The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Том 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... began to dispute for the possession of this province . Soon afterwards it was invaded by the Swedes , and for a long while continued to be ravaged by these several powers . Gustavus Adolphus having con- quered it , it was then ceded to ...
... began to dispute for the possession of this province . Soon afterwards it was invaded by the Swedes , and for a long while continued to be ravaged by these several powers . Gustavus Adolphus having con- quered it , it was then ceded to ...
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... began two days after the interment of Theodore , when they all ran to arms in the Cremelin , which is the im- perial palace at Moscow . There they began with accusing nine of their colonels , for keeping back part of their pay . The ...
... began two days after the interment of Theodore , when they all ran to arms in the Cremelin , which is the im- perial palace at Moscow . There they began with accusing nine of their colonels , for keeping back part of their pay . The ...
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... began to throw stones at one another . The council ended with ordering * Here M. de Voltaire seems to have greatly mis- taken the sense of this word . Raspop not being a pro- per name , in which sense he takes it , but signifies a ...
... began to throw stones at one another . The council ended with ordering * Here M. de Voltaire seems to have greatly mis- taken the sense of this word . Raspop not being a pro- per name , in which sense he takes it , but signifies a ...
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... began by jumping into the water , notwithstanding the horror he felt at it , till at length this aversion was changed into a fondness for that element . * * We find , in the memoirs of count Strahlemberg , a Swedish officer , who was ...
... began by jumping into the water , notwithstanding the horror he felt at it , till at length this aversion was changed into a fondness for that element . * * We find , in the memoirs of count Strahlemberg , a Swedish officer , who was ...
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... began with forming , at his country seat at Preobrazinski , a company of fifty of his youngest domestics ; and some young gentlemen , the sons of boyards , were chosen for their officers ; but , in order to teach these young noblemen a ...
... began with forming , at his country seat at Preobrazinski , a company of fifty of his youngest domestics ; and some young gentlemen , the sons of boyards , were chosen for their officers ; but , in order to teach these young noblemen a ...
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