[History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. IX. (of XXI.) by Thomas Carlyle]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. IX. (of XXI.) CHAPTER XI 6/37
How valuable, at Vienna or elsewhere, our dark friend the Lackey's medical opinion is, may be gathered from this other Entry, three weeks farther on,--enough to suffice us on that head:-- "The Nigger tells me he has a bad opinion of the King's health.
If you roll the King a little fast in his Bath-chair, you hear the water jumble in his body,"-- with astonishment! "King gets into passions; has beaten the pages [may we hope, our dark friend among the rest ?], so that it was feared apoplexy would take him." This will suffice for the physiological part; let us now hear our poor friend on the Crown-Prince and his arrival:-- "OCTOBER 12th.
Return of the Prince-Royal to Potsdam; tender reception .-- OCTOBER 21st.
Things look ill in Potsdam.
The other leg is now also begun running; and above a quart (MAAS) of water has come from it.
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