tzar
Example Sentences
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The English were honorably received, and were invited to dine with the tzar in the royal palace, which furnished them with a new occasion of astonishment from the sumptuousness which surrounded the sovereign.
From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
With uncovered head he bowed to the right and to the left, while the multitude incessantly cried, "May Heaven grant long life to our pious tzar, conqueror of barbarians and saviour of Christians."
From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
The tzar saw them, either incognito or without disguise, as suited his pleasure.
From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
They took leave publicly of the tzar, and this audience was turned to good account by their interpreter.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
His gleaming saber was carelessly held in one hand and the letter to the tzar, from the King of Poland, in the other.
From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott