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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... nature indicates a happy and pleasing fertility . In the more nor- thern districts , the cold in winter is intolerably severe , and the days are short ; but in summer , the weather is proportionably warm , and the days are pleasant ...
... nature indicates a happy and pleasing fertility . In the more nor- thern districts , the cold in winter is intolerably severe , and the days are short ; but in summer , the weather is proportionably warm , and the days are pleasant ...
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... nature , he besought the Almighty to give the czar the empire of the universe , and to add to his life . the days which had been taken from his own . He died soon after , to the inexpressible grief of Basilowitz . What added to the loss ...
... nature , he besought the Almighty to give the czar the empire of the universe , and to add to his life . the days which had been taken from his own . He died soon after , to the inexpressible grief of Basilowitz . What added to the loss ...
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... nature of the people over whom he ruled , rendered severity necessary ; and their conduct required that punishment should be vi- gorous and exemplary . Many writers have , therefore , represented him as the cruelest of men and worst of ...
... nature of the people over whom he ruled , rendered severity necessary ; and their conduct required that punishment should be vi- gorous and exemplary . Many writers have , therefore , represented him as the cruelest of men and worst of ...
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... nature herself had furnished that unfortunate prince , his proofs fall to the ground . It had been observed in his childhood , that one of his legs was shorter than the other , and that he had a wart under his right eye : the emperor ...
... nature herself had furnished that unfortunate prince , his proofs fall to the ground . It had been observed in his childhood , that one of his legs was shorter than the other , and that he had a wart under his right eye : the emperor ...
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... nature , he plunged into a river , and that element , which had hitherto been the object of his aversion , became one of the prin- cipal theatres of his triumphs . Peter having arrived at Amsterdam , disguised himself , repaired to the ...
... nature , he plunged into a river , and that element , which had hitherto been the object of his aversion , became one of the prin- cipal theatres of his triumphs . Peter having arrived at Amsterdam , disguised himself , repaired to the ...
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