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

CHAPTER II
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215 (indistinct, and giving a WRONG citation of "Montalembert, ii.

87").] Which is not unlikely, though the King is above 100 miles off him, and has Daun on his hands.

Certain enough, keeping the River between him and any operations of the King, Soltikof set out for Frankfurt, forty or fifty miles farther down.

In the hope probably of finding something of human provender withal?
July 30th, one week after his Battle, the vanguard of him is there.
Thus, in two days, or even in one, has Wedell's Dictatorship ended.

Easy to say scoffingly, "Would it had never begun!" Friedrich knows that, and Wedell knows it;--AFTER the event everybody knows it! Friedrich said nothing of reproachful; the reverse rather,--"I dreaded something of the kind; it is not your fault;" [TO WEDELL, FROM THE KING, "Schmottseifen, July 24th.


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