Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia: A Study of Historical Biography, Volume 2C. Scribner's sons, 1884 |
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Pagina 75
... Azof . The Russians were hated by the Poles , and murders were not infrequent . A petty nobleman , Wiezicki , living in Dub , invited to his house a party of officers and soldiers of the Seménofsky regiment , thirteen in all , who were ...
... Azof . The Russians were hated by the Poles , and murders were not infrequent . A petty nobleman , Wiezicki , living in Dub , invited to his house a party of officers and soldiers of the Seménofsky regiment , thirteen in all , who were ...
Pagina 113
... Azof and Taganróg , where he celebrated Easter . The recurrence of his old fever forced him again to shut himself up for three weeks and take a course of medicine . The spring thaw and the melting of the great mass of snow on the ...
... Azof and Taganróg , where he celebrated Easter . The recurrence of his old fever forced him again to shut himself up for three weeks and take a course of medicine . The spring thaw and the melting of the great mass of snow on the ...
Pagina 116
... Azof across the steppe , arrived on June 15 , and took the chief command . New spirit , if that was wanting , was infused into the garrison ; skirmishing was actively carried on , and by the capture of Suvigárof about 2,000 Russian ...
... Azof across the steppe , arrived on June 15 , and took the chief command . New spirit , if that was wanting , was infused into the garrison ; skirmishing was actively carried on , and by the capture of Suvigárof about 2,000 Russian ...
Pagina 137
... Azof . Prince Matthew Gagárin , the former commandant of Moscow , was made the Governor of Siberia , by far the largest province . One of the duties specially enjoined upon them was to see that the whole of the revenue was sent to the ...
... Azof . Prince Matthew Gagárin , the former commandant of Moscow , was made the Governor of Siberia , by far the largest province . One of the duties specially enjoined upon them was to see that the whole of the revenue was sent to the ...
Pagina 139
... Azof , Voronezh , and St. Petersburg , and more than all the constant drain of men for recruits ; all these brought both peasants and proprietors to the verge of ruin . A few measures show a certain amount of solicitude on the part of ...
... Azof , Voronezh , and St. Petersburg , and more than all the constant drain of men for recruits ; all these brought both peasants and proprietors to the verge of ruin . A few measures show a certain amount of solicitude on the part of ...
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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.