ISBN: 1235826171

[EAN: 9781235826177], Neubuch, JOHN BOYD THACHER COLLECTION,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers ca… More...

[EAN: 9781235826177], Neubuch, JOHN BOYD THACHER COLLECTION,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1803 Excerpt: . . . . And with blind rage, unknowing to relent, Involves die guilty and the innocent. He bids the judge the guileless maid release, And 1st her seek her native ille in peace, ( To le concluded in out next. ) The History of the Revolutions of Russia, to the Accession os Catharine the Firt; including a concise Review of the Manners and Cujlomt of the Sixteenth end Seventea. th Centuries. By Henry Card, A. B. Pembroke College, Oxon. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Longman and Rees. 1803. THE political importance attained by Russia, in Europe, during the eighteenth century, has made that empire 3 subject of literary research to other nations, and several useful works, under an histoiical form, have been published by diffeient British authors. The writer before us having turned his attention to the affairs of Russia, : s, (he informs us) induced to think, and conclude, that a narrative usher memorable transactions, under the name of revolutions, might excite some curiosity; which would be but faintly kept alive, if he eriterei too minutely on the details of a history, abounding with events i too uniform a complexion to be always interesting. In the execu-. tio: i of his task he mis consulted the histories of Levefque, and of his rival Le Clerc, and alio every other literary channel within his reach. Till the ninth century Ruffian history was little known: from that lime an air of veracity attends their chtonicles. Novgorod was originally a republican state, but Rurik, a neighbouring chieftain, became the founder of a dynasty, which reigned seven hundred years. Tnis was tne first revolution of Russia. Rurik possessed great military talents, but all the cruelty of a barbarian. Soon after the death ot that Piince thete was a disputed succession, and the brother of Ru rik succeeded to the . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<