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 14
... town . It is distressing to have to relate such a circumstance of a man whom , on other grounds , we are inclined to respect . According to the way in which history is usually written , the commission of such acts is not only not ...
... town . It is distressing to have to relate such a circumstance of a man whom , on other grounds , we are inclined to respect . According to the way in which history is usually written , the commission of such acts is not only not ...
Side 15
... town on the con- fines of Ingria and Livonia , which , besieged by Peter's army , surrendered at discretion . Either through accident or design , the Swedes who defended it set fire to the magazine , which so incensed the Russians ...
... town on the con- fines of Ingria and Livonia , which , besieged by Peter's army , surrendered at discretion . Either through accident or design , the Swedes who defended it set fire to the magazine , which so incensed the Russians ...
Side 19
... town , where they pillaged and exercised all the cruelties so common with an infuriate soldiery . Peter ran from street to street , rescued several women from the brutal soldiers , and endeavoured by every means to put an end to vio ...
... town , where they pillaged and exercised all the cruelties so common with an infuriate soldiery . Peter ran from street to street , rescued several women from the brutal soldiers , and endeavoured by every means to put an end to vio ...
Side 20
... town of the Ukraine , in the month of May 1709 , with the remnant of 80,000 men , now numbering 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 ...
... town of the Ukraine , in the month of May 1709 , with the remnant of 80,000 men , now numbering 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 ...
Side 23
... town in Norway . Just in time , according to some historians , to prevent a union with his old opponent the czar to disturb the government of Great Britain . If the mere existence of such a scourge as Charles XII . were not in itself ...
... town in Norway . Just in time , according to some historians , to prevent a union with his old opponent the czar to disturb the government of Great Britain . If the mere existence of such a scourge as Charles XII . were not in itself ...
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