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... Ruffia had offered 7000 guilders for . Strange to tell , the rod of our guide pointed to the very place where our fancies had imagined it to be !! Were I writing to an indifferent friend , I fhould perhaps apologize for the feeming ...
... Ruffia had offered 7000 guilders for . Strange to tell , the rod of our guide pointed to the very place where our fancies had imagined it to be !! Were I writing to an indifferent friend , I fhould perhaps apologize for the feeming ...
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... Ruffia , to whom 150,000 peafants appertained , rifing up , de- clared , that , for his part , he would cheerfully accede to the affranchife- ment . The debate grew warm , fatal confequences were apprehended , and the deputies were ...
... Ruffia , to whom 150,000 peafants appertained , rifing up , de- clared , that , for his part , he would cheerfully accede to the affranchife- ment . The debate grew warm , fatal confequences were apprehended , and the deputies were ...
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... Ruffia , who so well de- ferves it . " " Next , in importance , to the life of Catharine , in this volume , are those of Cleopatra , the celebrated Queen of Egypt , and Chriflina , Queen of Sweden . Of the private lives we diftinguish ...
... Ruffia , who so well de- ferves it . " " Next , in importance , to the life of Catharine , in this volume , are those of Cleopatra , the celebrated Queen of Egypt , and Chriflina , Queen of Sweden . Of the private lives we diftinguish ...
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... Ruffia , refpećting his pro- pofition to guarantee Malta . Agreed to , with the exception of No. 2 . Lord Hawkesbury pretented Copies of Difpatches from Mr. Liiton , relative to the occupation of Holland by the French troops . The ...
... Ruffia , refpećting his pro- pofition to guarantee Malta . Agreed to , with the exception of No. 2 . Lord Hawkesbury pretented Copies of Difpatches from Mr. Liiton , relative to the occupation of Holland by the French troops . The ...
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... Ruffia : he then proceeded to fhew the nume rous advantages that would result from fuch a mediation , and the qualifications of the Emperor to effect fuch an ob- ject ; obferving , that no Power in Eu- rope had fo great a right to ...
... Ruffia : he then proceeded to fhew the nume rous advantages that would result from fuch a mediation , and the qualifications of the Emperor to effect fuch an ob- ject ; obferving , that no Power in Eu- rope had fo great a right to ...
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