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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... Peter the third undertook to form a communication between them ; but an ir- ruption of the Tartars defeated this noble pro- ject , which was never afterwards resumed . The Neiper , or Boristhenes , is also a consi- derable river , which ...
... Peter the third undertook to form a communication between them ; but an ir- ruption of the Tartars defeated this noble pro- ject , which was never afterwards resumed . The Neiper , or Boristhenes , is also a consi- derable river , which ...
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... Peter the Great having conquered the adjoining territory , was induced by the commodious situation of this spot for the Baltic trade , to build a town and fortress . This design he carried into immediate execu- tion . His original ...
... Peter the Great having conquered the adjoining territory , was induced by the commodious situation of this spot for the Baltic trade , to build a town and fortress . This design he carried into immediate execu- tion . His original ...
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... Peter had left imperfect . Pe- tersburgh , which is situated in 59 degrees and 57 minutes of north latitude , and in 31 degrees of east longitude from London , is now reckoned one of the largest and most elegant cities in Eu- rope . It ...
... Peter had left imperfect . Pe- tersburgh , which is situated in 59 degrees and 57 minutes of north latitude , and in 31 degrees of east longitude from London , is now reckoned one of the largest and most elegant cities in Eu- rope . It ...
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... Peter the Great , the Rus- sians were scarcely ranked among the civilized nations of Europe ; but that prince , by a happy temperature of mildness and severity , induced wonderful and laudable changes in the manners of the people . The ...
... Peter the Great , the Rus- sians were scarcely ranked among the civilized nations of Europe ; but that prince , by a happy temperature of mildness and severity , induced wonderful and laudable changes in the manners of the people . The ...
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... Peter the first , who at that time possesed the throne of Russia , in order to prevent such revolts for the future , sent a strong detachment into the little islands of the Nieper , whither the Cossacs had fled with their families and ...
... Peter the first , who at that time possesed the throne of Russia , in order to prevent such revolts for the future , sent a strong detachment into the little islands of the Nieper , whither the Cossacs had fled with their families and ...
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