The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 13. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1857 |
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... Russian service with the title of rear- admiral , and was in the fair way of rising still higher when the jealousies and petty intrigues of his brother officers in- duced him to quit it altogether . It was in vain that Catha- rine tried ...
... Russian service with the title of rear- admiral , and was in the fair way of rising still higher when the jealousies and petty intrigues of his brother officers in- duced him to quit it altogether . It was in vain that Catha- rine tried ...
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... Russian government . The harbour is protected by a promontory from the S. and S.W. winds , and there is excellent anchorage with deep water two cables ' length from the shore . Pop . ( 1849 ) 8435 . KAFRARIA , OR KAFIRLAND , taken in ...
... Russian government . The harbour is protected by a promontory from the S. and S.W. winds , and there is excellent anchorage with deep water two cables ' length from the shore . Pop . ( 1849 ) 8435 . KAFRARIA , OR KAFIRLAND , taken in ...
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... Russian Poland , capi- tal of a province of the same name , situate on an island in the Prosna , close to the Russian frontier , and 130 miles W. by S. of Warsaw . It is surrounded by old walls , flanked with towers , and entered by ...
... Russian Poland , capi- tal of a province of the same name , situate on an island in the Prosna , close to the Russian frontier , and 130 miles W. by S. of Warsaw . It is surrounded by old walls , flanked with towers , and entered by ...
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... Russian governors , at such a distance from the capital , have few checks on their cupidity . The people thus labour only to supply their daily wants . Furs and dried fish are exported from Petropaulowsky ; the imports are rice , flour ...
... Russian governors , at such a distance from the capital , have few checks on their cupidity . The people thus labour only to supply their daily wants . Furs and dried fish are exported from Petropaulowsky ; the imports are rice , flour ...
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... Russian historians , and one of the greatest writers that Russia has yet produced , was born in the government of Simbrisk , Dec. 1 , 1765. His family belonged to the lower grades of the nobility , and Karamsin , according to the custom ...
... Russian historians , and one of the greatest writers that Russia has yet produced , was born in the government of Simbrisk , Dec. 1 , 1765. His family belonged to the lower grades of the nobility , and Karamsin , according to the custom ...
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