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Variations in spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have been standardized. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Proper names, French language, and "reproch" in the...
2. Part 2♦Their grievances.♦ There was thus no tie except that of gratitude for their honourable position in war to bind the Cossacks to Poland; and this was soon broken by the outrageou...
3. Part 3♦Candidates for the throne.♦ The number of aspirants to the vacant throne was, as usual, considerable. The Czar Alexis massed 80,000 troops on the frontier in support of the can...
4. Part 4♦Crisis in Sobieski’s life.♦ It was the crisis of his great career; yet he could not but regard the scene as one of happy omen. On this spot, more than fifty years before, his f...
5. Part 5♦They invade the Ukraine.♦ Meantime the Turks, accompanied by the Tartars, had appeared in great force before the camp at Kotzim. The Polish commander, terrified at their number...
6. Part 6♦His designs upon Kaminiec.♦ He was anxious to strike the first blow against the Turks by surprising Kaminiec, which was poorly guarded; but for this the consent of the Diet was...
7. Part 7The Polish cavalry had advanced so near that John could detect these movements with his field-glass. Provoked at this ostentatious contempt, he bade his artillerymen aim exclusi...
8. Part 8♦Perfidy of Leopold.♦ The zeal of the king for the cause of the Emperor was cooled about this time by the marriage of the archduchess, who had been promised to Prince James, to...
9. Part 9[4] _Relatione di Polonia_ (1598), quoted by Ranke (App. No. 66 to his _History of the Popes_). The same Nuncio says the Poles confessed to him that they preferred a weak monarc...
10. Part 10THE OXFORD LOGIC CHART. Notes and Hints, prepared expressly for “Moderations,” and purposely divided into 24 Sections or Lessons. [_The Student is advised to prepare and write o...