... him the shame of a public execution, and gave him a title to the tears of a lawful widow." Thus perished Alexis, heir-apparent of the widest empire and the most celebrated sovereign then existing in Europe. The decree that consigned him to death was... The Stanley tales, original and select - Side 76av Ambrose Marten - 1827Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| 1820 - 612 sider
...consigned him to death was passed in the senate house of Moscow by all the chief nobility aud clergv, the high officers of the army and navy", the governors of provinces and others of interior degree, unanimously, but referring the mode to his sovereign ud father, whose extraordinary... | |
| 1821 - 498 sider
...him to death was passed in the senate house of Moscow by all the chief nobility and clergy, the hiph officers of the army and navy, the governors of provinces...extraordinary character, combining the sternness of a Juniui Brutus with the romance of • Haroua Alraschid, enabled him to fulfil the terrible office of... | |
| 1824 - 486 sider
...Europe. The decree that consigned him to death was passed in the senate house of Moscow, by all the chief nobility and clergy, the high officers of the...enabled him to fulfil the terrible office of his son's judge.s But even Peter the Great had not hardihood enough to be a public executioner ; and his unhappy... | |
| Saturday night - 1824 - 968 sider
...Europe. The decree that consigned him to death was passed in the senate house of Moscow, by all the chief nobility and clergy, the high officers of the...provinces, and others of inferior degree, unanimously; bat referring the mode to his sovereign and father, whose extraordinary character, combining the sternness... | |
| Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 460 sider
...Europe. The decree that consigned him to death, was passed in the senate house of Moscow by all the chief nobility and clergy, the high officers of the...extraordinary character, combining the sternness of a J in mis Brutus with the romance of a Haroun Alraschid, enabled him to fulfil the terrible office of... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 518 sider
...in Europe. The decree that consigned him to death was passed in the senatehouse of Moscow by all the chief nobility and clergy, the high officers of the army and navy, the governors of provinces, and othersof inferior degree, unanimously ; but referring the mode to his sovereign and father, whose extraordinary... | |
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