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

CHAPTER III
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'Very well; I may go to sleep again!'-- But this was not the end of my dream," continued the soldier; "I fell asleep and dreamt again, the very same as before, except that the War was not Count Munnich's, but the one we are now in.
Accordingly, when God asked, 'Who commands my Russians ?' Peter answered, 'Prince Galitzin.' 'Galitzin?
Then get me my boots!' said the [Russian] Supreme Being." [W.

Richardson (then at Petersburg, Tutor to Excellency Cathcart's Children; afterwards Professor at Glasgow, and a man of Some reputation in his old age), _Anecdotes of the Russian Empire, in a Series of Letters written a few years ago from St.Petersburg_ (London, 1784), p.

110: date of this Letter is "17th October, 1769."].


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