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... built a fleet ; caused his subjects to be well trained both in the sailing and fighting of their ships , and stationed 120 of them well armed on such parts of the coast as were most open to attack . The inroads of the Danes were , for ...
... built a fleet ; caused his subjects to be well trained both in the sailing and fighting of their ships , and stationed 120 of them well armed on such parts of the coast as were most open to attack . The inroads of the Danes were , for ...
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... built by them , treacherously permitted his passage in the hope of saving themselves . The ground was levelled , planks , greased to render them more slippery , laid down upon it , eighty boats were got ashore , placed on rollers and ...
... built by them , treacherously permitted his passage in the hope of saving themselves . The ground was levelled , planks , greased to render them more slippery , laid down upon it , eighty boats were got ashore , placed on rollers and ...
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... built boat , in which he was accustomed to sail on the river Moskwa , inspired him with the desire of possessing a navy ; and he himself went through all the grades of a seaman's life , as well for the sake of example as to acquire a ...
... built boat , in which he was accustomed to sail on the river Moskwa , inspired him with the desire of possessing a navy ; and he himself went through all the grades of a seaman's life , as well for the sake of example as to acquire a ...
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... built of wood , rapidly sprang up around him . He invited strangers , and compelled his own subjects , to settle here . And having thus by his strong will , perseverance , and absolute power , overcome all the obstacles that natural ...
... built of wood , rapidly sprang up around him . He invited strangers , and compelled his own subjects , to settle here . And having thus by his strong will , perseverance , and absolute power , overcome all the obstacles that natural ...
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... built with his own hands . He , with the empress , again visited Holland , France , Prussia , and other countries in 1716 , with the same purpose as that which had taken him abroad in 1698 , that of adding to the civilisation of his own ...
... built with his own hands . He , with the empress , again visited Holland , France , Prussia , and other countries in 1716 , with the same purpose as that which had taken him abroad in 1698 , that of adding to the civilisation of his own ...
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