History of Catharine II. Empress of RussiaJ. Stockdale, 1800 - 579 sivua |
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addreſs affured afterwards Alexis almoſt arms army becauſe Beſtuſcheff Catharine cauſed command confiderable conſpiracy Courland court courtiers Czar d'Aſchkoff defire deſign diſpatched diſplayed Duke Elizabeth Emperor empire Empreſs Engliſh eſcape eſtabliſhed expoſed faid fame favour favourite fecret fent fince firſt flattered foldiers fome foon fovereign fucceeded fufficient gave Grand-duke Grand-dutcheſs Gregory Orloff Guſtavus herſelf hetman himſelf Holſtein houſe inſpired intereſt itſelf Ivan juſt King of Pruffia Krimea laſt leſs likewife maſter minifter Moscow moſt neceffary obſerved occafion Oranienbaum Orloff paffed Panin partiſans perfuaded perſon Peter Peter III Peterſburgh pleaſure poffeffion Poland Potemkin preſented preſs Prince Princeſs promiſed propoſed Pugatſcheff raiſed Razoumoffsky reaſon refolved refuſed reign reſpect roubles Ruffian ſame ſecond ſeemed ſent ſerved ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhips ſhould Siberia Soltikoff ſome ſometimes ſquadron ſtate ſtill ſubjects ſucceſs ſuch ſupport themſelves theſe thoſe throne tion treaty troops Turks veſſels whoſe wiſhed
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Sivu xx - Becaufe fentence againft an evil work is not executed fpeedily, therefore the heart of the fons of men is fully fet in them to do evil.
Sivu 166 - Catharine was not the fole motive for exciting her zeal. She was principally jealous of the glorious elevation that awaited her fifter ; and neither the menaces of that fifter and of her father, nor the authority of the chancellor her uncle, in whofe houfe...
Sivu 522 - ... every effort to amuse him. One of these ladies, pretending to read the decrees of fate in the arrangement of a pack of cards, predicted that he would take the town at the end of three weeks. Potemkin answered, with a smile, that he had a method of divination far more infallible.
Sivu 266 - ... time. Having his right hand pierced through and his body covered with wounds, he seized the sword from one of the monsters, and broke it ; but while he was struggling to get the piece out of his hand, the other stabbed him from behind, and threw him down. He who had...
Sivu 568 - Riiffia; and the propofal of the nobles was adopted. The next day the...
Sivu 562 - Catherine remained overcome with chagrin ; while the heart of the young Alexandra experienced the bitterness of the first sorrows of love. One half of Poland, the Krimea, the Kuban, and a part of the frontiers of Turkey, had yielded to the arms or the intrigues of Catherine ; but for the usurpation of another rich and populous country she had no need of battles : lor the conquest of Courland and Semigallia her intrigues proved sufficient.
Sivu 262 - Schuvaloff's with the emprefs Elizabeth. Not only the graces of his figure and the accents of his voice, but the moving complaints he uttered, awakened the fenfibility of all that were prefent, and even drew from the emprefs abundance of tears. If that young prince had committed fome act of lunacy, would it have failed of publication ? Again, afterwards we find a frefh proof of his good fenfe and his fenfibility...
Sivu 526 - Heaven has refcrved our deliverance for the glorious reign of YIM It is under Your aufpices that we hope to deliver from the hands of barbarous Mahomedans our empire, which they have ufurped...
Sivu 238 - The sovereigns of this empire," he remarked, " have hitherto uniformly enjoyed an unlimited power ; but it is the very extent of that power which renders it dangerous to him in whom it is lodged, since it may at any time be usurped by some bold pretender, and the usurper is thenceforth above the laws. Trust me, madam, make the sacrifice of an absolute authority. Create a fixed and permanent council, which will secure to you the crown. Solemnly declare that you renounce...
Sivu 153 - Catherine also kept her court with a mixture of dignity and affability which charmed all who approached her.