[History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XIX. (of XXI.) by Thomas Carlyle]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Friedrich II. of Prussia Vol. XIX. (of XXI.) CHAPTER IX 9/19
seq.; was finished (the revisal of it was), by the King, "2d April, 1748)" see PREUSS, i.
478-480; and (_OEuvres de Frederic,_ xxviii.
PREFACE, for endless indistinct details about the translations and editions of it. London Edition, 1818, calls itself the FIFTH.] This, carried to Daun's head-quarters, was duly prized, copied; and in the course of a year came to print, in many shapes and places; was translated into English, under the Title, MILITARY INSTRUCTIONS BY THE KING OF PRUSSIA, in 1762 (and again, hardly so WELL, in 1797); and still languidly circulates among the studious of our soldiers.
Not a little admired by some of them; and unfortunately nearly all they seem to know of this greatest of modern Soldiers.
[See, for example, in _Life of General Sir Charles Napier, by his Brother_ (London, 1857), iii.
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