The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volumen 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... troops are augmented since that time . The customs , diets , and manners of the Rus- sians , ever bore a greater affinity to those of Asia than to those of Europe : such was the old custom of receiving tributes in kind , of defraying ...
... troops are augmented since that time . The customs , diets , and manners of the Rus- sians , ever bore a greater affinity to those of Asia than to those of Europe : such was the old custom of receiving tributes in kind , of defraying ...
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... troops in a word , he was worthy of being the father of Peter the Great ; but he had no time to perfect what he had begun , being snatched away by a sudden death , at the age of forty - six , in the beginning of the year 1677 ...
... troops in a word , he was worthy of being the father of Peter the Great ; but he had no time to perfect what he had begun , being snatched away by a sudden death , at the age of forty - six , in the beginning of the year 1677 ...
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... troops , likewise appeared as nothing more than that of diversion . This happened during the regency of the princess Sophia ; and , had he been suspected of meaning any thing serious by this amusement , it might have been attended with ...
... troops , likewise appeared as nothing more than that of diversion . This happened during the regency of the princess Sophia ; and , had he been suspected of meaning any thing serious by this amusement , it might have been attended with ...
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... troops , as if he had been all his lifetime a soldier . Peter was desirous of seeing one of those images of war , the mock fights , which had been lately in- troduced in times of peace : a fort was erected , which was to be attacked by ...
... troops , as if he had been all his lifetime a soldier . Peter was desirous of seeing one of those images of war , the mock fights , which had been lately in- troduced in times of peace : a fort was erected , which was to be attacked by ...
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... troops attached to his service , the death of his brother John , his co - partner in the empire , and the confinement of the princess Sophia to a cloister , and above all , the universal respect shown to his person , seemed to assure ...
... troops attached to his service , the death of his brother John , his co - partner in the empire , and the confinement of the princess Sophia to a cloister , and above all , the universal respect shown to his person , seemed to assure ...
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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?