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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... victory at Pultowa , and conquered all Li- vonia , was inspired with more sublime ideas . In order , therefore , to gratify a disposition that only gloried in surmounting difficulties , which would have been insuperable to any other man ...
... victory at Pultowa , and conquered all Li- vonia , was inspired with more sublime ideas . In order , therefore , to gratify a disposition that only gloried in surmounting difficulties , which would have been insuperable to any other man ...
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... victory to Catharine , who called upon Denmark for succours , which the court of Copenhagen immediately furnished . Accordingly the Norwegians entered the pro- M 2 vinces vinces of Sweden , and proceeded to lay siege to RUSSIA . 123.
... victory to Catharine , who called upon Denmark for succours , which the court of Copenhagen immediately furnished . Accordingly the Norwegians entered the pro- M 2 vinces vinces of Sweden , and proceeded to lay siege to RUSSIA . 123.
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... victory . Had he pursued this advantage , it is probable he might have given a fatal blow to the order ; but certain cabals that were formed at his court induced him to conclude a treaty of peace with the knights . After a prosperous ...
... victory . Had he pursued this advantage , it is probable he might have given a fatal blow to the order ; but certain cabals that were formed at his court induced him to conclude a treaty of peace with the knights . After a prosperous ...
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... victory over the Turks , who had attacked his dominions . In order to punish a chief of the Cossacs , named Kymielniski , for improper behaviour , the Polish governor surrounded bis house , which he set on fire . The wife and infant son ...
... victory over the Turks , who had attacked his dominions . In order to punish a chief of the Cossacs , named Kymielniski , for improper behaviour , the Polish governor surrounded bis house , which he set on fire . The wife and infant son ...
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... victory . Not more than fifteen thousand of the whole Turk- ish army , which , previously to the commencement of the battle , exceeded three hundred thousand men , effected their escape . The defeat was so complete that , had the Polish ...
... victory . Not more than fifteen thousand of the whole Turk- ish army , which , previously to the commencement of the battle , exceeded three hundred thousand men , effected their escape . The defeat was so complete that , had the Polish ...
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