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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... treaty , and joined Charles the twelfth of Sweden . 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 ...
... treaty , and joined Charles the twelfth of Sweden . 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 ...
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... treaty which had been before concluded , set sail for Constantinople . His sole aim , and that of the troops who composed his army , was to plunder and destroy wherever they came . He ravaged Paphlagonia , Pontus , and Bythinia ; and ...
... treaty which had been before concluded , set sail for Constantinople . His sole aim , and that of the troops who composed his army , was to plunder and destroy wherever they came . He ravaged Paphlagonia , Pontus , and Bythinia ; and ...
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... treaty , however , was a weak barrier against ambition ; and the Russians found enemies in their new allies . Basilius Demetri- witz had a son called after himself , to whom the Sovereignty ought naturally to have descended ; but the ...
... treaty , however , was a weak barrier against ambition ; and the Russians found enemies in their new allies . Basilius Demetri- witz had a son called after himself , to whom the Sovereignty ought naturally to have descended ; but the ...
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... treaty of marriage for the princess 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 ...
... treaty of marriage for the princess 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 ...
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... treaties , even though they were not entirely in his favour . Considering the age in which he lived , his mind was well in- formed . He was tolerant in matters of religion , and would suffer none to be persecuted , on ac- count of the ...
... treaties , even though they were not entirely in his favour . Considering the age in which he lived , his mind was well in- formed . He was tolerant in matters of religion , and would suffer none to be persecuted , on ac- count of the ...
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