tzar

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Like many a plebeian boy, the tzar had now acquired a passion for the sea, and he longed to get a sight of the ocean.

From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

With the young tzar, a boy of sixteen, it was love at first sight, and that very day he told Moroson that he wished to marry Maria, the eldest of the beauties.

From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

After the Te Deum the archbishop presented his episcopal ring to the tzar and the grand duke, who kissed it respectfully.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de

Upon their return to Russia, the utter despotism of the tzar seemed more than ever hateful to them.

From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

The millionaire who demands vengeance against this broken man to-day has an income greater than the combined crowned heads of Europe and wields a sceptre mightier than tzar or emperor.

From The Root of Evil by Dixon, Thomas