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... answers , in the Diet , that French Declara- tion , “ Make Peace , good People ; I wish to be out of it ! " in an ominous Manner , 541 . Britannic Majesty goes home , 546 . VI . VOLTAIRE VISITS FRIEDRICH FOR THE FOURTH TIME ...
... answers , in the Diet , that French Declara- tion , “ Make Peace , good People ; I wish to be out of it ! " in an ominous Manner , 541 . Britannic Majesty goes home , 546 . VI . VOLTAIRE VISITS FRIEDRICH FOR THE FOURTH TIME ...
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... answered , " Hardly , your Majesty ! The Jülich - and - Berg affair is so omi- nous hitherto ! " These may be secrets , and dubious to people out of doors , thinks a wise editor ; but one thing patent to the day was this , surely ...
... answered , " Hardly , your Majesty ! The Jülich - and - Berg affair is so omi- nous hitherto ! " These may be secrets , and dubious to people out of doors , thinks a wise editor ; but one thing patent to the day was this , surely ...
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... answer again by that savage method . The use of Torture had , I believe , fallen rather obsolete in Prussia , but now the very threat of it shall vanish — the threat of it , as we may remember , had reached Friedrich himself at one time ...
... answer again by that savage method . The use of Torture had , I believe , fallen rather obsolete in Prussia , but now the very threat of it shall vanish — the threat of it , as we may remember , had reached Friedrich himself at one time ...
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... answer- ing his Majesty , once more , with its loudest " Bravissimo ! " on this occasion . With what enthusiasm of admiring wonder it is now difficult to fancy , after the lapse of sixscore years ! And , indeed , in regard to all these ...
... answer- ing his Majesty , once more , with its loudest " Bravissimo ! " on this occasion . With what enthusiasm of admiring wonder it is now difficult to fancy , after the lapse of sixscore years ! And , indeed , in regard to all these ...
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... answer very long among sane human crea- tures ; and , indeed , in Nations not in an exceptional case , it be- comes impossible amazingly soon ! " Let these All these are phenomena of Friedrich's first week . suffice as sample in that ...
... answer very long among sane human crea- tures ; and , indeed , in Nations not in an exceptional case , it be- comes impossible amazingly soon ! " Let these All these are phenomena of Friedrich's first week . suffice as sample in that ...
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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.