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

CHAPTER VII
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You would sigh if you knew the sad situation of Germany and Preussen.

The cruelties which the Russians commit in that latter Country make nature shudder.

[Details, horrible but authentic, in _Helden-Geschichte, _ already cited.] How happy you in your Hermitage; where you repose on your laurels, and can philosophize with a calm mind on the deliriums of men! I wish you all the happiness imaginable.

If Fortune ever favor us again, count on all my gratitude.

I will never forget the marks of attachment which you have given; my sensibility is your warrant; I am never half-and-half a friend, and I shall always be wholly so of Brother Voltaire .-- WILHELMINA.
"Many compliments to Madame Denis.


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