Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 146
... Frederic the Ruler . But there was another Frederic , the Frederic of Rheinsberg , the fiddler and flute- player , the poetaster and metaphysician . Amidst the cares of State the King had retained his passion for music , for reading ...
... Frederic the Ruler . But there was another Frederic , the Frederic of Rheinsberg , the fiddler and flute- player , the poetaster and metaphysician . Amidst the cares of State the King had retained his passion for music , for reading ...
Page 155
... Frederic's goodwill as any man of letters . He was President of the Academy of Berlin ; and he stood second to Voltaire , though at an immense distance , in the literary society which had been assembled at the Prussian Court . Frederic ...
... Frederic's goodwill as any man of letters . He was President of the Academy of Berlin ; and he stood second to Voltaire , though at an immense distance , in the literary society which had been assembled at the Prussian Court . Frederic ...
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... Frederic was to owe his deliverance . At the beginning of November , the net seemed to have closed completely round him . The Russians were in the field , and were spreading devastation through his eastern provinces . Silesia was ...
... Frederic was to owe his deliverance . At the beginning of November , the net seemed to have closed completely round him . The Russians were in the field , and were spreading devastation through his eastern provinces . Silesia was ...
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