Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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Page 33
... close of the year , with Austria also .. The pre- tensions of Charles of Bavaria could present no obstacle to an accommodation . That unhappy prince was no more ; and Francis of Lorraine , the husband of Maria Theresa , was raised ...
... close of the year , with Austria also .. The pre- tensions of Charles of Bavaria could present no obstacle to an accommodation . That unhappy prince was no more ; and Francis of Lorraine , the husband of Maria Theresa , was raised ...
Page 61
... close friend- ship between Prussia and France . With France Frederic could never have any serious controversy . His territories were so situated that his ambition , greedy and unscrupulous as it was , could never impel him to attack her ...
... close friend- ship between Prussia and France . With France Frederic could never have any serious controversy . His territories were so situated that his ambition , greedy and unscrupulous as it was , could never impel him to attack her ...
Page 73
... close at hand . Frederic deter- mined to play over the same game which had succeeded at Lowositz . He left a large force to besiege Prague , and at the head of thirty thousand men he marched against Daun . The cautious Marshal , though ...
... close at hand . Frederic deter- mined to play over the same game which had succeeded at Lowositz . He left a large force to besiege Prague , and at the head of thirty thousand men he marched against Daun . The cautious Marshal , though ...
Page 87
... Close upon this series of triumphs came a series of disasters , such as would have blighted the fame and broken the heart of almost any other com- mander . Yet Frederic , in the midst of his calamities , was still an object of ...
... Close upon this series of triumphs came a series of disasters , such as would have blighted the fame and broken the heart of almost any other com- mander . Yet Frederic , in the midst of his calamities , was still an object of ...
Page 89
... talent for satire . Palissot produced some very stinging lines on the moral and literary character of Frederic , and these lines the Duke sent to Voltaire . This war of couplets , following close on the carnage of Zorndorf and.
... talent for satire . Palissot produced some very stinging lines on the moral and literary character of Frederic , and these lines the Duke sent to Voltaire . This war of couplets , following close on the carnage of Zorndorf and.
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