Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Том 75William Blackwood, 1854 |
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... Russia , as some believe , has designs , resolute , although not yet ripe , on British India , and is bent on discover- ing a south - east passage to our vast Asiatic possessions , certainly Persia's regular troops would be no serious ...
... Russia , as some believe , has designs , resolute , although not yet ripe , on British India , and is bent on discover- ing a south - east passage to our vast Asiatic possessions , certainly Persia's regular troops would be no serious ...
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... Russia , the great nascent power of the Old World , already stretches her giant arms from the Baltic Sea to the distant shores of the Pacific , and despite the deserts and mountain - chains of Central Asia , is steadily working her way ...
... Russia , the great nascent power of the Old World , already stretches her giant arms from the Baltic Sea to the distant shores of the Pacific , and despite the deserts and mountain - chains of Central Asia , is steadily working her way ...
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... Russia the climate might ac- count for this predilection , but the craving is deeper seated . In tropical as well as in Arctic regions the practice equally prevails . In Central America the Indian of native blood and the Creole of mixed ...
... Russia the climate might ac- count for this predilection , but the craving is deeper seated . In tropical as well as in Arctic regions the practice equally prevails . In Central America the Indian of native blood and the Creole of mixed ...
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... Russia had been able to count with perfect certainty upon the co- operation of Austria , it is impossible to believe that she would have taken the decisive , and , as we think , irre- trievable step of occupying the Da- nubian ...
... Russia had been able to count with perfect certainty upon the co- operation of Austria , it is impossible to believe that she would have taken the decisive , and , as we think , irre- trievable step of occupying the Da- nubian ...
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... Russia crossed the Pruth , it was with the deliberate purpose of holding Wal- lachia and Moldavia , never again to be surrendered into the hands of Turkey . The Emperor Nicholas is neither an idle boaster nor a braggart . He knows the ...
... Russia crossed the Pruth , it was with the deliberate purpose of holding Wal- lachia and Moldavia , never again to be surrendered into the hands of Turkey . The Emperor Nicholas is neither an idle boaster nor a braggart . He knows the ...
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