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Peter the Great

of Russia built St. Petersburg, and gave Russia a place among the nations of Europe. He laid aside his crown and sceptre, came to England, and worked as a common labourer in our dockyards, that he might teach his subjects how to build ships.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Peter
Peter Botte Mountain
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Peter Peebles
Peter-pence
Peter Pindar
Peter Porcupine
Peter Wilkins
Peter of Provence
Peter the Great
Peter the Hermit (in Tasso)
Peter the Wild Boy
Peterboat
Peterborough (Northamptonshire)
Peterloo
Petit-Maître
Petit Serjeantry
Petitio Principii (A)
Petitioners and Abhorrers
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