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by the Athenians, but their subjects are only Tartars. …
The Court of St. Petersburg has long been attempting to overwhelm Europe, Turkey and Poland. … It has aided much in the construction of the league of kings now united against us, and this court—not its allies—has drawn many advantages from the alliance. While the allies of the Russian Empress are exhausting their strength in the struggle against us, this lady of St. Petersburg is husbanding all her resources and casting her glances on Turkish, Polish and German domains. She believes the hour to be near at hand in which she can dictate to Europe.
—Speech delivered November 18, 1793.
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