The Quarterly Review, Volume 146John Murray, 1878 - English literature |
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Page 203
... Ottoman Empire to Sir Hamilton Seymour in 1853- ' you know the dreams and plans in which the Empress Catherine was in the habit of indulging : these were handed down to our time ; but while I inherited immense territorial possessions ...
... Ottoman Empire to Sir Hamilton Seymour in 1853- ' you know the dreams and plans in which the Empress Catherine was in the habit of indulging : these were handed down to our time ; but while I inherited immense territorial possessions ...
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... Ottoman Empire . The curiosity felt in respect to that dark business was completely gratified when Herr von Arneth published the text of the Imperial letters in question . The diplomatic moves of Austria , Prussia , and France , at the ...
... Ottoman Empire . The curiosity felt in respect to that dark business was completely gratified when Herr von Arneth published the text of the Imperial letters in question . The diplomatic moves of Austria , Prussia , and France , at the ...
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... Ottoman Monarchy . ' It seems that the famous Père Joseph tried to make Richelieu take the Turks seriously in hand , an attempt frustrated by the Cardinal's loyalty to the system of Francis I. and Henry IV . , for whom a close ...
... Ottoman Monarchy . ' It seems that the famous Père Joseph tried to make Richelieu take the Turks seriously in hand , an attempt frustrated by the Cardinal's loyalty to the system of Francis I. and Henry IV . , for whom a close ...
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... Ottomans would scarcely have suited Catherine , who is said by our Prussian authority , Dohm , to have received her inspirations in this matter from a German source . Her husband , Peter III . , had recalled from banishment the ...
... Ottomans would scarcely have suited Catherine , who is said by our Prussian authority , Dohm , to have received her inspirations in this matter from a German source . Her husband , Peter III . , had recalled from banishment the ...
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... Ottoman republic , of which Constantinople , with its immediate neighbourhood , was to be the seat . By a curious parallelism of chances , in Catherine's first Turkish war , as in that of Anna Ivanovna , the trigger was pre- maturely ...
... Ottoman republic , of which Constantinople , with its immediate neighbourhood , was to be the seat . By a curious parallelism of chances , in Catherine's first Turkish war , as in that of Anna Ivanovna , the trigger was pre- maturely ...
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Page 179 - Dominions ; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations.
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