The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, المجلد 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... ally against the Turks . Peter had a private audience of Leopold , and the two monarchs conferred standing , to avoid the trouble of cere- mony . There happened nothing worthy remark during his stay at Vienna , except the celebration of ...
... ally against the Turks . Peter had a private audience of Leopold , and the two monarchs conferred standing , to avoid the trouble of cere- mony . There happened nothing worthy remark during his stay at Vienna , except the celebration of ...
الصفحة 40
... ally in king Augustus , and feeble succours in the Saxon troops ; and the terror which Charles XII . inspired on every side , reduced Peter to the necessity of depending entirely upon his own strength . March 1. After travelling with ...
... ally in king Augustus , and feeble succours in the Saxon troops ; and the terror which Charles XII . inspired on every side , reduced Peter to the necessity of depending entirely upon his own strength . March 1. After travelling with ...
الصفحة 43
... ally , the king of Nov. Poland , but sent him a reinforcement of twelve thousand foot , and a subsidy in money of three hundred thousand rubles , which make about one million five hundred thousand French livres . † It has been remarked ...
... ally , the king of Nov. Poland , but sent him a reinforcement of twelve thousand foot , and a subsidy in money of three hundred thousand rubles , which make about one million five hundred thousand French livres . † It has been remarked ...
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... ally with men and money . Cornelius le Bruine , a Dutchman , who was on his travels , and at that time in Russia , and with whom he frequently conversed very freely , as in- deed he did with all strangers , says , that the czar himself ...
... ally with men and money . Cornelius le Bruine , a Dutchman , who was on his travels , and at that time in Russia , and with whom he frequently conversed very freely , as in- deed he did with all strangers , says , that the czar himself ...
الصفحة 45
... ally , a Swedish fleet put to sea to destroy Petersburg , and the fortress of Cronstadt , as yet hardly finished . This fleet con- sisted of twenty - two ships of war , from fifty - four to sixty - four guns each , besides six frigates ...
... ally , a Swedish fleet put to sea to destroy Petersburg , and the fortress of Cronstadt , as yet hardly finished . This fleet con- sisted of twenty - two ships of war , from fifty - four to sixty - four guns each , besides six frigates ...
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الصفحة 411 - 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 411 - Who gave the ball or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes: At every word a reputation dies.
الصفحة 405 - What the unsearchable dispose Of Highest Wisdom brings about, And ever best found in the close. Oft He seems to hide His face, But unexpectedly returns...
الصفحة 412 - The berries crackle, and the mill turns round; On shining altars of Japan they raise The silver lamp; the fiery spirits blaze: From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.
الصفحة 410 - Now awful Beauty puts on all its arms; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens ev'ry 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 412 - Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine, (The victor cried) the glorious prize is mine ! While fish in streams, or birds delight in air, Or in a coach and six the British fair, As long as Atalantis shall be read...
الصفحة 410 - 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.
الصفحة 390 - 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 411 - Lock ; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. " To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th...
الصفحة 390 - To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power of others, never in my own ; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree?