The Life of Catharine Ii Empress of Russia volume 3
The Life of Catharine Ii Empress of Russia volume 3
William Tooke
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One ihot of the piftol completed the dread- iUlaa. J- The apth of March, 1791. He had been aflfaffinated in the night of the 1 5th of the fame month. J The ift of March, 1791. Her I794-] EMPRESS CATHARINE II. 349 Her majefty, however, took a great intereft in the revolution that had taken place in France; apprehenlive left the principles upon which it was efte&ed might find their way into Ruffia, and there occafion fome combuftion fubverfive of the throne. To all the French who fignified that t...hey were attached to their old form of govern- ment, fhe gave a welcome reception ; while fhe feverely profcribed the reft. The ambaffador of France quitted Peterlburg : but as Catharine, while fhe cenfured the opinions of that minifter, could not refram from doing juftice to his virtues, to his talents, and the amenity of his manners, Hie faid to him, on his taking leave of her : 6i I " am an ariftocrat ; for I muft carry on my bufi- " nefs. " A little while after fhe recalled the am- baffador whom fhe had at Paris.
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