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Stanisław August Poniatowski

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King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1764-1795)

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The ordinary protection of Poland is in the hands of a force which the State is obliged to support. It is composed of two bodies independent of each other under two different generals.
Voltaire, Voltaire's history of Charles XII, king of Sweden
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This man served as an interpreter, and the several articles were publicly reduced to writing by the vizier's chief secretary, Hummer Effendi. Moreover, count Poniatowsky was there in person. The present sent to the kiaia was offered probably in form, and every thing was transacted agreeable to the oriental customs.
Voltaire, The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia
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"Poniatowski's age is 32 gone;--how long out of Russia, readers have to guess. Made his first public appearance on the streets of Warsaw, in the late Election time, as a Captain of Patriot Volunteers,--'Independence of Poland! Shall Poland be dictated to!" cried Stanislaus and an indignant Public at one stage of the affair. His Uncles Czartoryski were piloting him in; and in that mad element, the cries, and…
Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21
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