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[Illustration: _H. Corbould._ _W. Chevalier._

_He ran every where in person to put a stop to the pillage and
slaughter._

_Chap. 13._]




                                  THE
                                HISTORY
                                  _OF_
                            PETER THE GREAT.

                             [Illustration:
                     _H. Corbould._ _W. Chevalier._

                    _Council him for his own safety,
                           not to pardon me._

                              _Chap. 36._]


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                              MANCHESTER.




                                  THE
                                HISTORY
                                   OF
                            PETER THE GREAT,
                           EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.


                      FROM THE FRENCH OF VOLTAIRE,
                              BY SMOLLETT.


                              MANCHESTER:
                S. JOHNSON & SON, No. 3, OLDHAM-STREET;
                     AND 48, CHURCH-ST., LIVERPOOL.

                               MDCCCXLV.




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER

      I. Description of Russia.

     II. Continuation of the description of Russia, population,
           finances, armies, customs, religion: state of Russia before
           Peter the Great.

    III. The ancestors of Peter the Great.

     IV. John and Peter. Horrible Sedition among the