It is not pleasant for an Englishman to have to write the words.
This was the first act of the tragedy, and with it we may leave Frederick, for we are done with the fellow though not with his work.

It is enough to add that if we call all his after actions satanic, it is not a term of abuse, but of theology.

He was a Tempter.

He dragged the other kings to "partake of the body of Poland," and learn the meaning of the Black Mass.

Poland lay prostrate before three giants in armour, and her name passed into a synonym for failure.