View of the Russian Empire: During the Reign of Catharine, the Second, and to the Close of the Eighteenth Century, 2. kötetP. Wogan, 1801 |
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54. oldal
... seems little fhort of a miracle that any one of thefe unfortunate creatures should escape with his life . The ravages of this disorder are , even in regard to to the rude climate , every where great . We 54 : CHARACTERISTICS OF.
... seems little fhort of a miracle that any one of thefe unfortunate creatures should escape with his life . The ravages of this disorder are , even in regard to to the rude climate , every where great . We 54 : CHARACTERISTICS OF.
83. oldal
... seem to appropriate folely to the nobility the right of being land - owners ; nay , there is an ukafe by which merchants , who , though of the character of staff and upper officers , but have not the entire noble pre - eminence , were ...
... seem to appropriate folely to the nobility the right of being land - owners ; nay , there is an ukafe by which merchants , who , though of the character of staff and upper officers , but have not the entire noble pre - eminence , were ...
106. oldal
... seem to belong to the foregoing class . How- ever , we must not omit to mention , that there are alfo real vaffal - boors belonging to the crown , which the crown cannot with propriety give away , they being attached as workmen to the ...
... seem to belong to the foregoing class . How- ever , we must not omit to mention , that there are alfo real vaffal - boors belonging to the crown , which the crown cannot with propriety give away , they being attached as workmen to the ...
130. oldal
... seems to require no proof ; as , 1. the fovereigns of Ruffia reign with unlimited authority ; but , moreover , 2. neither records nor any other memorials can be produced , whereby the people referved to themfelves an influ- ence , or ...
... seems to require no proof ; as , 1. the fovereigns of Ruffia reign with unlimited authority ; but , moreover , 2. neither records nor any other memorials can be produced , whereby the people referved to themfelves an influ- ence , or ...
136. oldal
... seems not poffible now to ascertain what rights the latter enjoyed , and to what extent they with their principalities belonged to the body politic . All we pretend to know is , that Vladimir , who began to reign in 981 , and is ...
... seems not poffible now to ascertain what rights the latter enjoyed , and to what extent they with their principalities belonged to the body politic . All we pretend to know is , that Vladimir , who began to reign in 981 , and is ...
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397. oldal - Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queene of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc.
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333. oldal - ... their skins. They were so ravenous, that with one hand we could hold to them a piece of flesh, and with a stick or axe in the other could knock them on the head.
332. oldal - Every morning we saw these audacious animals patrolling about among the sea-lions and sea-bears lying on the strand, smelling at such as were asleep, to discover whether some one of them might not be dead...
332. oldal - If we lay down, as if intending to fleep, they came and fmelled our nofes to try whether we were dead or alive ; if we held our breath, they gave fuch a tug to the nofe as if they would bite it off.
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332. oldal - ... them by every means we could devise. When we awoke in the morning, there always lay two or three that had been knocked on the head...
330. oldal - Apes on the island of Saxenburg. " They forced themselves into our habitations by night as well as by day, stealing all that they could carry off; even things that were of no use to them, as knives, sticks, and cloaths.
329. oldal - As foon as the little creature is aware of his purfuer, he efcapes into a hollow tree, which the hunter furrounds with a net, and then either cuts it entirely down, or forces the fable by fire and fmoke to abandon his retreat...