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The History of Peter the Great, Czar of Russia

Sarah Hopkins Bradford

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1858. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXII. Last illness of the Czar--His death--Grief of the Nation--Opinions of other nations with regard to Peter--Last honors paid to the Czar-- His Epitaph. Peter The Great had long been suffering from a painful and incurable disease. The mineral waters which he had tried had proved of very little service, and he found himself growing sensibly weaker from the beginning of the year 1724. His labors, from which he could not be persuaded to rest, only increased his disorder and hastened his end. His sufferings became intolerable, and were now accompanied by almost constant delirium. Whenever his reason for a time returned, he endeavored to write, though he could only scrawl a few lines which no one could read. And it was with the greatest difficulty that these words in the Russian language could be distinguished, " Let every thing be given to--" He then called his daughter, the princess Anna, to his bedside, that he might dictate to her, (for Catharine could neither read nor write, ) but when she came to him he had lost the power of speech, and fell into a fit which lasted sixteen hours. The Empress did not quit his bedside for three nights together. At length he breathed his last in her arms, on the 28th of January, 1725, about six o'clock in the morning. His body was carried into the great hall of the palace, accompanied by all the imperial family, the Senate, all the principal personages of state, and an immense concourse of people. It was there exposed on a bed of state, and every one was permitted to approach and kiss his hand, till the day of his interment, which was on the 21st of March, 1725. It has been thought, and it has been asserted in . print, that he had appointed his wife Catharine to succeed him in the empire by his last will; but " the truth...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The History of Peter the Great, Czar of Russia. To get started finding The History of Peter the Great, Czar of Russia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 50

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: General Books

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1150032529

Description: This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1858. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXII. Last illness of the Czar--His death--Grief of the Nation--Opinions of other nations with regard to Peter--Last honors paid to the Czar-- His Epitaph. Peter The Great had long been suffering from a painful and incurable disease. The mineral waters which he had tried had proved of very little service, and he found himself growing sensibly weaker from the beginning of the year 1724. His labors, from which he could not be persuaded to rest, only increased his disorder and hastened his end. His sufferings became intolerable, and were now accompanied by almost constant delirium. Whenever his reason for a time returned, he endeavored to write, though he could only scrawl a few lines which no one could read. And it was with the greatest difficulty that these words in the Russian language could be distinguished, " Let every thing be given to--" He then called his daughter, the princess Anna, to his bedside, that he might dictate to her, (for Catharine could neither read nor write, ) but when she came to him he had lost the power of speech, and fell into a fit which lasted sixteen hours. The Empress did not quit his bedside for three nights together. At length he breathed his last in her arms, on the 28th of January, 1725, about six o'clock in the morning. His body was carried into the great hall of the palace, accompanied by all the imperial family, the Senate, all the principal personages of state, and an immense concourse of people. It was there exposed on a bed of state, and every one was permitted to approach and kiss his hand, till the day of his interment, which was on the 21st of March, 1725. It has been thought, and it has been asserted in . print, that he had appointed his wife Catharine to succeed him in the empire by his last will; but " the truth...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The History of Peter the Great, Czar of Russia. To get started finding The History of Peter the Great, Czar of Russia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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