Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia: A Study of Historical Biography, Volume 2C. Scribner's sons, 1884 |
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Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia: A Study of Historical Biography, Volume 2 Eugene Schuyler Visualizzazione completa - 1884 |
Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia: A Study of Historical Biography, Volume 2 Eugene Schuyler Visualizzazione completa - 1884 |
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Pagina 500 - Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end ; thus saith the Lord God, Remove the diadem, and take off the crown ; this shall not be the same : exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn ; and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
Pagina 299 - The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Pagina 500 - And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the Lord God ; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
Pagina 164 - But the queen (to the amazement of that despotic court) directed her secretary to inform him, "that she could inflict no punishment upon any, the meanest, of her subjects, unless warranted by the law of the land; and therefore was persuaded that he would not insist upon impossibilities.
Pagina 165 - Moscow, who declared that though Her Majesty could not inflict such a punishment as was required, because of the defect in that particular of the former established constitutions of her kingdom, yet with the unanimous consent of the Parliament she had caused a new Act to be passed to serve as a law for the future.
Pagina 511 - One blame may, we think, be rightly attached to Peter," he says, in one of the few places where he pronounces a judgment on his hero : " that he brought Russia prematurely into the circle of European politics. As to the effect upon Europe, contemporary national rivalries hinder a fair conclusion. As to that upon Russia, there can be but one opinion. The result has been to turn the rulers of Russia away from home affairs and the regular development of home institutions to foreign politics and the...
Pagina 113 - Piper, on the contrary, wrote to his wife : ' The campaign is so difficult and our condition so pitiful that such great misery cannot be described, and is beyond belief...
Pagina 294 - Britain, you must judge. If the Czar be let alone, he " will not only be master of Denmark, but, with the body " of troops which he has still behind on the frontiers of ' Poland, may take quarters where he pleases in Germany.
Pagina 271 - ... of his son's personality. They were not only of independent, but even of opposite natures. "Peter was active, curious, and energetic. Alexis was contemplative and reflective. He was not without intellectual ability, but he liked a quiet life. He preferred reading and thinking. At the age when Peter was making fireworks, building boats, and exercising his comrades in mimic war, Alexis was pondering over the ' Divine Manna,' reading the ' Wonders of God,' reflecting on Thomas a Kempis's ' Imitation...
Pagina 484 - We are on the eve of some sad extremity. The misery increases from day to day, the streets are full of people who try to sell their children.