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

CHAPTER VII
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But whatever happen, be persuaded that I am more than ever your friend,--WILHELMINA." [In _OEuvres de Frederic,_ lxxvii.

30.] Friedrich, while Wilhelmina writes so, is at the foot of the Eckartsberg, eagerly manoeuvring with the Austrians, in hopes of getting battle out of them,--which he cannot.

Friedrich, while he wrote that Note to Voltaire, and instead of sand-box shook the ink-bottle over it, was just going out on that errand.
VOLTAIRE, 12th SEPTEMBER (to a Lady whose Son is in the D'Estrees wars).
[Ib.

lxxii.55.

56.]--"Here are mighty revolutions, Madame; and we are not at the end yet.


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