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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... died of hunger or poison . On ascending the throne , Gabriel , disliking his own name , assumed that of Basi- lius Twanowitz . Alexander , king of Poland , thinking that Russia would again be distracted by factions and civil wars ...
... died of hunger or poison . On ascending the throne , Gabriel , disliking his own name , assumed that of Basi- lius Twanowitz . Alexander , king of Poland , thinking that Russia would again be distracted by factions and civil wars ...
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... died soon after , to the inexpressible grief of Basilowitz . What added to the loss both of the czar and the state , was that this prince was de- servedly the object of all their hopes ; his under- brother , Theodore , being of a weak ...
... died soon after , to the inexpressible grief of Basilowitz . What added to the loss both of the czar and the state , was that this prince was de- servedly the object of all their hopes ; his under- brother , Theodore , being of a weak ...
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... died . Such was the end of Boris Gudenow , man of strong parts , great courage , and a perfect master in the art of dissimulation . He seemed formed to govern ; and had it not been for his cruel and tyrannical temper , no prince would ...
... died . Such was the end of Boris Gudenow , man of strong parts , great courage , and a perfect master in the art of dissimulation . He seemed formed to govern ; and had it not been for his cruel and tyrannical temper , no prince would ...
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... dying informing him of the cause of the tumult , he snatched a sabre , with which he would have engaged the conspirators ; but being surrounded on all sides , he leaped from a window , broke his thigh in the fall , and remained helpless ...
... dying informing him of the cause of the tumult , he snatched a sabre , with which he would have engaged the conspirators ; but being surrounded on all sides , he leaped from a window , broke his thigh in the fall , and remained helpless ...
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... died of chagrin , or of poi- son voluntarily taken . A. D. 1610 . The crown was offered to Uladislaus , the son of Sigismund , king of Poland , who , instead of presenting himself to receive it , sent before him an army of Poles , that ...
... died of chagrin , or of poi- son voluntarily taken . A. D. 1610 . The crown was offered to Uladislaus , the son of Sigismund , king of Poland , who , instead of presenting himself to receive it , sent before him an army of Poles , that ...
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