Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801 ...

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R. Phillips, 1803
 

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Стр. 109 - During the short space of my absolute reign over the empire of Russia, I became sensible that I was not able to support so great a burden, and that my abilities were not equal to the task of governing so great an empire, either as a sovereign, or in any other capacity whatever. I also foresaw the great troubles which must...
Стр. 397 - The Frederician Code; or, a Body of Law for the Dominions of the King of Prussia, founded on Reason and the Constitution of the Country.
Стр. 263 - I will take your king in one hand, and a " sword in the other, and conduct him to Moscow, at the head of two hundred thousand men?.
Стр. 87 - Russian nobility and clergy, who condemned that unhappy, though seemingly weak and dissolute prince, to suffer death, — but without prescribing the manner in which it should be inflicted'. The event, however, took place, and suddenly. Alexis was seized with strong convulsions, and expired soon after the dreadful sentence was announced to him ; but whether in consequence of the agony occasioned by such alarming intelligence, or by other means, is uncertain*. We only know, that Peter then had, by...
Стр. 253 - Do not," said she to the states, "compel me to make a choice : should I bear a son, it is equally probable that he might prove a Nero as an Augustus." Christina had an opportunity to display her magnanimity in the early part of her reign. While she was engaged in her devotions in the chapel of the castle at Stockholm, a lunatic rushed through the crowd, and attempted to stab her with a knife. He was seized, and Christina calmly continued her devotions.
Стр. 406 - You will find money enough in the treasury for the public expenses. I trust in God that I shall not long be absent, as I am only gone on a small excursion, in order to teach a young gentleman in the neighbourhood his military exercise !"f Frederic was also accustomed to call the war he was now engaged in, " The lawsuit, in which he had gone, like a bailiff...
Стр. 368 - Rantzau had withdrawn himself, but had stationed an officer in the doorway, who opposed her further passage. Rendered almost frantic by this insult, added to her distress, she seized him by the hair, demanding to see Count Struensee or the king. ' Madam,' said he, ' I only do my duty, and obey my orders. There is no Count Struensee now, nor can your majesty see the king.
Стр. 228 - ... making resistance, took it by assault, and put to the sword the commandant and all his Danes. 15. In a few days, the whole province declared in favour of Gustavus ; the peasants flocked in crowds to his standard ; and, from that moment, the life of this young hero was an uninterrupted series of triumphs and success. At the head of the brave Dalecarlians, he undertook the most perilous enterprises of war; and his efforts were invariably crowned with victory. Being engaged in besieging Stockholm,...
Стр. 367 - ... attendant, who always lay in the adjoining room. Holding a candle in one hand, she held out a paper to the Queen in the other, which, with marks of agitation, she requested of her Majesty to peruse. It contained a request, rather than an order, couched in very concise but respectful terms, stating that the ' King of Denmark, for reasons of a private nature, wished her to remove to one of the royal palaces in the country for a few days.
Стр. 272 - ... slightly acquainted with books ; a Goth in his manners, and a savage in his resentments ; resolute even to obstinacy, inexorable in vengeance, and inaccessible to sympathy, he has little to conciliate our love or esteem. But his wonderful intrepidity and perseverance in enterprise, his firmness under misfortune, his contempt of danger, and his enthusiastic passion for glory, will ever command our admiration.

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