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... Empress Catherine . - Anecdote of the Convention of Pilnitz . -Family Memoirs . -Souvenirs of the Revolution . — General Custine . -Heroism of his daughter - in - Law . — His Son.- Tragic Prison Scene . — Early Impressions of Infancy ...
... Empress Catherine . - Anecdote of the Convention of Pilnitz . -Family Memoirs . -Souvenirs of the Revolution . — General Custine . -Heroism of his daughter - in - Law . — His Son.- Tragic Prison Scene . — Early Impressions of Infancy ...
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... Empress . - Vermin in the Houses and Palaces of St. Peters- burg . Costume of the Lower Orders . - Beauty of the Men when of pure Slavonian Race . - The women . - Condition of the Russian Peasantry . - The Sale of Serfs . Commerce can ...
... Empress . - Vermin in the Houses and Palaces of St. Peters- burg . Costume of the Lower Orders . - Beauty of the Men when of pure Slavonian Race . - The women . - Condition of the Russian Peasantry . - The Sale of Serfs . Commerce can ...
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... Empress a Victim . - The Author's Pre- sentation . The Emperor's Voice . The Affability of the Empress . A Fête at the Palace . Courtiers . Court Dances . - The Polonaise . - The Grand Gallery . — Political Reflections . French Politics ...
... Empress a Victim . - The Author's Pre- sentation . The Emperor's Voice . The Affability of the Empress . A Fête at the Palace . Courtiers . Court Dances . - The Polonaise . - The Grand Gallery . — Political Reflections . French Politics ...
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... Empress . - Several Conversations with the Emperor.- His noble Sentiments . - Confidence with which he inspires those who approach him . Aristocracy the only Bulwark of Liberty . Parallel be- tween Autocracies and Democracies . burg ...
... Empress . - Several Conversations with the Emperor.- His noble Sentiments . - Confidence with which he inspires those who approach him . Aristocracy the only Bulwark of Liberty . Parallel be- tween Autocracies and Democracies . burg ...
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... Empress Catherine ; but notwithstanding his expression of amiableness ( an expression which almost always imparts that also of beauty ) , his youth , and , yet more , his Ger- man blood , it is impossible to avoid observing in the lines ...
... Empress Catherine ; but notwithstanding his expression of amiableness ( an expression which almost always imparts that also of beauty ) , his youth , and , yet more , his Ger- man blood , it is impossible to avoid observing in the lines ...
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