[History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. X. (of XXI.) by Thomas Carlyle]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. X. (of XXI.) CHAPTER IV 5/19
_"Non, j'aurai des maitresses_ (No, I'll have mistresses)!" sobbed his Majesty passionately.
_"Ah, mon Dieu, cela n'empeche pas_" (that does not an experience of the case).
There is something stoically tragic in the history of Caroline with her flighty vaporing little King: seldom had foolish husband so wise a wife.
"Dead!" thought Friedrich Wilhelm, looking back through the whirlwinds of life, into sunny young scenes far enough away: "Dead!"-- Walpole continued to manage the little King; but not for long; England itself rising in objection.
Jenkins's Ear, I understand, is lying in cotton; and there are mad inflammable strata in that Nation, capable of exploding at a great rate. From the Eastern regions our Newspapers are very full of events: War with the Turk going on there; Russia and Austria both doing their best against the Turk.
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