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Page vii
... become an " Army of Ba- varia , " to little effect , 477 . How Belleisle , returning from Dresden without Co - operation , found the Attack had been done - in a fatally reverse way . Prag expecting Siege . Colloquy with Broglio on that ...
... become an " Army of Ba- varia , " to little effect , 477 . How Belleisle , returning from Dresden without Co - operation , found the Attack had been done - in a fatally reverse way . Prag expecting Siege . Colloquy with Broglio on that ...
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... becomes an " Army of Bavaria , " under Broglio , 492 . Voltaire has been on Visit at Aachen in the interim ; his Third Visit to King Friedrich , 495 . Three Letters of Voltaire , dated Brussels , 10th Sept. , 1742 , 497 . III . CARNIVAL ...
... becomes an " Army of Bavaria , " under Broglio , 492 . Voltaire has been on Visit at Aachen in the interim ; his Third Visit to King Friedrich , 495 . Three Letters of Voltaire , dated Brussels , 10th Sept. , 1742 , 497 . III . CARNIVAL ...
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... becoming visible to some of us , and our enthusiasm grows less complete than formerly . This was Friedrich's first step in Law - Reform , done on his fourth day of Kingship . A long career in that kind lies ahead of him ; in reform of ...
... becoming visible to some of us , and our enthusiasm grows less complete than formerly . This was Friedrich's first step in Law - Reform , done on his fourth day of Kingship . A long career in that kind lies ahead of him ; in reform of ...
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... become a Dutch General of rank , and was of good manners and style of conversation : King Friedrich was charm- ed to see him ; became his guest for the night ; conversed de- lightfully with him about old Prussian matters and about new ...
... become a Dutch General of rank , and was of good manners and style of conversation : King Friedrich was charm- ed to see him ; became his guest for the night ; conversed de- lightfully with him about old Prussian matters and about new ...
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... To feel or to suspect yourself neglected , and to become more amiable thereupon ( in which course alone lies 25 Büsching's Beyträge , iv . , 27 . June - Sept . , 1740 . hope ) , CHAP . I. ] PHENOMENA OF FRIEDRICH'S ACCESSION . 23.
... To feel or to suspect yourself neglected , and to become more amiable thereupon ( in which course alone lies 25 Büsching's Beyträge , iv . , 27 . June - Sept . , 1740 . hope ) , CHAP . I. ] PHENOMENA OF FRIEDRICH'S ACCESSION . 23.
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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.