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History of Friedrich II. of Prussia
Vol. XI. (of XXI.)

CHAPTER VI
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-- RETURNS BY HANOVER; DOES NOT CALL ON HIS ROYAL UNCLE.
THERE.
Friedrich spent ten days on his circuitous journey home; considerable inspection to be done, in Minden, Magdeburg, not to speak of other businesses he had.

The old Newspapers are still more intent upon him, now that the Herstal Affair has broken into flame: especially the English Newspapers; who guess that there are passages of courtship going on between great George their King and him.

Here is one fact, correct in every point, for the old London Public: "Letters from Hanover say, that the King of Prussia passed within a small distance of that City the 16th inst.

N.S., on his return to Berlin, but did not stop at Herrenhausen;"-- about which there has been such hoping and speculating among us lately.


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