The History of Russia: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources, Including the Works of Karamsin, Tooke, and Ségur, Volum 1H. G. Bohn, 1854 |
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Pàgina 460 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Pàgina 328 - About half an hour after, the czar with all his attendants withdrew with very dismal countenances: and when they went, the marshal ordered me to attend at the prince's apartment, and in case of any alteration, to inform him immediately thereof. There were at that time two physicians and two surgeons in waiting, with whom and the officers on guard I dined on what had been dressed for the prince's dinner.
Pàgina 438 - Remove from Berlin with the royal family. Let the archives be carried to Potsdam. The town may make conditions with the enemy.
Pàgina 108 - Would you give up Russia to fire and sword, and the churches to plunder ? and whither would you fly ? Can you soar like the eagle? Will you fix your nest amidst the stars? The Lord will cast you down from even that asylum ! No ! you will not desert us ; you will blush at the name of fugitive, and traitor to your country...
Pàgina 435 - Eussians from their entrenchments. In two hours expect to hear of a glorious victory." This news arrived at Berlin just as the post was going out, and the friends of the king of Prussia throughout Europe exulted in a certain and conclusive victory.
Pàgina 462 - ... and in the most solemn manner, to the Russian empire and to the whole universe, that I for ever renounce the government of the said empire, never desiring hereafter to reign therein, either as an absolute sovereign or under any other form of government ; never wishing to aspire thereto, or to use any means, of any sort, for that purpose. As a pledge of which, I swear sincerely, before God and all the world, to this present renunciation. Written and signed this 29th of June (os), 1762.
Pàgina 370 - Russia, then our policy will be to set one against the other, and make them tear each other to pieces. Russia must then watch for and seize the favourable moment, and pour her already assembled hosts into Germany, while two immense fleets, laden with Asiatic hordes, and convoyed by the armed squadrons of the Euxine and the Baltic, set sail simultaneously from the Sea of Asof and the harbour of Archangel. "Sweeping along the Mediterranean and the Atlantic they will overrun France on the one side while...
Pàgina 368 - Nile, which at certain seasons fertilises the arid soil of Egypt. He adds that Russia, which he found a brook, and should leave a river, must, under his successors, grow to a mighty sea, destined to fertilise worn-out Europe, and that its waves would advance over all obstacles, if his successors were only capable of guiding the stream. On this account he leaves behind him for their use the following rules, which he recommends to their attention and constant study, even as Moses consigned his tables...
Pàgina 326 - If his majesty is inclined to punish the delinquent according to his actions and the measure of his guilt, he has before him examples from the Old Testament : if he be inclined to spare, he has the pattern of Christ himself, kindly receiving the penitent prodigal, dismissing the woman taken in adultery, who, by the law, was to be stoned ; and delighting in mercy more than sacrifice. He has the example of David, who is solicitous for the safety of Absalom his son, though an open rebel, recommending...
Pàgina 243 - Fort's regiment into Italy, most of them to Venice, and the rest to Leghorn, in order to learn the art of navigation, and the...