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Coronationwastohavebeen(orweCountry-folkthoughtitwas),January31st:LetusbethereINCOGNITO,thenightbefo ...
Theunsuccessfulestnegotiationwellimaginablebyapublicman.Strehlen,Monday,7thAugust,1741:--Friedrichha ...
"OLISCHAU,EVENINGOFAPRIL21st.JustasweweregettingintoOlischau[stillonlyintheenvironsofOlmutz],theVang ...
Andrampartedbywar;infrontandrear,Where'erhestruck,thevictor.NowhisswordBluntedwithgorecongealednomor ...
"Inhisyoungtimehehadahardupcoming;sevenyearsoldattheBattleofBlenheim,andPapalivingabroadunderLouisXI ...
"Moravia,whichisaverybadCountry,couldnotbeheld,owingtowantofvictual;andtheTownofBrunncouldnotbetaken ...
ItwaswhilenewsofthisexploitwaspostingtowardsBerlin,butnotyetarrivedthere,thatFriedrich,passingthroug ...
Flungbythetwistedthongsofmightyslings.LetsteelshodramorcatapultremoveThischampionofthegate.Nofragile ...
"BERLIN,FEBRUARY,1742[realdateofallthatisnotfabulousinBielfeld,whochaoticallydatesit"6thDecember"oft ...
TheSaxonspushedstraighthomewards;didnot"rejoinBroglio,"rejoinanybody,--had,infact,donewiththisFirstS ...
StrivinghardforBrunn;strivinghard,underdifficulties,forsomanythingsdistantandnear;wemayfancyhimbusye ...
"Never!Nonsense,Ruthie;itisonlysixmilesoff;youmayseeitanyday.Itisnotanhour'sride.""PerhapsImayseeita ...
"LINZ,24thJANUARY,1742[dayotherwiseremarkable].Afterthemuchbarricading,andconsiderabledefianceandbra ...
"BeatNeundorfhere,publicly,onMondaynext,18th,towardsnoon."Thingsbeingripe."Haste,Milord,haste!""Ce18 ...