"The Czar, who had been absolute enough to civilize savages, had no idea, could conceive none, of the privileges of a nation civilized in the only rational manner, by laws and liberties."
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British peersBritish Ambassadors to FranceBritish Ambassadors to Russia and the Soviet UnionBritish Ambassadors to Poland
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An Account of Russia as It Was in the Year 1710 (Strawberry-Hill, 1758) Advertisement, pp. vii–viii
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Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth
Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth (29 May 1752 – 13 May 1825), known as Lord Whitworth between 1800 and 1813 and as Viscount Whitworth between 1813 and 1815, was a British diplomat and politician.
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