Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Bind 12,Oplag 104 –Bind 13,Oplag 119William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1846 |
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Side 3
... less remarkable for her great talents than for the wicked and mischievous use she made of them . Peter was but four years old at the time of his father's death , and was for a while little regarded . But the czars married with- out ...
... less remarkable for her great talents than for the wicked and mischievous use she made of them . Peter was but four years old at the time of his father's death , and was for a while little regarded . But the czars married with- out ...
Side 6
... less influence in the empire than Le Fort himself . This was Menzikoff , a youth of the very humblest origin , who sought his fortune in Moscow at the age of fourteen , and became apprentice to a pastry - cook . He used to hawk cakes ...
... less influence in the empire than Le Fort himself . This was Menzikoff , a youth of the very humblest origin , who sought his fortune in Moscow at the age of fourteen , and became apprentice to a pastry - cook . He used to hawk cakes ...
Side 20
... less than 20,000 ! On the 15th of June the czar came up to assist his besieged town ; by a feint , which deceived the Swedes , he succeeded in throwing 2000 men into the place ; and a few days afterwards the famous battle of Pultowa ...
... less than 20,000 ! On the 15th of June the czar came up to assist his besieged town ; by a feint , which deceived the Swedes , he succeeded in throwing 2000 men into the place ; and a few days afterwards the famous battle of Pultowa ...
Side 21
... less of stratagem on the part of the czar than chance movements , which led the Swede on to his ruin , or surely he would not have been blind to the consequences of conduct so similar . To be brief : when Peter had crossed the Pruth ...
... less of stratagem on the part of the czar than chance movements , which led the Swede on to his ruin , or surely he would not have been blind to the consequences of conduct so similar . To be brief : when Peter had crossed the Pruth ...
Side 24
... less than four years , literally of a broken heart , from the neglect , cruelty , and profligacy of her brutal husband . After her death , Peter wrote a letter to his son , which concluded with these words : " I will still wait a little ...
... less than four years , literally of a broken heart , from the neglect , cruelty , and profligacy of her brutal husband . After her death , Peter wrote a letter to his son , which concluded with these words : " I will still wait a little ...
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