The book History of Friedrich Ii of Prussia — volume 20 was written by author Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 Here you can read free online of History of Friedrich Ii of Prussia — volume 20 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 20 a good or bad book?
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The poor collapsed Duke has ceasedmaking dressing-gowns there; and this is his Niece, Princess Charlotte, Sister to the now reigning Duke. This Letter, in the translated form, and the glorious results it hadfor some of us, are familiar to all English readers for the last hundredyears. Of Friedrich's Answer to it, if he sent one, we have no tracewhatever. Which is a pity, more or less;--though, in truth, the Answercould only have been some polite formality; the Letter itself beinga mere breath o...f sentimental wind, absolutely without significance toFriedrich or anybody else, --except always to the Young Lady herself, towhom it brought a Royal Husband and Queenship of England, within a year. Signature, presumably, this Letter once had; date of place, of day, year, or even century (except by implication), there never was any: butjudicious persons, scanning on the spot, have found that the "Victory"spoken of can only have meant Torgau; and that the aspiring Young Lady, hitherto a School Girl, not so much as "confirmed" till a month or twoago, age seventeen in May last, can only have I written it, at Mirow, in the Winter subsequent.
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