Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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... ; and he left to his son Frederic a principality as considerable as any which was not called a kingdom . Frederic aspired to the style of royalty . Ostenta- ANCESTRY 5 tious and profuse , negligent of his true 4 FREDERIC THE GREAT.
... ; and he left to his son Frederic a principality as considerable as any which was not called a kingdom . Frederic aspired to the style of royalty . Ostenta- ANCESTRY 5 tious and profuse , negligent of his true 4 FREDERIC THE GREAT.
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... style . 6 Rascal , what are you at there ? ' Please your Majesty , ' answered the preceptor , ' I was explaining the Golden Bull to his Royal Highness . ' ' I'll Golden Bull you , you rascal ! ' roared the Majesty of Prussia . Up went ...
... style . 6 Rascal , what are you at there ? ' Please your Majesty , ' answered the preceptor , ' I was explaining the Golden Bull to his Royal Highness . ' ' I'll Golden Bull you , you rascal ! ' roared the Majesty of Prussia . Up went ...
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... style of a worshipper ; and Voltaire replied with exquisite grace and address . A correspondence followed , which may be studied with advantage by those who wish to become proficients in the ignoble art of flattery . No man ever paid ...
... style of a worshipper ; and Voltaire replied with exquisite grace and address . A correspondence followed , which may be studied with advantage by those who wish to become proficients in the ignoble art of flattery . No man ever paid ...
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... style of Sieyès ; but in practice no chapter in the empire looked with a keener eye to genealogies and quarterings . Such was Frederic the Ruler . But there was another Frederic , the Frederic of Rheinsberg , the fiddler and flute ...
... style of Sieyès ; but in practice no chapter in the empire looked with a keener eye to genealogies and quarterings . Such was Frederic the Ruler . But there was another Frederic , the Frederic of Rheinsberg , the fiddler and flute ...
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... style should run thus : Frederic , King of Prussia , Margrave of Brandenburg , Sovereign Duke of Silesia , Possessor of Voltaire . But even amidst the delights of the honey- moon , Voltaire's sensitive vanity began to take alarm . A few ...
... style should run thus : Frederic , King of Prussia , Margrave of Brandenburg , Sovereign Duke of Silesia , Possessor of Voltaire . But even amidst the delights of the honey- moon , Voltaire's sensitive vanity began to take alarm . A few ...
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