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History of Friedrich II. Of Prussia, Volume XI

History of Friedrich II. Of Prussia, Volume XI

by Thomas Carlyle

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Author
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
Title
History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11
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.
2111
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2111
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 By Thomas Carlyle — Volume XI.
  3. 3.Contents — BOOK XI. — FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND. — June-December, 1740.
  4. 4.Chapter I. — PHENOMENA OF FRIEDRICH'S ACCESSION.
  5. 5.FRIEDRICH WILL MAKE MEN HAPPY: CORN-MAGAZINES.
  6. 6.ABOLITION OF LEGAL TORTURE.
  7. 7.WILL HAVE PHILOSOPHERS ABOUT HIM, AND A REAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
  8. 8.AND EVERY ONE SHALL GET TO HEAVEN IN HIS OWN WAY.
  9. 9.FREE PRESS, AND NEWSPAPERS THE BEST INSTRUCTORS.
  10. 10.INTENDS TO BE PRACTICAL WITHAL, AND EVERY INCH A KING.
  11. 11.BEHAVIOR TO HIS MOTHER; TO HIS WIFE.
  12. 12.NO CHANGE IN HIS FATHER'S METHODS OR MINISTRIES.
  13. 13.Chapter II. — THE HOMAGINGS.
  14. 14.FRIEDRICH ACCEPTS THE HOMAGES, PERSONALLY, IN THREE PLACES.
  15. 15.Chapter III. — FRIEDRICH MAKES AN EXCURSION, NOT OF DIRECT SORT INTO THE CLEVE COUNTRIES.
  16. 16.FRIEDRICH STRIKES OFF TO THE LEFT, AND HAS A VIEW OF STRASBURG FOR TWO DAYS.
  17. 17.FRIEDRICH FINDS M. DE MAUPERTUIS; NOT YET M. DE VOLTAIRE.
  18. 18.Chapter IV. — VOLTAIRE'S FIRST INTERVIEW WITH FRIEDRICH.
  19. 19.PARTICULARS OF FIRST INTERVIEW, ON SEVERE SCRUTINY.
  20. 20.WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF THE INTERVIEW TWENTY YEARS AFTERWARDS
  21. 21.WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF THE INTERVIEW AT THE TIME.
  22. 22.Chapter V. — AFFAIR OF HERSTAL.
  23. 23.HOW THE HERSTALLERS HAD BEHAVED TO FRIEDRICH WILHELM.
  24. 24.FRIEDRICH TAKES THE ROD OUT OF PICKLE.
  25. 25.WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF HERSTAL.
  26. 26.Chapter VI. — RETURNS BY HANOVER; DOES NOT CALL ON HIS ROYAL UNCLE THERE.
  27. 27.Chapter VII. — WITHDRAWS TO REINSBERG, HOPING A PEACEABLE WINTER.
  28. 28.WILHELMINA'S RETURN-VISIT.
  29. 29.UNEXPECTED NEWS AT REINSBERG.
  30. 30.Chapter VIII. — THE KAISER'S DEATH.
  31. 31.Chapter IX. — RESOLUTION FORMED AT REINSBERG IN CONSEQUENCE.
  32. 32.MYSTERY IN BERLIN, FOR SEVEN WEEKS, WHILE THE PREPARATIONS GO ON; VOLTAIRE VISITS FRIEDRICH TO DECIPHER IT, BUT CANNOT.
  33. 33.VIEW OF FRIEDRICH BEHIND THE VEIL.
  34. 34.EXCELLENCY BOTTA HAS AUDIENCE; THEN EXCELLENCY DICKENS, AND OTHERS: DECEMBER 6th, THE MYSTERY IS OUT.
  35. 35.MASKED BALL, AT BERLIN, 12th-13th DECEMBER.

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