[History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XI. (of XXI.) by Thomas Carlyle]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XI. (of XXI.) CHAPTER II 17/25
Of Friedrich, and also of Another:-- Sunday, 14th August, 1740, Dickens, who has been reporting hitherto in a favorable, though in a languid exoteric manner, not being in any height of favor, England or he,--had express Audience of his Majesty; being summoned out to Potsdam for that end: "Sunday evening, about 7 P.M."-- Majesty intending to be off on the Cleve Journey to-morrow. Let us accompany Dickens.
Readers may remember, George II.
has been at Hanover for some weeks past; Bielfeld diligently grinning euphemisms and courtly graciosities to him; Truchsess hinting, on opportunity, that there are perhaps weighty businesses in the rear; which, however, on the Britannic side, seem loath to start.
Britannic Majesty is much at a loss about his Spanish War, so dangerous for kindling France and the whole world upon him.
In regard to which Prussia might be so important, for or against .-- This, in compressed form, is what Dickens witnesses at Potsdam that Sunday evening from 7 P.M.:-- "Audience lasted above an hour: King turned directly upon business; wishes to have 'Categorical Answers' as to Three Points already submitted to his Britannic Majesty's consideration.
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