Russia: Its Rise & Progress, Tragedies, & RevolutionsLongman, 1856 - 500 pages |
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... Ukases were headed , " Michael Feodorovitch , sovereign , czar , and grand - prince of all the Russias , and his father Philaretes , mighty lord and most holy patriarch of all the Russias . " The latter was present at the reception of ...
... Ukases were headed , " Michael Feodorovitch , sovereign , czar , and grand - prince of all the Russias , and his father Philaretes , mighty lord and most holy patriarch of all the Russias . " The latter was present at the reception of ...
Page 181
... ukases , enforced by the rack , the hatchet , and the halter . But he fully comprehended their shortcomings in material arts , with the geographical extension which the country needed in order to its improvement by intimate intercourse ...
... ukases , enforced by the rack , the hatchet , and the halter . But he fully comprehended their shortcomings in material arts , with the geographical extension which the country needed in order to its improvement by intimate intercourse ...
Page 213
... of the remark , he at once desisted . Dolgorouki had the temerity in full senate , when the czar was absent , to suspend the execution of an objectionable ukase . Carrying it away with him , he went to the next church P 3.
... of the remark , he at once desisted . Dolgorouki had the temerity in full senate , when the czar was absent , to suspend the execution of an objectionable ukase . Carrying it away with him , he went to the next church P 3.
Page 214
... ukase , which so satisfied . the czar of its mischievous tendency , that he com- mended the courage of the official , and apologised for his own violence . Comedy followed close upon the heels of tragedy in the rule of Peter ...
... ukase , which so satisfied . the czar of its mischievous tendency , that he com- mended the courage of the official , and apologised for his own violence . Comedy followed close upon the heels of tragedy in the rule of Peter ...
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... ukases the cul- tivation of those arts and sciences which in other countries have ever been of slow and spontaneous growth . We may admit that he conferred advantages upon his country , numerous and positive ; but his plan of national ...
... ukases the cul- tivation of those arts and sciences which in other countries have ever been of slow and spontaneous growth . We may admit that he conferred advantages upon his country , numerous and positive ; but his plan of national ...
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