Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860 |
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Pagina 200
... King took the money of France to assist him in the enterprise which he meditated against the liberty of his subjects , with as little scruple as Frederic of Prussia or Alexander of Russia accepted our subsidies in time of war . The ...
... King took the money of France to assist him in the enterprise which he meditated against the liberty of his subjects , with as little scruple as Frederic of Prussia or Alexander of Russia accepted our subsidies in time of war . The ...
Pagina 492
... King of Poland , early in the seven- teenth century , the investiture of the duchy of Prussia . Even after this accession of territory , the chiefs of the house of Hohenzollern hardly ranked with the Elec- tors of Saxony and Bavaria ...
... King of Poland , early in the seven- teenth century , the investiture of the duchy of Prussia . Even after this accession of territory , the chiefs of the house of Hohenzollern hardly ranked with the Elec- tors of Saxony and Bavaria ...
Pagina 493
... King with an air not unlike that with which the Count in Molière's play ... Prussia a place among the European powers , altogether out of proportion to ... master of such a force could not but be regarded by all his neighbours as a ...
... King with an air not unlike that with which the Count in Molière's play ... Prussia a place among the European powers , altogether out of proportion to ... master of such a force could not but be regarded by all his neighbours as a ...
Pagina 494
... royal of Prussia was too scanty to appease hunger , and so bad that even hunger loathed it , no price was thought too extravagant for tall recruits . The ambition of the King was to form a brigade of giants , and every country was ...
... royal of Prussia was too scanty to appease hunger , and so bad that even hunger loathed it , no price was thought too extravagant for tall recruits . The ambition of the King was to form a brigade of giants , and every country was ...
Pagina 500
... Royal High- ness . " " I'll Golden Bull you , you rascal ! " roared the Majesty of Prussia . Up went the King's cane ; away ran the terrified instructor ; and Frederic's classical studies ended for ever . He now and then affected to ...
... Royal High- ness . " " I'll Golden Bull you , you rascal ! " roared the Majesty of Prussia . Up went the King's cane ; away ran the terrified instructor ; and Frederic's classical studies ended for ever . He now and then affected to ...
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