. Imperial courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, and Austria. Richly illustrated with portraits of imperial sovereigns and their cabinet ministers' with biographical sketches . Avhich so well denotes his genuinecharacter, did Cromwell, without the least opposition, oreven muiTUur, annihilate that famous assembly which hadfilled aU Europe with the renown of its actions, and withastonishment at its crimes, and whose commencement wasnot more ardently desired by the people than was its finaldissolution. All parties now reaped successively the melan-choly pleasure of seeing the inju
. Imperial courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, and Austria. Richly illustrated with portraits of imperial sovereigns and their cabinet ministers' with biographical sketches . Avhich so well denotes his genuinecharacter, did Cromwell, without the least opposition, oreven muiTUur, annihilate that famous assembly which hadfilled aU Europe with the renown of its actions, and withastonishment at its crimes, and whose commencement wasnot more ardently desired by the people than was its finaldissolution. All parties now reaped successively the melan-choly pleasure of seeing the injuries which they had suf-fered revenged on their enemies; and that too by thesame arts which had been practised against them. Theking had, in some instances, stretched his prerogative be-yond its just bounds; and, aided by the church, had A\ell-nigli put an end to all the liberties and privileges of the 256 THE COURT OF ENGLAND. nation. By recent, as well as all ancient, example, it wasbecome evident that illegal violence, with whatever pre-tences it may be covered, and whatever object it maypursue, must inevitably end at last in the arbitrary anddespotic government of a single ALE^AN (?) E m 11. rMPEffOn OF RUSSIA. THE COURT OF RUSSIA. The Court of this colossal emjiire dates back a thousandyears. The monarchy was founded by Prince Eurik, in theyear 862. The Court of Russia began with him. The con-tinuous and particular history of that court for a longperiod is not well known. In 980 to 1015 Vladimir in-troduced Christianity, and founded cities and schools. Fromthat period down to 1237, when the country was overrunby the Tartars, Russia, with few exceptions, Avas the the-atre of civil war. In the year 1328, tlie court and theseat of government were removed to Moscow. In the year1481, the Tartars were finally expelled from the the year 1613, the house of Romanoff, from which thepresent Emperor of Russia is descended, was raised tothe throne. Under the directi
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