 | Sir John Barrow - Russia - 1834 - 344 pages
...liberty all persons in confinement in the prisons and the galleys, whether for debts or misdemeanors, or crimes of high-treason ; those of robbery and murder...considerable hesitation, at last consented ; and, on the day in question, after divine service, the Archbishop of Piescow delivered a speech, in which he enumerated... | |
 | England - 1835 - 802 pages
...by the Russian Senate, whose voice was loudly responded by the whole Russian nation — ' Long Hue Peter the Great, Emperor of all the Russias, and Father of his Country /' SOBER THOUGHTS ON THE STATE OF THE TIMES, ADDRESSED TO THE UNITARIAN COMMUNITY.* TWENTY years of... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1840 - 522 pages
...of his glory: lie was requested, and after some hesitation consented, to adopt the titles of ' Peier the Great, Emperor of all the Russias, and Father of his Country.' This was done amidst great rejoicings, which continued for fifteen days. He now turned his undivided... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Europe - 1844 - 332 pages
...had now attained the summit of his glory. He was requested, and after some hesitation consented, to adopt the titles of " Peter the Great, Emperor of all the Russias, and. Father of his Country." This was done amid great rejoicings, which continued for fifteen days. He now turned his undivided... | |
 | James Thomson - 1847 - 504 pages
...of Finland, and the provinces of Esthonia and Livonia to his dominions, and having assumed the title of " Peter the Great, Emperor of all the Russias, and Father of his Country," he again turned his attention to the arts of peace. Peter's personal appearance was commanding ; he... | |
 | 1840 - 524 pages
...had now attained the summit of his glory: he was requested, and after some hesitation consented, to adopt the titles of ' Peter the Great, Emperor of all the Russias, and Father of his Country.' This was done amidst great rejoicings, which continued for fifteen days. He now turned his undivided... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 1036 pages
...had now attained the summit of his glory : he was requested, and after some hesitation, consented, to adopt the titles of Peter the Great, Emperor of all the Russias, and Father of VOL. IX. PETERS, BONAVENTURA. 482 his Country. He now turned his undivided attention to the arts of... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...of Finland and the provinces of Esthonia and Livonia to his dominions : and having assumed the title of " Peter the Great, Emperor of all the Russias, and father of his country," he again turned his attention to the arts of peace. Peter's personal appearance was commanding ; he... | |
 | Elizabeth Jane Brabazon - Russia - 1855 - 408 pages
...admiration of all the benefits which his people had derived from him, the Senate decreed to him the title of " PETER THE GREAT, EMPEROR OF All THE RUSSIAS, AND FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY." He would willingly have declined this honour, but his grateful people would not be disappointed ; the... | |
 | Thomas Milner - Russia - 1856 - 538 pages
...honour of this event; and the senate and synod formally requested the conqueror to accept the style of Peter the Great, Emperor of all the Russias, and Father of his country. Impartial posterity has not ratified his claim to the first and last of these titles. Though the peace... | |
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The senate, after much deliberation with the heads of the church, came to a resolution that his majesty, having acquired for the nation so much glory in the eyes of the whole world, should be entreated, as a token of acknowledgment on the part of his... 
