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

CHAPTER VI
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"5.

_On les y recevra, Biribi, A la facon de Barbari, Mon ami._ We will receive them, Twiddledee, In the mode of Barbary, Don't you see?
[Form of Song, very fashionable at Paris (see Barbier soepius) in those years: "BIRIBI," I believe, is a kind of lottery-game.] MEMORIAL BY VOLTAIRE.

"6.

If you were but to march a body of troops to Cleves, do not you awaken terror and respect, without apprehension that any one dare make war on you?
Is it not, on the contrary, the one method of forcing the Dutch to concur, under your orders, in the pacification of the Empire, and re-establishment of the Emperor, who will thus a second time he indebted to you for his throne, and will aid in the splendor of yours?
MARGINALIA BY FRIEDRICH.

"6.


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