 | Voltaire - 1763 - 288 pàgines
...emiflaries were in. particular employed to ftir up the foldiery againft the Narifkin family, efpecially the two brothers of the young dowager czarina, the mother of Peter the Firft. Thefe perfuaded the Strelitzes, that one of the brothers, named John, bad put on the imperial... | |
 | 1836 - 428 pàgines
...pay, besides considerable presents. Her emissaries were m particular employed to stir up the soldiers against the Nariskin family, especially the two brothers...had put on the imperial robes, had seated himself in the throne, and had attempted to strangle prince John ; adding, moreover, that the late czar Theodore... | |
 | 1836 - 436 pàgines
...pay, besides considerable presents. Her emissaries were in particular employed to stir up the soldiers against the Nariskin family, especially the two brothers...Strelitzes, that one of the brothers, named John, liad put on the imperial robes, had seated himself on the throne, and had attempted to strangle prince... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 pàgines
...parties. Sophia evidently sought some pretence for deposing Peter, and accordingly she employed emissaries to stir up the soldiery against the Nariskin family, especially the two uncles of Peter, spreading a report that one of them had put on the imperial robes, and had attempted... | |
 | Voltaire - 1818 - 420 pàgines
...and merit, WAS entilled to the empire, the reigns of which she intended to keep in her own hands. A t the breaking up of the assembly, she caused a promise...family, especially the two brothers of the young dowager cznrina, the mother of Peter the First. These persuaded the strelitzes, that one of the brothers, named... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 pàgines
...parties. Sophia evidently sought some pretense for deposing Peter, and accordingly she employed emissaries to stir up the soldiery against the Nariskin family, especially the two uncles of Peter, spreading a report that one of them had put on the imperial robes, and had attempted... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 528 pàgines
...parties. Sophia evidently sought some pretence for deposing Peter, and accordingly she employed emissaries to stir up the soldiery against the Nariskin family, especially the two uncles of Peter, spreading a report that one of them had put on the imperial robes, and had attempted... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1870 - 284 pàgines
...parties. Sophia evidently sought some pretence for deposing Peter, and accordingly she employed emissaries to stir up the soldiery against the Nariskin family, especially the two uncles of Peter, spreading a report that one of them had put on the imperial robes, and had attempted... | |
 | Voltaire, Tobias Smollett - 1904 - 348 pàgines
...presents. Her emissaries were in particular employed to stir up the soldiery against the Narishkina family, especially the two brothers of the young dowager...Prince John; adding, moreover, that the late czar Feodor had been poisoned by a villain named Daniel Vongad, a Dutch physician. At last Sophia put into... | |
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Her emissaries were in particular employed to stir up the soldiery against the Nariskin family, especially the two brothers of the young dowager czarina, the mother of Peter the First. These persuaded the strelitzes, that one of the brothers, named John,... 