The Czar: A Tale of the Time of the First Napoleon

by Deborah Alcock

THE CZAR

A Tale of the Time of the

First Napoleon.

SWEET COUNSEL TO A MOURNFUL HEART.

Page 442.

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T. NELSON AND SONS,

LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK.

TIMELY AID.

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Contents

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I.

A SLEEPING VILLAGE, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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II.

IVAN'S ADVENTURE, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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III.

SOMETHING WONDERFUL HAPPENS TO IVAN, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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IV.

IVAN'S HORIZON WIDENS, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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V.

PETROVITCH, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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VI.

IVAN'S EDUCATION, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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VII.

"ON THE EDGE OF THE STORM," …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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VIII.

A NATION'S TRANSPORT, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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IX.

CLEMENCE, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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X.

THE DRAWING OF THE LOT, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XI.

ONE OF HALF A MILLION, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XII.

ONE OF FIFTY MILLION, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XIII.

SERF AND BOYAR, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XIV.

THE FORLORN HOPE, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XV.

THE MARTYR CITY, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XVI.

ALEXANDER, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XVII.

IN THE CAMP, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XVIII.

TWO IMPORTANT INTERVIEWS, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XIX.

THE CHEVALIER GUARD, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XX.

WEARY, WANDERING FEET, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXI.

OVER THE BERESINA, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXII.

THE AIDE-DE-CAMP OF ST. PRIEST, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXIII.

THE MOSCOW MEDAL, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXIV.

ONE YEAR AFTERWARDS, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXV.

"FATHER PARIS FOR MOTHER MOSCOW," …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXVI.

AT VERSAILLES, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXVII.

RECOGNITIONS, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXVIII.

DRIFTING, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXIX.

IVAN'S DINNER PARTY, AND WHAT FOLLOWED, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXX.

THE PURPLE BROCADE ONCE MORE, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXXI.

LEAVES FROM LETTERS, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXXII.

TWO RETURNS, ONE OF THEM NOT EXPECTED, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXXIII.

HIS KING SPEAKS TO THE CZAR, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXXIV.

AFTER WATERLOO, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXXV.

"THE GRAY SISTER OF HEARTS," …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXXVI.

TWO HAPPY DAYS, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

363

XXXVII.

AT NICOLOFSKY, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXXVIII.

A ROSEBUD, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XXXIX.

MORNING SUNSHINE, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XL.

MORNING CLOUDS, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XLI.

FROM AFAR, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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XLII.

SNOW-DRIFTS, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

422

XLIII.

HIS KING SPEAKS TO THE CZAR ONCE MORE, …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

427

XLIV.

"CHRISTOHS VOSKRESS," …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …          …

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