the Turks . Peter , reduced to ...
... Catharine ac- quired an absolute sway over the mind of the emperor . She calmed his impetuosity , consoled him in his anxieties , and watched over his health . She had attended him in his campaign against the Turks . Peter , reduced to ...
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... Catharine , who had charged herself with the office of prevailing on the em- peror to ratify what had been done , ventured to enter histent , where her efforts were crowned with success . On this occasion she obtained great popu- larity ...
... Catharine , who had charged herself with the office of prevailing on the em- peror to ratify what had been done , ventured to enter histent , where her efforts were crowned with success . On this occasion she obtained great popu- larity ...
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... Catharine , an infant son , who bore his own name , and whom he designed for his successor ; and as it is probable , that the birth of this son had accelerated the prosecution , and increas ed the severity of the proceedings against ...
... Catharine , an infant son , who bore his own name , and whom he designed for his successor ; and as it is probable , that the birth of this son had accelerated the prosecution , and increas ed the severity of the proceedings against ...
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