The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, المجلد 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... short time , but whose capacity was equal to every thing , undertook to raise a regiment of twelve thousand men , which he ef- fected : five colonels were appointed to serve under him , and he saw himself on a sudden , general of this ...
... short time , but whose capacity was equal to every thing , undertook to raise a regiment of twelve thousand men , which he ef- fected : five colonels were appointed to serve under him , and he saw himself on a sudden , general of this ...
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... short time , but it was only to pay a private visit at Utrecht , and at the Hague , to William , king of England , and stadtholder of the United Provin- ces . General Le Fort was the only one admitted to the private conference of the ...
... short time , but it was only to pay a private visit at Utrecht , and at the Hague , to William , king of England , and stadtholder of the United Provin- ces . General Le Fort was the only one admitted to the private conference of the ...
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... short and commo- dious uniform , in the room of those long and trou- blesome coats which they used to wear before ; and , at the same time , their exercise was likewise more regular . • The regiment of Preobrazinski guards were al ...
... short and commo- dious uniform , in the room of those long and trou- blesome coats which they used to wear before ; and , at the same time , their exercise was likewise more regular . • The regiment of Preobrazinski guards were al ...
الصفحة 41
... short , in little more than twelve months after the battle of Narva , the czar's troops were so well disciplined , that they defeated one of the best generals belonging to the king of Sweden . Peter was then at Pleskow , from whence he ...
... short , in little more than twelve months after the battle of Narva , the czar's troops were so well disciplined , that they defeated one of the best generals belonging to the king of Sweden . Peter was then at Pleskow , from whence he ...
الصفحة 42
... short stay which the czar made at Moscow , in the beginning of the winter 1703 , was employed in seeing all his new regulations put in- to execution , and in improving the civil as well as military government . Even his very amuse ...
... short stay which the czar made at Moscow , in the beginning of the winter 1703 , was employed in seeing all his new regulations put in- to execution , and in improving the civil as well as military government . Even his very amuse ...
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الصفحة 17 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home : Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
الصفحة 16 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes.
الصفحة 16 - But chiefly Love— to Love an Altar built, Of twelve vast French Romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves; And all the trophies of his former loves...
الصفحة 19 - On various tempers act by various ways, Make some take physic, others scribble plays; Who cause the proud their visits to delay, And send the godly in a pet to pray. A nymph there is, that all thy power disdains, And thousands more in equal mirth maintains. But oh! if e'er thy gnome could spoil a grace, Or raise a pimple on a beauteous face, Like citron-waters matrons...
الصفحة 16 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if Belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourish'd two locks which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...
الصفحة 16 - Beaux banish beaux, and coaches coaches drive. This erring mortals levity may call ; Oh blind to truth ! the sylphs contrive it all.
الصفحة 86 - Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
الصفحة 17 - Lock ; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. " To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th...