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The History of the Life of Peter I., Emperor of Russia ... - Page 334
by John Mottley - 1739
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The History of the Life and Reign of the Czar Peter the Great: Emperor of ...

John Bancks - Kings and rulers - 1740 - 380 pages
...Infufficiency and Unworthinefs we are not ignorant of. In fhort, we exhorted him, in the moft preffing Terms, to behave' himfelf with Difcretion, and gave him Time...Duty. His Anfwer to thefe Remonftrances was, That he acknowledged himfelf guilty in all thefe Points ; butalledging the Weaknefs of his Genius, which did...
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Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 9

1751 - 394 pages
...we exhorted him, in the moil preffing terms we could make ufe of, to behave himfelf with diforetion, and gave him time to repent and return to his duty. " His anfwer to thofe remonffrance» was, that he acknowledged himfdf guilty in all thefe points ; but alledging the...
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The Modern Part of an Universal History,: From the Earliest Account of Time

World history - 1762 - 664 pages
...whofe « infufHciency and unworthinefs we were not ignorant of. In ' (hort, we exhorted him in the moft preffing terms we could * make ufe of, to behave himfelf...His anfwer to « thefe remonftrances -was, that he acknowledged himfelf < guilty in all thefe points ; but alledging the weaknefs of * his parts and genius,...
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The Works of M. de Voltaire: History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great

Voltaire - 1763 - 290 pages
...him in ' the moft preffing terms we could make ufe of, to behave him' fclf with difcretion, and ga»e him time to repent and return 'to his duty. His anfwer to thefe remonftrances was, that he * acknowledged himfelf guilty in all thefe points ; but al' leriged the weaknefs of his par:s and genius,...
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The Life of Peter the Great, Formerly Emperor of Russia

John Bancks - RUSSIA - 1813 - 328 pages
...ignorant of. In short, we exhorted him in the most pressing terms, to behave himself with discretion, and gave him time to repent and return to his duty. His answer to these remonstrances was, that he acknowledged himself guilty in all these points ; but alledging...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 5

English literature - 1836 - 436 pages
...we exhorted him in the most pressing terms we could make use of, to behave himself with discretion, and gave him time to repent and return to his duty. His answer to these remonstrances was, that he acknowledged himself guilty in all these points ; but alleged...
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The history of Peter the great, emperor of Russia. From the Fr., by Smollett

François Marie Arouet de Voltaire - 1836 - 420 pages
...we exhorted him in the most pressing terms we could make use of, to behave himself with discretion, and gave him time to repent and return to his duty. His answer to these remonstrances was, that he acknowledged himself guilty in all these points ; but alleged...
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A memoir of the life of Peter the Great [by sir J. Barrow].

sir John Barrow (bart.) - 1883 - 454 pages
...we t xhortcd him in the most pressing terms we could make use of. to behave himself with discretion, and gave him time to repent and return to his duty. His answer to these remonstrances » as. that he acknowledged himself guilty in all these pk :nti ; but...
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The Works of Voltaire: History of the Russian empire under Peter the Great

Voltaire, Tobias Smollett - 1904 - 334 pages
...we exhorted him in the most pressing terms we could make use of, to behave himself with discretion, and gave him time to repent and return to his duty. His answer to these remonstrances was, that he acknowledged himself guilty in all these points; but alleged...
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Historical Register

Great Britain - 1718 - 496 pages
...of. • In ihort, we exhorted him, in the moft preffing Terms we could make Ufe of, to behave himleli with Difcretion, and gave him Time to repent and return...the Weaknefs of his Parts and Genius, which did not peimit him to apply himfelt to the Sciences and other Funftions recommended to him, he own'd himfelf...
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