. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . 238 ORIGINAL TRAVELS OF (ffiluujtier SUitty-tfti^^t*. •)^ EIZED with a fury of canal-cutting,I took it in my head to form an im-mediate communication betweenthe Mediterranean and the KedSea; and therefore set out forPetersburg. The sanguinary ambition of the empress wouldnot listen to my proposal, until I took a privateopportunity, taking a cup of coffee with her Majesty,to tell her that I would absolutely sacrifice myselffor the general good of mankind; and if she wouldaccede to my proposal, would, on the completion ofthe canal, i
. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . 238 ORIGINAL TRAVELS OF (ffiluujtier SUitty-tfti^^t*. •)^ EIZED with a fury of canal-cutting,I took it in my head to form an im-mediate communication betweenthe Mediterranean and the KedSea; and therefore set out forPetersburg. The sanguinary ambition of the empress wouldnot listen to my proposal, until I took a privateopportunity, taking a cup of coffee with her Majesty,to tell her that I would absolutely sacrifice myselffor the general good of mankind; and if she wouldaccede to my proposal, would, on the completion ofthe canal, ijpsofacto^ give her my hand in marriage. My dear, dear Baron, said she, I accede toevery thing you please; and agree to make peacewith the Porte on the conditions, you mention : and,added she, rising with all the majesty of theCzarina, Empress of half the world,— be it known BAEON MUNCHAUSEN. 239 to all subjects, that we ordain tliese conditions, forsuch is our royal will and pleasure. I now proceeded to the Isthmus of Suez, at thehead of a million of Russian pioneers, and thereunited my forces with a milli
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