 I wished to see everything with my own eyes. Never did I abandon the poor or the widow to the oppressions of the powerful. I made it my duty to inspect the churches and the sacred ceremonies of religion, as well as the management of my property, my stables,...  History of Russia and of Peter the Great - Sivu 66tekijä(t) Philippe Paul comte de Ségur - 1829Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1829 - 682 sivua
...day appeared, my father, and all the virtuous men by whom he was surrounded, did thus—they glori6ed the Lord ; they then seated themselves to deliberate,...expeditions; I concluded nineteen treaties with the Pdlovtzy; I took captive a hundred of their princes, whom I set free again ; and I put two hundred... | |
 | 1829 - 560 sivua
...own eyes. Never have I abandoned the poor and the widow, to the vexation of the powerful. I made it a duty to inspect the churches and the sacred ceremonies of religion, as also the economy of my private possessions, of my stables, and of the vultures and falcons of my venery.... | |
 | Elizabeth Jane Brabazon - 1855 - 390 sivua
...the poor, or the widow to the oppression of the powerful. I made it my duty to inspect churches and ceremonies of religion, as well as the management...the vultures and hawks of my hunting establishment." " Oh ! my children fear neither death nor wild beasts ; trust in providence, it far surpasses human... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1856 - 552 sivua
...to do. Night and day, summer and winter, I was perpetually moving about. I wished to see everything with my own eyes. Never did I abandon the poor or...expeditions. I concluded nineteen treaties with the Pblovtzy. I took captive a hundred of their princes whom I set free again, and I put two hundred to... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1862 - 570 sivua
...to do. Night and day, summer and winter, I was perpetually moving about. I wished to see everything with my own eyes. Never did I abandon the poor or...expeditions. I concluded nineteen treaties with the Polostzy [wandering hordes between the Kouban and the Danube — ancestors of the Nogais]. I took captive... | |
 | 1862 - 522 sivua
...to do. Night and day, summer and winter, I was perpetually moving about. I wished to sec everything with my own eyes. Never did I abandon the poor or...vultures and hawks of my hunting establishment. '"I Lave made eighty-three campaigns and many expeditions. Iconeluded nineteen treaties with the Poloctzy.... | |
 | ARTHUR STANLEY, D.D. - 1862 - 556 sivua
...to do. Night and day, summer and winter, I was perpetually moving about. I wished to see everything with my own eyes. Never did I abandon the poor or...the vultures and hawks of my hunting establishment. "1 have made eighty-three campaigns and many expeditions. I concluded nineteen treaties with the Polostzy... | |
 | George Trevor - 1862 - 456 sivua
...prisoners by throwing them into rivers — the Russian monarch plumes himself that " he made it his duty to inspect the churches and the sacred ceremonies of religion, as well as the management of his property, his stables, and the vultures and hawks of his hunting establishment." The death of Vladimir... | |
 | Catherine Laura Johnstone, F. R. GRAHAME (pseud. [i.e. Catherine Laura Johnstone.]) - 1865 - 486 sivua
...wished to see every thing with my own eyes. Never did I abandon the poor or the widow to the oppression of the powerful. I made it my duty to inspect the...religion, as well as the management of my property, my horses, and the vultures and hawks with which I hunted. I have made eighty-three campaigns, and many... | |
 | William Richard Morfill - 1883 - 284 sivua
...Never did I abandon the poor or the widows to the insolence of the powerful. I made it my duty to see the churches and the sacred ceremonies of religion, as well as the management of my household, my stables, and the hawks and falcons, with which I hunted." He afterwards recounts his... | |
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