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... seemed apprehensive still of his sis ter's intrigues . There is a mixture both of passion and stands little of war , and seemed not at all inquisitive severity in his temper . He is resolute , but under- that way . After I had seen him ...
... seemed apprehensive still of his sis ter's intrigues . There is a mixture both of passion and stands little of war , and seemed not at all inquisitive severity in his temper . He is resolute , but under- that way . After I had seen him ...
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... at all events , they seemed no more serious than the troubles which arose in Moscow on the eve of his departure , but he felt it necessary to get soon to Vienna , in order that he PETER THE GREAT AS RULER AND REFORMER . 23.
... at all events , they seemed no more serious than the troubles which arose in Moscow on the eve of his departure , but he felt it necessary to get soon to Vienna , in order that he PETER THE GREAT AS RULER AND REFORMER . 23.
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... seemed to grow upon him . He hated to be stared at as a curiosity , and the more he met people of refinement , versed in social arts , the more he felt his own defi- ciencies . Nothing but the excitement of a supper seemed to render ...
... seemed to grow upon him . He hated to be stared at as a curiosity , and the more he met people of refinement , versed in social arts , the more he felt his own defi- ciencies . Nothing but the excitement of a supper seemed to render ...
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... seemed the condition , -not , I trust , of their good - will , since among them are several of my long - time friends , —but of their intellectual respect . At times we are constrained to infer that this poet is to be eulogized WALT ...
... seemed the condition , -not , I trust , of their good - will , since among them are several of my long - time friends , —but of their intellectual respect . At times we are constrained to infer that this poet is to be eulogized WALT ...
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... seemed as if certain passions appeared to him more natural , certain sins more venial , than others , and that these were those which he felt to be most obstreperous in his own system , -that his creed was ad- justed to his personal ...
... seemed as if certain passions appeared to him more natural , certain sins more venial , than others , and that these were those which he felt to be most obstreperous in his own system , -that his creed was ad- justed to his personal ...
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