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432) is, or was (size not given), _Germania Princeps_ (Halae, 1702).
Preuss says farther, "That Book ii.c.
3 handles the Prussian claims: Jagerndorf being? 13; Liegnitz,? 14; Oppeln and Ratibor,? 16;--and that Ludwig had sent a Copy of this Argument [weighty Performance altogether? Or Book ii.c.3 of it, which would have had a better chance ?] to King Friedrich, on the death of Kaiser Karl VI."]--but, in after years, it used to be said by flatterers of the Kanzler, 'Herr Kanzler, see the effect of Learning.
It was you, it was your weighty Book, that caused all this World-tumult, and flung the Nations into one another's hair!' Upon which the old Kanzler would blush: 'You do me too much honor!' "Ludwig, directly on order given, gathered out his documents again, in the King's name this time; and promised something weighty by New-year's day at latest." Doubtless to the joy of Nussler, who has still no regular appointment, though well deserving one.
"And sure enough, on January 7th, at Berlin, 'in three languages,' Ludwig's DEDUCTION had come out; an eager Public waiting for it: [Title is, _Rechtsgegrundetes Eigenthum_ (in the Latin copies, _Patrimonium,_ and _Propriete fondee en Droit_ in the French copies) _des &c.,_--that is to say, _Legal Right of Property in the Royal-Electoral House of Brandenburg to the Duchies and Principalities of Jagerndorf, Liegnitz, Brieg, Wohlau_ (Berlin, 7th January, 1741).]--and at Berlin it was generally thought to be conclusive.
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