History of Friedrich II Of Prussia, Volume 21

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Author

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881

Title

History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21

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Produced by D.R. Thompson and David Widger

Language

English

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DD: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Germany

Subject

Prussia (Germany) -- History -- Frederick II, 1740-1786

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2121

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2121

Release Date

June 16, 2008

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II OF PRUSSIA, Volume 21
2. 2.by Thomas Carlyle
3. 3.Contents
4. 4.BOOK XXI.—AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF FRIEDRICH'S LIFE—1763-1786.
5. 5.Chapter I.—PREFATORY.
6. 6.Chapter II.—REPAIRING OF A RUINED PRUSSIA.
7. 7.LANDRATH NUSSLER AND THE KING (30th March-3d April, 1763).
8. 8.III. SATURDAY, APRIL 3d, IN THE SCHLOSS AGAIN: NUSSLER AND LANDRATHS. To them, the KING.
9. 9.KRIEGSRATH RODEN AND THE KING (6th-13th June, 1763).
10. 10.OF FRIEDRICH'S NEW EXCISE SYSTEM.
11. 11.THE NEUE PALAIS, IN SANS-SOUCI NEIGHBORHOOD, IS FOUNDED AND FINISHED (1763-1770).
12. 12."OBITUARY IN FRIEDRICH'S CIRCLE TILL 1771."
13. 13.Chapter III.—TROUBLES IN POLAND.
14. 14.KING OF POLAND DIES; AND THERE ENSUE HUGE ANARCHIES IN THAT COUNTRY.
15. 15.EX-LOVER PONIATOWSKI BECOMES KING OF POLAND (7th Sept. 1764), AND IS CROWNED WITHOUT LOSS OF HIS HAIR.
16. 16.FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE DISSIDENT QUESTION CANNOT BE GOT SETTLED; CONFEDERATION OF RADOM (23d June, 1767-5th March, 1768) PUSHES IT INTO SETTLEMENT.
17. 17.CONFEDERATION OF BAR ENSUES, ON THE PER-CONTRA SIDE (March 28th, 1768); AND, AS FIRST RESULT OF ITS ACHIEVEMENTS (October 6th, 1768), A TURK-RUSSIAN WAR.
18. 18.Chapter IV.—PARTITION OF POLAND.
19. 19.FIRST INTERVIEW BETWEEN FRIEDRICH AND KAISER JOSEPH (Neisse, 25th-28th August, 1769).
20. 20.NEXT YEAR THERE IS A SECOND INTERVIEW; FRIEDRICH MAKING A RETURN-VISIT DURING THE KAISER'S MORAVIAN REVIEWS (Camp of Mahrisch-Neustadt, 3d-7th September, 1770).
21. 21.RUSSIAN-TURK WAR, FIRST TWO CAMPAIGNS.
22. 22.PRINCE HENRI HAS BEEN TO SWEDEN; IS SEEN AT PETERSBURG IN MASQUERADE (on or about New-year's Day, 1771); AND DOES GET HOME, WITH RESULTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.
23. 23.THE EMPRESS-QUEEN TO PRINCE KAUNITZ (Undated: date must be Vienna, February, 1772).
24. 24.WHAT FRIEDRICH DID WITH HIS NEW ACQUISITION.
25. 25.Chapter V.—A CHAPTER OF MISCELLANIES.
26. 26.HERR DOCTOR ZIMMERMANN, THE FAMOUS AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "ON SOLITUDE," WALKS REVERENTIALLY BEFORE FRIEDRICH'S DOOR IN THE DUSK OF AN OCTOBER EVENING: AND HAS A ROYAL INTERVIEW NEXT DAY.
27. 27.SISTER ULRIQUE, QUEEN-DOWAGER OF SWEDEN, REVISITS HER NATIVE PLACE (December, 1771-August, 1772).
28. 28.WILHELMINA'S DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH FREDERIKE SOPHIE, DUCHESS OF WURTEMBERG, APPEARS AT FERNEY (September, 1773).
29. 29.No. 1. DR BURNEY HAS SIGHT OF VOLTAIRE (July, 1770).
30. 30.NO. 2. A REVEREND MR. SHERLOCK SEES VOLTAIRE, AND EVEN DINES WITH HIM (April, 1776).
31. 31.GENERAL OR FIELDMARSHAL CONWAY, DIRECT FROM THE LONDON CIRCLES, ATTENDS ONE OF FRIEDRICH'S REVIEWS (August-September, 1774).
32. 32.EXUBERANT SHERLOCK AND ELEVEN OTHER ENGLISH ARE PRESENTED TO FRIEDRICH ON A COURT OCCASION (8th October, 1777); AND TWO OF THEM GET SPOKEN TO, AND SPEAK EACH A WORD. EXCELLENCY HUGH ELLIOT IS THEIR INTRODUCER.
33. 33.Chapter VI.—THE BAVARIAN WAR.
34. 34.Chapter VII.—MILLER ARNOLD'S LAWSUIT.
35. 35."PROTOCOL [of December 11th, Title already given; [Supra, p. 439 n.] Docketing adds], WHICH IS TO BE PRINTED."
36. 36.Chapter VIII.—THE FURSTENBUND: FRIEDRICH'S LAST YEARS.
37. 37.PRINCE DE LIGNE, AFTER TEN YEARS, SEES FRIEDRICH A SECOND TIME; TIME; AND REPORTS WHAT WAS SAID.
38. 38.HOW GENERAL VON DER MARWITZ, IN EARLY BOYHOOD, SAW FRIEDRICH THE GREAT THREE TIMES (1782-1785).
39. 39.GENERAL BOUILLE, HOME FROM HIS WEST-INDIAN EXPLOITS, VISITS FRIEDRICH (August 5th-11th, 1784).
40. 40.Chapter IX.—FRIEDRICH'S LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH.

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