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... the fame , at least the discretion of her he had loved , to sus- picion . No nothing remained to him but silence - and he was silent . Eatherine Alexiewną . GATHERINE ALEXIEWNA , EMPRESS OF RUSSIA On 224 LEONORA D'ESTE .
... the fame , at least the discretion of her he had loved , to sus- picion . No nothing remained to him but silence - and he was silent . Eatherine Alexiewną . GATHERINE ALEXIEWNA , EMPRESS OF RUSSIA On 224 LEONORA D'ESTE .
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Mary Elizabeth Hewitt. Eatherine Alexiewną . GATHERINE ALEXIEWNA , EMPRESS OF RUSSIA On the morning of.
Mary Elizabeth Hewitt. Eatherine Alexiewną . GATHERINE ALEXIEWNA , EMPRESS OF RUSSIA On the morning of.
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... Russian can- non began to batter in breach of the old ramparts of Marienburg . Shermetoff commanded the besieging army . He had been sent by Peter the Great to avenge the humiliations inflicted upon the Russians , during the preceding ...
... Russian can- non began to batter in breach of the old ramparts of Marienburg . Shermetoff commanded the besieging army . He had been sent by Peter the Great to avenge the humiliations inflicted upon the Russians , during the preceding ...
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... his own interests by making a present of his fair slave to Sheremetoff . He accordingly dressed her after the Russian fashion , and presented her to the marshal , with whom she remained some time . But 228 ALEXIEWNA . CATHERINE.
... his own interests by making a present of his fair slave to Sheremetoff . He accordingly dressed her after the Russian fashion , and presented her to the marshal , with whom she remained some time . But 228 ALEXIEWNA . CATHERINE.
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... Russia , were highly prized . Seated at a table loaded with a profusion of gold plate , sparkling crystal , and the finest linen of Holland and Saxony , trimmed with Brus- sels lace , the Czar was in that joyous mood to which he some ...
... Russia , were highly prized . Seated at a table loaded with a profusion of gold plate , sparkling crystal , and the finest linen of Holland and Saxony , trimmed with Brus- sels lace , the Czar was in that joyous mood to which he some ...
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