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... hear more than enough in the writ- ing and correspondences of Voltaire about this time . In such way Friedrich disposes of his Bielfelds , who are rath- er numerous about him now and henceforth . Adventurers from all quarters ...
... hear more than enough in the writ- ing and correspondences of Voltaire about this time . In such way Friedrich disposes of his Bielfelds , who are rath- er numerous about him now and henceforth . Adventurers from all quarters ...
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... hear nothing in Berlin , and can believe that , under this King , Indigence itself may still have something of a human aspect , not a brutal or diabolic , as is commoner in some places ! This is one of Friedrich's first acts , this ...
... hear nothing in Berlin , and can believe that , under this King , Indigence itself may still have something of a human aspect , not a brutal or diabolic , as is commoner in some places ! This is one of Friedrich's first acts , this ...
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... hear nothing . A " Torch - Procession of the Students " turned out a pretty thing : Students marching with torches , with fine wind - music , regulated enthusiasm , fine succinct Address to hist Majesty , and all the world escorting ...
... hear nothing . A " Torch - Procession of the Students " turned out a pretty thing : Students marching with torches , with fine wind - music , regulated enthusiasm , fine succinct Address to hist Majesty , and all the world escorting ...
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... whom the reader will sometimes hear of again , “ Kriegsrath ( Councilor of War ) 1a Bielfeld , i . , 158 . 14 Died 4th Angust ( Rödenbeck , p . 20 ) . June - Sept . , 1740 . von Ilgen , 40 FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND . [ BOOK XI .
... whom the reader will sometimes hear of again , “ Kriegsrath ( Councilor of War ) 1a Bielfeld , i . , 158 . 14 Died 4th Angust ( Rödenbeck , p . 20 ) . June - Sept . , 1740 . von Ilgen , 40 FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND . [ BOOK XI .
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... hear of again ; Colonel von Stille , already heard of ( grave men of fifty , these two ) ; milk- beard Münchow , an Adjutant , youngest of the promoted Mün- chows ; Algarotti , indispensable for talk ; and Fredersdorf , the House ...
... hear of again ; Colonel von Stille , already heard of ( grave men of fifty , these two ) ; milk- beard Münchow , an Adjutant , youngest of the promoted Mün- chows ; Algarotti , indispensable for talk ; and Fredersdorf , the House ...
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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.