[History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XIX. (of XXI.) by Thomas Carlyle]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XIX. (of XXI.) CHAPTER VIII 52/82
103; Preuss, ii. 71.] That will account for Luc. Many of the Voltaire-Friedrich LETTERS are lost; and the remainder lie in sad disorder in all the Editions, their sequence unintelligible without lengthy explanation.
So that the following Snatches cannot well be arranged here in the way of Choral Strophe and Antistrophe, as would have been desirable.
We shall have to group them loosely under heads; with less respect to date than to subject-matter, and to the reader's convenience for understanding them. VOLTAIRE ON FRIEDRICH, TO DIFFERENT THIRD-PARTIES, DURING THIS WAR. TO D'ARGENTAL (Has not yet heard of LEUTHEN, which happened five days before)....
"I have tasted the vengeance of consoling the King of Prussia, and that is enough for me.
He goes beating on the one side, and getting beaten on the other: except for another miracle [like Rossbach], he will be ruined.
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