The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volumen 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... Swedes , and for a long while continued to be ravaged by these several powers . Gustavus Adolphus having con- quered it , it was then ceded to the Swedes in 1660 , by the famous treaty of Oliva ; and , at length . Czar Peter wrested it ...
... Swedes , and for a long while continued to be ravaged by these several powers . Gustavus Adolphus having con- quered it , it was then ceded to the Swedes in 1660 , by the famous treaty of Oliva ; and , at length . Czar Peter wrested it ...
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... Sweden . The English obtained the privilege of trading thither without paying any duties ; a manner of trading which is apparently the most beneficial to all nations . The Dutch * We must not confound this river with another of the same ...
... Sweden . The English obtained the privilege of trading thither without paying any duties ; a manner of trading which is apparently the most beneficial to all nations . The Dutch * We must not confound this river with another of the same ...
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... Swedes shared in the spoils on the coast of Finland , and laid claim to the crown . The state seemed on the verge of ... Sweden had offered the crown to a brother of Gustavus Adolphus : so that Russia was in the same situation then in ...
... Swedes shared in the spoils on the coast of Finland , and laid claim to the crown . The state seemed on the verge of ... Sweden had offered the crown to a brother of Gustavus Adolphus : so that Russia was in the same situation then in ...
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... Sweden , who maintained , with force of arms , their pretended rights to the crown of Russia . The right of ... Swedes also made peace , in virtue of which they remained in possession of Ingria , deprived the Russians of all ...
... Sweden , who maintained , with force of arms , their pretended rights to the crown of Russia . The right of ... Swedes also made peace , in virtue of which they remained in possession of Ingria , deprived the Russians of all ...
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... Sweden . This may serve to show that such cruelties prevail in all countries in times of anarchy and confusion . The mutineers began the tragedy with throwing the two knes , or princes , Dolgorouki and Mathe- of , out of the palace ...
... Sweden . This may serve to show that such cruelties prevail in all countries in times of anarchy and confusion . The mutineers began the tragedy with throwing the two knes , or princes , Dolgorouki and Mathe- of , out of the palace ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 411 - Lock ; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. " To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th...
Página 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?