Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 78W. Blackwood & Sons, 1855 - Scotland |
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... strange story quoted to show how far advanced in the arts of peace the Sclaves of the Baltic provinces had become , that at some early period the Khan of the Avars , who then happened to have a claim of conquest over them , having sent ...
... strange story quoted to show how far advanced in the arts of peace the Sclaves of the Baltic provinces had become , that at some early period the Khan of the Avars , who then happened to have a claim of conquest over them , having sent ...
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... Strange to say , he died in his bed . The reign of Ivan the Terrible is his- torically most valuable as illustrating that quality in the character of the Russians which makes them so for- midable as enemies . Nero and Domi- tian became ...
... Strange to say , he died in his bed . The reign of Ivan the Terrible is his- torically most valuable as illustrating that quality in the character of the Russians which makes them so for- midable as enemies . Nero and Domi- tian became ...
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... strange to say , a superstitious fear overcame them , so that they presented themselves at the convent of the Trinity , with cords round their necks , carrying blocks and axes , and crying with one accord , " The Tsars are our masters ...
... strange to say , a superstitious fear overcame them , so that they presented themselves at the convent of the Trinity , with cords round their necks , carrying blocks and axes , and crying with one accord , " The Tsars are our masters ...
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... strange isolation the little Welsh- woman pursued her labours . wind rustled in the branches of the elm , and the rushing of the Danube interposed faintly ; these natural voices were all the sounds that came here . Zaidee was struck ...
... strange isolation the little Welsh- woman pursued her labours . wind rustled in the branches of the elm , and the rushing of the Danube interposed faintly ; these natural voices were all the sounds that came here . Zaidee was struck ...
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... strange hushed sounds she seemed to hear about her , wound her up to nervous resolution , and oppress- ed her with imaginative fear . will not let you harm them any more , " said Zaidee aloud . She thought Grandfather Vivian was ...
... strange hushed sounds she seemed to hear about her , wound her up to nervous resolution , and oppress- ed her with imaginative fear . will not let you harm them any more , " said Zaidee aloud . She thought Grandfather Vivian was ...
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