- •Influence, wished to have the credit of being her earliest and most
- •Imperial court at this time, namely, the army. In all despotic
- •Important element of power in the state. The officers form a class by
- •In order to exasperate the people and the Guards, and excite them to the
- •In the mean time the commotion in the city went on, and for several days
- •Violence which they displayed led to a reaction. A party was formed,
- •In respect to Sophia--Peter's public entry into Moscow--He gains sole
- •In a war with the Turks, proposed to the Russians, or Muscovites, as
- •In the war between the Muscovites and the Tartars for the possession of
- •If the war thus waged by the government of the empress had been
- •Influence every day. The men of this party naturally gathered around
- •Important services which he had rendered during the war. But this
- •In consternation, and immediately sent to the apartments where his
- •Immediately afterward marched in a body to the monastery, and there
- •Intercession.
- •In coming to this conviction, and they declared, with tears in their
- •In order that he might be brought to trial on a charge of treason.
- •Very wise scheme for building a house. He may choose an excellent place
- •Influence of the others. As Peter gradually grew older, and felt
- •Very quick in understanding the military principles which they explained
- •In a very respectful manner, "That, whatever ambition he might have to
- •In the mean time, while Peter and the embassador were talking thus about
- •Inquiries about Le Fort, introduced the subject again in conversation
- •Interpreter. The duties of this office required Le Fort to be a great
- •In that manner, and should be also very much pleased to have them
- •Introduction of the compact and scientific system of western Europe, in
- •Impatient of contradiction, and he could not tolerate any species of
- •If he would, but to spare the innocent person. The Czar was entirely
- •Improvements of western Europe among his people. He was ready to seize
- •Immediately to feel a strong desire to possess a navy himself. There
- •In performing sham-fights by setting one of them against another. He
- •It, on rushing to the guns, found that they could not be fired. The
- •In a word, Peter was now very eager to begin at once the building ships
- •Veneration of the old Russian families for their own country, and the
- •Into execution. Falling into conversation with each other just before
- •Incognito, in the character of a private person in the train of an
- •Imposing scene, so numerous was the party which composed the embassadors'
- •Interest in viewing it, as there was then no naval outlet in that
- •In the afternoon. First came a troop of horses that belonged to the
- •Very much interested in these boys, and the boys were likewise doubtless
- •Illustrious ancestors." It said also that "the same embassy being from
- •Interior.
- •In the subject of ships and ship-building, and in every thing connected
- •Intent on building up a navy for the protection of his empire, even to
- •Various institutions of England, whether those relating to government,
- •Improvements as would tend to the extension and aggrandizement of his
- •In order to give Peter a favorable opportunity to see the fleet at
- •It on again, but Peter remained uncovered, on the ground that he was
- •Intelligence changed at once all Peter's plans. He had intended to go
- •In his work of superseding and subverting all the good old customs of the
- •In executing this plan, negotiations were first cautiously opened with
- •In civil commotions of this kind occurring in any of the ancient
- •In the fight, told them that a miracle had been performed. God had
- •Intoxication and anger.
- •Into his subjects, and to put down the spirit of conspiracy and
- •Indeed, so exalted was the position and dignity of the patriarch, and
- •In long robes, which prevented his mounting the horse in the usual
- •Immediately offered for the discovery of the persons by whom these
- •Very next day after the truce of the Turks was concluded.
- •In this pitiful plight the whole body of prisoners were driven off,
- •Institutions
- •It is true that in many places the land along the banks of the river was
- •In felling and transporting trees, and in excavating and filling up,
- •In number faster, after all, than the means for feeding them. The
- •It; and if not, I will burn it down."
- •Into his part of the country he would desert the cause of the Czar, and
- •In the mean time, Mazeppa cautiously made known his plans to the
- •In the struggle, if those who were disposed to revolt had not fled
- •In the first place, they dressed the effigy to imitate the appearance
- •In the mean time, while these transactions had been taking place among
- •Impediments if they could, and if not, they opened new roads.
- •It was at that time an important military station, as it contained
- •Imperial character while in camp, for in this instance, while the men
- •Insisted on being put upon a horse. The attendants accordingly brought
- •In the mean time, the Czar himself had been exposed to great danger in
- •It was a carriage which belonged to one of his generals, and which, by
- •In pursuit of the fugitives was the hope of capturing the king himself.
- •It before all the troops had passed, and thus about five hundred men
- •Induced by her gratitude to him to accept it, but she said she must ask
- •Inhabitants prisoners. Catharine herself was among the prisoners thus
- •Very crisis of the difficulties which the Czar had with his eldest son,
- •Into which he often fell when any thing displeased him, and sometimes,
- •It is not improbable that he himself really selected the lady. At any
- •Very quiet and unostentatious way, in one of the provincial towns of
- •In a few days after the birth of the child, fever set in, and the
- •If you do not, I am fully resolved to cut you off from the succession.
