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History of Friedrich II. Of Prussia, Volume VI

History of Friedrich II. Of Prussia, Volume VI

by Thomas Carlyle

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Author
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
Title
History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 06
Credits
Produced by D.R. Thompson and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
DD: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Germany
Subject
Prussia (Germany) -- History -- Frederick II, 1740-1786
Category
Text
eBook-No.
2106
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2106
Release Date
June 16, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA
  2. 2.FREDERICK THE GREAT
  3. 3.By Thomas Carlyle — VOLUME VI.
  4. 4.Contents — BOOK VI. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT, AND CROWN-PRINCE, GOING ADRIFT UNDER THE STORM-WINDS. — 1727-1730.
  5. 5.Chapter I. — FIFTH CRISIS IN THE KAISER'S SPECTRE-HUNT.
  6. 6.CROWN-PRINCE SEEN IN DRYASDUST'S GLASS, DARKLY.
  7. 7.Chapter II. — DEATH OF GEORGE I.
  8. 8.HIS PRUSSIAN MAJESTY FALLS INTO ONE OF HIS HYPOCHONDRIACAL FITS.
  9. 9.Chapter III. — VISIT TO DRESDEN.
  10. 10.THE PHYSICALLY STRONG PAYS HIS COUNTER-VISIT.
  11. 11.OF PRINCESS WHILHELMINA'S FOUR KINGS AND OTHER INEFFECTUAL SUITORS.
  12. 12.Chapter IV. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT IS NOT DEAD.
  13. 13.CROWN-PRINCE FRIEDRICH WRITES CERTAIN LETTERS.
  14. 14.DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT RE-EMERGES IN AN OFFICIAL SHAPE.
  15. 15.HIS MAJESTY SLAUGHTERS 3,602 HEAD OF WILD SWINE.
  16. 16.FALLS ILL, IN CONSEQUENCE; AND THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE CANNOT GET FORWARD.
  17. 17.Chapter V. — CONGRESS OF SOISSONS, SIXTH CRISIS IN THE SPECTRE-HUNT.
  18. 18.Chapter VI. — IMMINENCY OF WAR OR DUEL BETWEEN THE BRITANNIC AND PRUSSIAN MAJESTIES.
  19. 19.CAUSE FIRST: THE HANOVER JOINT-HERITAGES, WHICH ARE NOT IN A LIQUID STATE.
  20. 20.CAUSE SECOND: THE TROUBLES OF MECKLENBURG.
  21. 21.CAUSES THIRD AND FOURTH:—AND CAUSE FIFTH, WORTH ALL THE OTHERS.
  22. 22.TROUBLES OF MECKLENBURG, FOR THE LAST TIME.
  23. 23.ONE NUSSLER SETTLES THE AHLDEN HERITAGES; SENDS THE MONEY HOME IN BOXES.
  24. 24.Chapter VII. — A MARRIAGE: NOT THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE: CROWN-PRINCE DEEP IN TROUBLE.
  25. 25.CROWN-PRINCE'S DOMESTICITIES SEEN IN A FLASH OF LIGHTNING.
  26. 26.Chapter VIII. — CROWN-PRINCE GETTING BEYOND HIS DEPTH IN TROUBLE.
  27. 27.Chapter IX. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE SHALL BE OR SHALL NOT BE.
  28. 28.WILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS FIRST: ENGLAND SHALL SAY YES OR SAY NO.
  29. 29.DUBOURGAY STRIKES A LIGHT FOR THE ENGLISH COURT.
  30. 30.WILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS SECOND: ENGLAND SHALL HAVE SAID NO.
  31. 31.WILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS THIRD: MAJESTY HIMSELF WILL CHOOSE, THEN.
  32. 32.HOW FRIEDRICH PRINCE OF BAIREUTH CAME TO BE THE MAN, AFTER ALL.
  33. 33.DOUBLE-MARRIAGE, ON THE EDGE OF SHIPWRECK, FLIES OFF A KIND OF CARRIER-PIGEON, OR NOAH'S-DOVE, TO ENGLAND, WITH CRY FOR HELP.

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