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Voltaire's history of Charles XII, king of Sweden

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Baltagi Mahomet, Pasha of Syria, made Grand Vizir, 210;
  has orders to attack the Russians, 211;
  his answer to the Czar’s letter suing for peace, 222, 223;
  his terms, 223, 224;
  concludes a treaty of peace with the Czar, 224, 225;
  his efforts to force Charles XII to depart from Bender, 229, 230;
  cuts off the king’s supplies, 231;
  Poniatowski plots against him, 232;
  his lieutenant is executed and he himself exiled, 233;
  his death, _ib._

Bender, Governor of, handsome reception of Charles XII by, 183

Borysthenes, escape of Charles XII and his troops to, after
  Pultawa, 175, 176;
  troops drowned while attempting to cross, 177


Calish, victory at, 122, 123;
  Peter the Great’s commemoration of, 133

Calmouks, their country, 154;
  detachment of, in Russian army, Charles XII’s narrow escape
  from, 154, 155

Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, forgets benefits received from
  the Porte, and makes treaty with the Czar, 216

Catherine, wife of Peter the Great, her early history, 220-222;
  persuades the Czar to sue the Grand Vizir for peace, 222

Charles XI abolishes the authority of the Senate, 10;
  his character, _ib._;
  his marriage, _ib._;
  death of his wife, 13;
  his cruelty to her and oppression of the people, _ib._;
  his death, _ib._

Charles XII, his birth, early education, tastes and character, 11, 12;
  anecdotes of, 12;
  his accession, 13, 14;
  takes the reins of power into his own hands, 15, 16;
  his coronation, 16, 17;
  sudden transformation of his character, 37, 38;
  begins war with Russia and its allies, 39;
  his skill and courage, 40, 41;
  his first success in arms, 43, 44;
  concludes the war with Denmark, 46;
  his victory at Narva over 80,000 Russians, 49-54;
  war vessels constructed by, 59;
  his artifice to hide his movements, 59;
  defeats the Saxons and enters Birzen, 60, 61;
  his further successes against the King of Poland, 73;
  refuses to see the Countess of Königsmarck, 75;
  receives the embassy of the Polish State, 76;
  arrives before Warsaw, 79;
  his interview with Cardinal Radjouski, 80;
  his victory at Clissau, 81;
  enters Cracow, 82;
  his accident and false report of his death, 82;
  his success at Pultask, 85;
  his indifference to danger, 86;
  besieges Thorn, 89;
  resists temptation of seizing the throne of Poland, 92;
  offers it to Alexander Sobiesky, _ib._;
  receives Stanislas Leczinski and nominates him King of Poland, 97,
  98;
  takes Leopold by assault, 100;
  joins Stanislas against