- •If he had shown himself an active and spirited young man, full of
- •Impression upon you. For this reason I have determined to write this
- •I shall at once proceed against you as a malefactor.--(Signed) peter."
- •Indolence and vice a little longer undisturbed. Indeed, it was said
- •Important negotiations which were going on with others. Not long after
- •In your customary laziness.--peter."
- •In the first place, he determined carefully to conceal his design from
- •Induced her to yield to him by drawing his knife and threatening to
- •Interruption till he came to Konigsberg, which was the place where the
- •If his father continued to persecute him in this way, he would resist
- •In the mean time Peter grew more and more urgent in his demands upon
- •In his late escape from the kingdom. Alexis seemed unwilling to reply
- •Impaled alive; that is, a great stake was driven through his body into
- •In his address to the archbishops and bishops, he stated that, although
- •In the conclusion of his address, "to consider of the affair, to
- •Incurred by so strange and unusual a course?
- •It at the terrible, just, and impartial judgment of the Great God.
- •Imprisoned, and arraigned before it for the last time. He was attended
- •It is said that on this occasion Peter shut himself up alone for three
- •Vigorously and successfully in completing the reforms which he had
- •Issue a grand proclamation announcing his design and explaining the
- •It would be impossible to describe or to conceive, without witnessing it,
- •Very painful disease, and, after suffering great distress and anguish for
It is said that on this occasion Peter shut himself up alone for three
days and three nights in his own chamber, where he lay stretched on the
ground in anguish and agony, and would not allow any body to come in. At
length one of his ministers of state came, and, speaking to him through
the door, appealed to him, in the most earnest manner, to come forth and
give them directions in respect to the affairs of the empire, which, he
said, urgently required his attention. The minister had brought with him
a large number of senators to support and enforce his appeal. At length
the Czar allowed the door to be opened, and the minister, with all the
senators, came together into the room. The sudden appearance of so many
persons, and the boldness of the minister in taking this decided step,
made such an impression on the mind of the Czar as to divert his mind for
the moment from his grief, and he allowed himself to be led forth and to
be persuaded to take some food.
The death of Petrowitz took place in 1719, and the Czar continued to live
and reign himself after this period for about sixteen [Transcriber's
note: six? (Peter died in 1725)] years. During all that time he went on
Vigorously and successfully in completing the reforms which he had
undertaken in the internal condition of his empire, and increasing the
power and influence of his government among surrounding nations. He had
no farther serious difficulty with the opponents of his policy, though he
was always under apprehensions that difficulties might arise after his
death. He had the right, according to the ancient constitution of the
monarchy, to designate his own successor, choosing for this purpose
either one of his sons or any other person. And now, since both his sons
were dead, his mind revolved anxiously the question what provision he
should make for the government of the empire after his decease. He
finally concluded to leave it in the hands of Catharine herself, and, to
prepare the way for this, he resolved to cause her to be solemnly crowned
empress during his lifetime.
As a preliminary measure, however, before publicly announcing Catharine
as his intended successor, Peter required all the officers of the empire,
both civil and military, and all the nobles and other chief people of the
country, to subscribe a solemn declaration and oath that they
acknowledged the right of the Czar to appoint his successor, and that
after his death they would sustain and defend whomsoever he should name
as their emperor and sovereign.
This declaration, printed forms of which were sent all over the kingdom,
was signed by the people very readily. No one, however, imagined that
Catharine would be the person on whom the Czar's choice would fall. It
was generally supposed that a certain Prince Naraskin would be appointed
to the succession. The Czar himself said nothing of his intention, but
waited until the time should arrive for carrying it into effect.
The first step to be taken in carrying the measure into effect was to
Issue a grand proclamation announcing his design and explaining the
reasons for it. In this proclamation Peter cited many instances from
history in which great sovereigns had raised their consorts to a seat on
the throne beside them, and then he recapitulated the great services
which Catharine had rendered to him and to the state, which made her
peculiarly deserving of such an honor. She had been a tried and devoted
friend and counselor to him, he said, for many years. She had shared his
labors and fatigues, had accompanied him on his journeys, and had even
repeatedly encountered all the discomforts and dangers of the camp in
following him in his military campaigns. By so doing she had rendered
him the most essential service, and on one occasion she had been the
means of saving his whole army from destruction. He therefore declared
his intention of joining her with himself in the supreme power, and to
celebrate this event by a solemn coronation.
The place where the coronation was to be performed was, of course, the
ancient city of Moscow, and commands were issued to all the great
dignitaries of Church and state, and invitations to all the foreign
embassadors, to repair to that city, and be ready on the appointed day to
take part in the ceremony.