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

CHAPTER VIII
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"Five or six small pills, in a small glass tube, with a bit of ribbon to it:" that stern relic lay, in a worn condition, in some drawer of Friedrich's, after Friedrich was gone.

[Preuss, ii.

175, 315 n.] For the Facts are peremptory; and a man that will deal with them must be equally so.
Two days after this Finck missive, Friday, 12th, Friedrich took farewell at Berlin, drove to Potsdam that night with his Brother, to Dresden next day.

Adieu, Madam; Adieu, O Mother! said the King, in royal terms, but with a heart altogether human.

"May God above bless you, my Son!" the old Lady would reply:--and the Two had seen one another for the last time; Mother and Son were to meet no more in this world..


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