The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Том 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... ally to the Hanse Towns . Czar Iwan Wassiliawitsch ( or John Basilowitz ) made a con- quest of it in 1467 , and carried away all its riches , which contributed to the magnificence of the court of Moscow , till then almost unknown . To ...
... ally to the Hanse Towns . Czar Iwan Wassiliawitsch ( or John Basilowitz ) made a con- quest of it in 1467 , and carried away all its riches , which contributed to the magnificence of the court of Moscow , till then almost unknown . To ...
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... ally against the Turks . Peter had a private audience of Leopold , and the two monarchs conferred standing , to avoid the trouble of cere- mony . There happened nothing worthy remark during his stay at Vienna , except the celebration of ...
... ally against the Turks . Peter had a private audience of Leopold , and the two monarchs conferred standing , to avoid the trouble of cere- mony . There happened nothing worthy remark during his stay at Vienna , except the celebration of ...
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... ally in king Augustus , and feeble succours in the Saxon troops ; and the terror which Charles XII . inspired on every side , reduced Peter to the necessity of depending entirely upon his own strength . March 1. After travelling with ...
... ally in king Augustus , and feeble succours in the Saxon troops ; and the terror which Charles XII . inspired on every side , reduced Peter to the necessity of depending entirely upon his own strength . March 1. After travelling with ...
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... ally , the king of Nov. Poland , but sent him a reinforcement of twelve thousand foot , and a subsidy in money of three hundred thousand rubles , which make about one million five hundred thousand French livres . † It has been remarked ...
... ally , the king of Nov. Poland , but sent him a reinforcement of twelve thousand foot , and a subsidy in money of three hundred thousand rubles , which make about one million five hundred thousand French livres . † It has been remarked ...
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... ally with men and money . Cornelius le Bruine , a Dutchman , who was on his travels , and at that time in Russia , and with whom he frequently conversed very freely , as in- deed he did with all strangers , says , that the czar himself ...
... ally with men and money . Cornelius le Bruine , a Dutchman , who was on his travels , and at that time in Russia , and with whom he frequently conversed very freely , as in- deed he did with all strangers , says , that the czar himself ...
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