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Excerpt from Peter the Great
The stake at issue was a large one. The friends and relations of the selected bride attained honour, riches, and in¿uence It was a triumph Of one family over another, so that the struggle for the hand of the Tsar led not only to cabals and jealousies, but to infamous intrigues.
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