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" Church! you have in all circumstances by your intercession called down upon our empire the Divine protection! Russian people! intrepid posterity of Slavonians! it is not the first time that you have plucked out the teeth from the head of the lion, who... "
Life and Times of Alexander I, Emperor of All the Russias - Page 165
by F. R. Grahame - 1875
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History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M.DCC ...

Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1855 - 384 pages
...Sclavonians, often have you broken the jaws of the lions which were open to devour you ! Unite then, with the cross in your hearts and the sword in your hands, and no human power shall prevail against you." 29. While the minds of all ranks were in the highest state...
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Narrative of Events During the Invasion of Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte and ...

Sir Robert Thomas Wilson - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - 1860 - 490 pages
...time that you have plucked out the teeth from the head of the lion, who sprung on you as upon a prey, and met his own destruction ! Unite yourselves ! carry...hearts and the sword in your hands, and human force never can prevail against you. "I have delegated the organization of the new levies to the nobles of...
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English and French Neutrality and the Anglo-French Alliance: In Their ...

Charles Brandon Boynton - Eastern question (Balkan) - 1864 - 610 pages
...often " have you broken the jaws of the lions which were opened " to devour you. Unite, then, with the cross in your hearts, " and the sword in your hands, and no human power shall " prevail against you." The result showed that the emperor knew his people. The...
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The progress of science, art, and literature in Russia, by F.R. Grahame

Catherine Laura Johnstone, F. R. GRAHAME (pseud. [i.e. Catherine Laura Johnstone.]) - 1865 - 486 pages
...time that you have plucked out the teeth from the head of the lion who sprung on you as upon a prey, and met his own destruction. Unite yourselves, carry the cross in your hearts and the sword in your hauds, and human force can never prevail against you. " I have delegated the organization of the new...
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Life and Times of Alexander I.: Emperor of All the Russians, Volume 2

F. R. Grahame - Russia - 1875 - 364 pages
...also gained an advantage over Montbrun, and these two defeats vexed Napoleon, and confirmed him in his decision to move forward in the hope of a decisive...officers being chosen from them, and never * Souvenirs d'Alexandre et de Napoleon 1". Mme. Choiseul Gouffier. was a sovereign's appeal more nobly answered....
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The history of Russia from the foundation of the ..., Volume 2; Volume 327

Henry Tyrrell (teacher of elocution.) - 1879 - 462 pages
...Slavonians, often have you broken the jaws of the lions which were open to devour you ! Unite, then, with the cross in your hearts and the sword in your hands, and no human power shall prevail against you." The people of Moscow enthusiastically responded by raising...
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A Thousand Years of Russian History

Sonia Elizabeth Howe - Russia - 1915 - 474 pages
...from twenty different nations. In answer to the Emperor's stirring appeal to his people, " Unite with the cross in your hearts and the sword in your hands, and no human power shall prevail against you!" the whole country rose in arms : the peasants under the...
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