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

CHAPTER IV
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-- BRESLAU UNDER SOFT PRESSURE.
The issue of this Breslau transaction is known, or could be stated in few words; nor is the manner of it such as would, for Breslau's sake, deserve many.

But we are looking into Friedrich, wish to know his manners and aspects: and here, ready to our hand, a Paper turns up, compiled by an exact person with better leisure than ours, minutely detailing every part of the affair.

This Paper, after the question, Burn or insert?
is to have the lot of appearing here, with what abridgments are possible:-- "SUNDAY, 1st JANUARY, 1741.

The King having established himself in Herrn Scultet's Garden-House, not far from the Schweidnitz Gate, there began a delicate and great operation.


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