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

CHAPTER VI
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I love and honor your person.

It will certainly be hard for me to fight against a Prince gifted with excellent qualities, and whom I personally esteem.
But"-- And is there no remedy?
Anspach and Baireuth stand in no need of sanction.

I consent to the Congress proposed:--being with the &c.
&c .-- F.

[_OEuvres de Frederic,_ vi.

187.] The sittings of this little Congress at Berlin lasted all through May and June; to the disgust of Schmettau and the ardent Prussian mess-rooms, "lying ready here, and forbidden to act." For the Austrians all the while were at their busiest, improving the moments, marching continually hitherward from Hungary, from Limburg, from all ends of the earth.


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