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... already described at weari- some length in his fantastic semi - fabulous way.3 Friedrich him- self seemed moderately glad to see Bielfeld ; received his high- flown congratulations with a benevolent yet somewhat composed air ; and gave ...
... already described at weari- some length in his fantastic semi - fabulous way.3 Friedrich him- self seemed moderately glad to see Bielfeld ; received his high- flown congratulations with a benevolent yet somewhat composed air ; and gave ...
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... already knows a build- er - has silently had him in his eye these two years past - Vol- taire giving hint , in the Letter we once heard of at Loo . Build- er shall be that sublime Maupertuis ; scientific lion of Paris , ever since his ...
... already knows a build- er - has silently had him in his eye these two years past - Vol- taire giving hint , in the Letter we once heard of at Loo . Build- er shall be that sublime Maupertuis ; scientific lion of Paris , ever since his ...
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... already some meagre Intelligenz - Blatt ( Weekly or Thrice - Weekly Advertiser ) , perhaps two ; but it is a real Newspaper , frondent with genial leafy speculation , and food for the mind , that Friedrich is intent upon ; a " Literary ...
... already some meagre Intelligenz - Blatt ( Weekly or Thrice - Weekly Advertiser ) , perhaps two ; but it is a real Newspaper , frondent with genial leafy speculation , and food for the mind , that Friedrich is intent upon ; a " Literary ...
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... the petticoats " he had already taken altogether to him- self , " 18 and of him we shall see a glimpse at Wilhelmina's short- 18 Preuss , i . , 66 . June - Sept . , 1740 . ly , as CHAP . I. ] PHENOMENA OF FRIEDRICH'S ACCESSION . 17.
... the petticoats " he had already taken altogether to him- self , " 18 and of him we shall see a glimpse at Wilhelmina's short- 18 Preuss , i . , 66 . June - Sept . , 1740 . ly , as CHAP . I. ] PHENOMENA OF FRIEDRICH'S ACCESSION . 17.
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... already submitted to his Britannic Majesty's consideration . Clear footing in- dispensable between us . What you want of me ? say it , and be plain . What I want of you is , These three things : " 1 ° . Guarantee for Jülich and Berg ...
... already submitted to his Britannic Majesty's consideration . Clear footing in- dispensable between us . What you want of me ? say it , and be plain . What I want of you is , These three things : " 1 ° . Guarantee for Jülich and Berg ...
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Page 119 - ... it is cursorily, and in the business way only ; and there is not here or elsewhere the least pleading — a man, you would say, considerably indifferent to our belief on that head : his eye set on the practical merely. "Just Rights? What are rights, never so just, which you cannot make valid ! The world is full of such. If you have rights and can assert them into facts, do it ; that is worth doing...
Page 34 - Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee.
Page 303 - This picture can not fail to be shocking to the humane reader, especially when he is informed that, while those miserable objects cried in vain for assistance, and actually perished for want of proper attendance, every ship of war in the fleet could have spared a couple of surgeons for their relief, and many young gentlemen of that profession solicited their captains in vain for leave to go and administer help to the sick and wounded.
Page 110 - Opportunity in this manner, and obeyed the new omen. To seize such an opportunity, and perilously mount upon it, was the part of a young magnanimous King, less sensible to the perils, and more to the other considerations, than one older would have been.