The book History of Friedrich Ii of Prussia — volume 13 was written by author Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 Here you can read free online of History of Friedrich Ii of Prussia — volume 13 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is History of Friedrich Ii of Prussia — volume 13 a good or bad book?
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] The unsuccessfulest negotiation well imaginable by a public man. Strehlen, Monday, 7th August, 1741:--Friedrich has vanished into theinterior of his tent; and the two Diplomatic gentlemen, the wind struckout of them in this manner, remain gazing at one another. Here truly isa young Royal gentleman that knows his own mind, while so many do not. Unspeakable imbroglio of negotiations, mostly insane, welters over allthe Earth; the Belleisles, the Aulic Councils, the British Georges, heaping coil ...upon coil: and here, notably, in that now so extremelysordid murk of wiggeries, inane diplomacies and solemn deliriums, darknow and obsolete to all creatures, steps forth one little HumanFigure, with something of sanity in it: like a star, like a gleamof steel, --shearing asunder your big balloons, and letting out theirdiplomatic hydrogen;--salutes with his hat, "Gentlemen, Gentlemen, itis of no use!" and vanishes into the interior of his tent. It is toExcellency Robinson, among all the sons of Adam then extant, that we owethis interesting Passage of History, --authentic glimpse, face to face, of the young Friedrich in those extraordinary circumstances: everyfeature substantially as above, and recognizable for true.
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