Demetrius, a Russian Romance, Volum 2Longman, Hurst, Orme and Brown, 1813 |
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acroſs addreffed affumed affurance againſt alarm almoſt amidſt anceſtors apprehenfion beheld Berkeley Berkeley Boris breaſt CALIFORNIA LIBRARY cauſe circumftances cloſe Coffacks command conduct Count Wiefnovitſki countenance cuſtoms Czar Czar's Czarina defired Deme Demetrius diſcovered dreadful emotions encreaſed endeavoured eſcaped excited exclaimed exiſtence expreffed expreffion fabre faid fcene fecure feelings feemed felt Feodorofna fhall fhould filence firſt fmile foftened fome foon foul fovereign fpirit fubjects fuch fudden fufferings furpriſe furrounded gazed glance Godonof happineſs heart herſelf Hetman himſelf hope itſelf Kofanka Marina ment metrius mind Moſcow moſt muſt nobles occafion oppofition paffed paffion palace Patriarch pauſed perceived perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffible Poland Poles Poliſh prefent Prince Vaffili Princefs Princeſs Irene promiſe purpoſe purſued raiſed reafon reign replied requeſt reſpect Ruffians ruſhed ſaid ſcene ſeemed Sendomir ſhe Shuifki ſtate ſtill themſelves theſe thofe thoſe throne tion trius troops tumult UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA whofe whoſe
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Pàgina 205 - midst his pilfer'd hoard, A cunning man appears, whose secret frauds Are open'd to the day ! scorn 'd, hooted, mock'd ! Scorn 'd by the very fools who most admired His worthless art. But when a great mind falls, The noble nature of man's generous heart Doth bear him up against the shame of ruin ; With gentle censure using but its faults As modest means to introduce his praise ; For pity like a dewy twilight comes To close the oppressive splendour of hi* day, And they who but admired him in his height,...
Pàgina 227 - Being difcovered, he was re-conveyed to the palace, and brought before Vaffili Shuifki, who loaded him with reproaches for his impofture. Not difmayed, however, with the menaces of his enemy, he perfifted in maintaining himfelf to be the real fon of Ivan Vaflilievitch II. and appealed to the teftimony of his mother, who refided in a neighbouring convent. The firmnefs and confiftency of his...
Pàgina 223 - ... ftorm ramparts and fortifications ; and as he was always foremoft, and the moft eager among the aflailants, was often rudely handled in the fray. " Defirous to be eiteemed a patron of juitice, he put to death feveral judges who were convicted of iniquitous practices.
Pàgina 231 - A general of that nation, advancing within sight of Demetrius's army, cried out, " He is the only lawful heir of the empire j" and immediately went over to him with the troops under his command.
Pàgina 216 - ... of his perfecutors, he had efcaped from Ruffia into Poland. Being there admitted into the fervice of Wiefnovitfki, a Pole of great diftinction, he difcovered himfelf to that nobleman, who warmly efpoufed his caufe. Boris...
Pàgina 224 - J and yet near a year elapfed before any tumult broke out. At length his* marriage with a foreign lady clofed the fcene ; and it would have been a wonder if he had .continued any longer upon the throne.