[History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XIII. (of XXI.) by Thomas Carlyle]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XIII. (of XXI.) CHAPTER IV 26/29
We will pass quietly into winter-quarters; and the Austrian Army may go whither it will.
Bargain to be concluded within twelve days.'" [Coxe (iii.
272) gives this Translation, not saying whence he had it.]--Can his Excellency Hyndford get Vienna, get Feldmarschall Reipperg with power from Vienna, to accept: Yes or No? Excellency Hyndford thinks, Yes; will try his very utmost!-- "He (Goltz) then tore the Paper in very small pieces; and he repeated again, that if the affair should be discovered, both the King and he were determined to deny it....
'But how about engagements with regard to my Master's German Dominions; not a word about that ?' He answered, 'You have not the least to fear from France;' protested the King of Prussia's great regard for his Majesty of England, &c.
I told him these fine words did not satisfy me; and that if this affair should succeed, I expected there should be some stipulation." [_Hyndford Papers,_ fol.
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