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... , and recommending Turkish merchants to his good offices . See Von Hammer's Geschichte , III . 532. From such little errors the English are not free . Porte , happened in the year 1569. Just thirteen years 1830. ] 27 Russia and Turkey .
... , and recommending Turkish merchants to his good offices . See Von Hammer's Geschichte , III . 532. From such little errors the English are not free . Porte , happened in the year 1569. Just thirteen years 1830. ] 27 Russia and Turkey .
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Porte , happened in the year 1569. Just thirteen years before this invasion , the Russian czar , Ivan the Terrible , had succeeded in conquering the kingdom of Astracan . The Porte on the con- trary held Azoph , the country round the ...
Porte , happened in the year 1569. Just thirteen years before this invasion , the Russian czar , Ivan the Terrible , had succeeded in conquering the kingdom of Astracan . The Porte on the con- trary held Azoph , the country round the ...
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... Porte in 1570 , by a Rus- sian embassy . Yet it was remarked and remembered , that Se- lim , in giving audience to the Muscovite envoy , neglected to in- quire after the health of the czar , and took no concern for the hospitable ...
... Porte in 1570 , by a Rus- sian embassy . Yet it was remarked and remembered , that Se- lim , in giving audience to the Muscovite envoy , neglected to in- quire after the health of the czar , and took no concern for the hospitable ...
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... Porte . A war ensued between the czar and the republic of Poland , and ended with a compro- mise exceedingly favourable to the Russians . It remained to se- cure the country of those , who , in the first instance , had submit- ted to ...
... Porte . A war ensued between the czar and the republic of Poland , and ended with a compro- mise exceedingly favourable to the Russians . It remained to se- cure the country of those , who , in the first instance , had submit- ted to ...
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... Porte renounced every claim to the Ukraine and to Tchiriquin , and guarantied Russia against any invasion from the khan of the Crimea ; and finally the Tar- tars ceded several places to Russia , as dependencies of Kiev . The plain ...
... Porte renounced every claim to the Ukraine and to Tchiriquin , and guarantied Russia against any invasion from the khan of the Crimea ; and finally the Tar- tars ceded several places to Russia , as dependencies of Kiev . The plain ...
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Page 102 - The purposes for which men enter into society will determine the nature and terms of the social compact ; and as they are the foundation of the legislative power, they will decide what are the proper objects of it : The nature, and ends of legislative power will limit the exercise of it.
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