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" ... sovereign, declare to you that I will find means to punish your disobedience, in which I trust God himself will assist me, and espouse the just cause of an injured parent and king. "For the rest, remember that I have never laid any restraint upon... "
The Works of M. de Voltaire: History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great - Page 84
by Voltaire - 1763
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 5

1836 - 428 pages
...remember that 1 have never laid any restraint upon you. Was I obliged to leave you at liberty to choose your way of life ? Had I not the power in my own hands...conform to my will ? I had only to command, and make myself obeyed." The viceroy of Naples found it no difficult matter to persuade the czarowitz to return...
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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
...remember that I have never laid any restraint upon you. Was I obliged to leave you at liberty to choose your way of life ? Had I not the power in my own hands to oblige you to conform to my will 1 1 had only to command, and make myself obeyed.' The viceroy of Naples found it no difficult matter...
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The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia, Volume 1

Voltaire - 1818 - 420 pages
...never laid any restraint upon you. Was I obliged to leave you at liberty to choose your way of lifef Had I not the power in my own hands to oblige you...conform to my will ? I had only to command, and make myself obeyed.' The viceroy of Naples found it no difficult matter to persuade the czarowitz to return...
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The Romance of the Forum: Or, Naratives, Scenes, and Anecdotes ..., Volume 1

Peter Burke - Law - 1852 - 410 pages
...remember that I have never laid any restraint upon you. Was I obliged to leave you at liberty to choose your way of life ? Had I not the power in my own hands...conform to my will ? I had only to command, and make myself obeyed." The viceroy of Naples found it no difficult matter to persuade the czarowitz to return...
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The History of Peter the Great, Czar of Russia

Sarah Hopkins Bradford - Kings and rulers - 1858 - 262 pages
...remember that I have never laid any restraint upon you. Was I obliged to leave you at liberty to choose your way of life ? Had I not the power in my own hands...conform to my will ? I had only to command and make myself obeyed." Persuasions, promises, and threats, were employed for a long time by the two envoys...
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Recollections of the Court Room: Or, Narratives, Scenes and Anecdotes from ...

Peter Burke - Law - 1859 - 332 pages
...remember that I have never laid any restraint upon you. Was I obliged to leave you at liberty to choose your way of life ? Had I not the power in my own hands to oblige you to conform to my will ? I had onlyto command, and make myself obeyed." The viceroy of Naples found it no difficult matter to persuade...
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A memoir of the life of Peter the Great [by sir J. Barrow].

sir John Barrow (bart.) - 1883 - 454 pages
...remember that I have never laid any restraint upon you. Was I obliged to leave you at liberty to choose your way of life? Had I not the power in my own hands...conform to my will ? I had only to command, and make myself obeyed." APPENDIX E. The prince's renunciation was couched in the following terms : — " I,...
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The Works of Voltaire: History of the Russian empire under Peter the Great

Voltaire, Tobias Smollett - 1904 - 334 pages
...remember that I have never laid any restraint upon you. Was I obliged to leave you at liberty to choose your way of life? Had I not the power in my own hands...conform to my will ? I had only to command, and make myself obeyed." The viceroy of Naples found it no difficult matter to persuade the czarevitch to return...
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