The history of the northern war; commencing in 1812, to the Congress at Vienna in 18151815 |
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... person- ally with their advance and the devastation of the country ; but , also surrounded by nobles , whose interest it was to be at peace with England , and who , therefore , would not permit him to listen . to any terms which ...
... person- ally with their advance and the devastation of the country ; but , also surrounded by nobles , whose interest it was to be at peace with England , and who , therefore , would not permit him to listen . to any terms which ...
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... persons were appointed to set fire to the city in different quarters , and , that the fire might not be extinguished , all the fire engines had been re- moved or destroyed . But before the governor of Moscow had recourse to this ...
... persons were appointed to set fire to the city in different quarters , and , that the fire might not be extinguished , all the fire engines had been re- moved or destroyed . But before the governor of Moscow had recourse to this ...
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... persons for the church . The specimens delivered annually at public exercises on appointed theses , and in Latin , Greek , Russ , and German poetry , which are printed in honour of the name - feast of its founder and patron , the ...
... persons for the church . The specimens delivered annually at public exercises on appointed theses , and in Latin , Greek , Russ , and German poetry , which are printed in honour of the name - feast of its founder and patron , the ...
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... persons . In the galleries and halls of the public theatre masquerades are frequently given . A silk manu- factory of 24 looms and 65 master workmen , and 4 manufactories of playing - cards . The largest and finest streets are - the ...
... persons . In the galleries and halls of the public theatre masquerades are frequently given . A silk manu- factory of 24 looms and 65 master workmen , and 4 manufactories of playing - cards . The largest and finest streets are - the ...
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... person , the offence is rarely forgiven ; they will afterwards persecute the deserter by every means of revenge ... persons who were victims of their own good nature , in having accepted invitations which decoyed them from the table ...
... person , the offence is rarely forgiven ; they will afterwards persecute the deserter by every means of revenge ... persons who were victims of their own good nature , in having accepted invitations which decoyed them from the table ...
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Page 580 - Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive — a will, despotic in its dictates — an energy...
Page 580 - A mind, bold, independent, and decisive — a will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest, marked the outline of this extraordinary character — the most extraordinary, perhaps, that, in the annals of this world, ever rose, or reigned, or fell.
Page 581 - ... despotism. A professed catholic, he imprisoned the pope ; a pretended patriot, he impoverished the country ; and, in the name of Brutus, he grasped without remorse, and wore without shame, the diadem of the Caesars ! Through this pantomime of policy, fortune played the clown to his caprices. At his touch, crowns...
Page 581 - Nature had no obstacles that he did not surmount ; space no opposition that he did not spurn : and whether amid Alpine rocks, Arabian sands, or polar snows, he seemed proof against peril, and empowered with ubiquity! The whole continent of Europe trembled at beholding the audacity of his designs, and the miracle of their execution.
Page 581 - ... promulgate; in the hope of a dynasty, he upheld the crescent; for the sake of a divorce, he bowed before the Cross; the orphan of St. Louis, he became the adopted child of the Republic...
Page 583 - His fall, like his life, baffled all speculation. In short, his whole history was like a dream to the world, and no man can tell how or why he was awakened from the reverie.
Page 518 - That convention, however, may be terminated with twelve months' notice, at the option of either party. A treaty of amity, navigation, and commerce, between the United States and his majesty the emperor of Austria, king of Hungary and Bohemia...
Page 580 - Subsidiary to this, there was no creed that he did not profess — there was no opinion that he did not promulgate ; in the hope of a dynasty, he upheld the crescent; for the sake of a divorce, he bowed before the cross ; the orphan of St.
Page 582 - Such a medley of contradictions, and, at the same time, such an individual consistency, were never united in the same character. A royalist, a republican, and an emperor; a Mohammedan, a Catholic...
Page 581 - Scepticism bowed to the prodigies of his performance ; romance assumed the air of history ; nor was there aught too incredible for belief, or too fanciful for expectation, when the world saw a subaltern of Corsica waving his imperial flag over her most ancient capitals.