[History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XIV. (of XXI.) by Thomas Carlyle]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XIV. (of XXI.) CHAPTER II 28/55
He rather likes his dinner, this Prince Karl, I am told, and does not object to his wine: otherwise a hearty, talky, free-and-easy Prince,--'black shallow-set eyes, face red, and much marked with small-pox.' Clapping on his hat, faculties sharpened by hunger and impatience, let him do his best, for several hours to come, till the sally abate and go its ways again.
Leaving its cannon, and trophies.
No sally could hope to rout 60,000 men; this furious sally, almost equal to Sahay, had to return home again, on the above terms.
Upon which Prince Karl and the others got some snatch of dinner; and the inexorable pressure of Siege, tightening itself closer and closer, went on as before. "The eyes of all Europe are turned towards Prag; a big crisis clearly preparing itself there....
France, or aid in France, is some 500 miles away.
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