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Томас Карлейль. Friedrich the Great (Vol.1-21)
Friedrich the Great (Vol.1-21)
Table of Contents
Volume 01
Book I. — BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. — 1712
Chapter I. — PROEM: FRIEDRICH'S HISTORY FROM THE DISTANCE WE ARE AT
1. FRIEDRICH THEN, AND FRIEDRICH NOW
2. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
3. ENGLISH PREPOSSESSIONS
4. ENCOURAGEMENTS, DISCOURAGEMENTS
Chapter II. — FRIEDRICH'S BIRTH
Chapter III. — FATHER AND MOTHER: THE HANOVERIAN CONNECTION
Chapter IV. — FATHER'S MOTHER
Chapter V. — KING FRIEDRICH I
Volume 02
BOOK II. — OF BRANDENBURG AND THE HOHENZOLLERNS. - 928–1417
Chapter I. — BRANNIBOR: HENRY THE FOWLER
Chapter II. — PREUSSEN: SAINT ADALBERT
Chapter III. — MARKGRAVES OF BRANDENBURG
END OF THE FIRST SHADOWY LINE
SECOND SHADOWY LINE
SUBSTANTIAL MARKGRAVES: GLIMPSE OF THE CONTEMPORARY KAISERS
Chapter IV. — ALBERT THE BEAR
Chapter V. — CONRAD OF HOHENZOLLERN; AND KAISER BARBAROSSA
CONRAD HAS BECOME BURGGRAF OF NURNBERG (A.D. 1170)
OF THE HOHENZOLLERN BURGGRAVES GENERALLY
Chapter VI. — THE TEUTSCH RITTERS OR TEUTONIC ORDER
HEAD OF TEUTSCH ORDER MOVES TO VENICE
TEUTSCH ORDER ITSELF GOES TO PREUSSEN
THE STUFF TEUTSCH RITTERS WERE MADE OF. CONRAD OF THURINGEN: SAINT ELIZABETH; TOWN OF MARBURG
Chapter VII. — MARGRAVIATE OF CULMBACH: BAIREUTH, ANSPACH
BURGGRAF FRIEDRICH III.; AND THE ANARCHY OF NINETEEN YEARS
KAISER RUDOLF AND BURGGRAF FRIEDRICH III
Chapter VIII. — ASCANIER MARKGRAVES IN BRANDENBURG
OF BERLIN CITY
MARKGRAF OTTO IV., OR OTTO WITH THE ARROW
Chapter IX. — BURGGRAF FRIEDRICH IV
CONTESTED ELECTIONS IN THE REICH: KAISER ALBERT I.; AFTER WHOM SIX NON-HAPSBURG KAISERS
OF KAISER HENRY VII. AND THE LUXEMBURG KAISERS
HENRY'S SON JOHANN IS KING OF BOHEMIA; AND LUDWIG THE BAVARIAN, WITH A CONTESTED ELECTION, IS KAISER
Chapter X. — BRANDENBURG LAPSES TO THE KAISER
Chapter XI. — BAYARIAN KURFURSTS IN BRANDENBURG
A RESUSCITATED ASCANIER; THE FALSE WALDEMAR
MARGARET WITH THE POUCH-MOUTH
Chapter XII. — BRANDENBURG IN KAISER KARL'S TIME; END OF THE BAVARIAN KURFURSTS
END OF RESUSCITATED WALDEMAR; KURFURST LUDWIG SELLS OUT
SECOND, AND THEN THIRD AND LAST, OF THE BAVARIAN KURFURSTS IN BRANDENBURG
Chapter XIII. — LUXEMBURG KURFURSTS IN BRANDENBURG
Chapter XIV. — BURGGRAF FRIEDRICH VI
SIGISMUND IS KURFURST OF BRANDENBURG, BUT IS KING OF HUNGARY ALSO
COUSIN JOBST HAS BRANDENBURG IN PAWN
BRANDENBURG IN THE HANDS OF THE PAWNBROKERS; RUPERT OF THE PFALZ IS KAISER
SIGISMUND, WITH A STRUGGLE, BECOMES KAISER
BRANDENBURG IS PAWNED FOR THE LAST TIME
THE SEVEN INTERCALARY OR NON-HAPSBURG KAISERS
Volume 03
BOOK III. — THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN BRANDENBURG. - 1412–1718
Chapter I. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH I
Chapter II. — MATINEES DU ROI DE PRUSSE
Chapter III. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH II
Chapter IV. — KURFURST ALBERT ACHILLES, AND HIS SUCCESSOR
JOHANN THE CICERO IS FOURTH KURFURST, AND LEAVES TWO NOTABLE SONS
Chapter V. — OF THE BAIREUTH-ANSPACH BRANCH
TWO LINES IN CULMBACH OR BAIREUTH-ANSPACH: THE GERA BOND OF 1598
THE ELDER LINE OF CULMBACH: FRIEDRICH AND HIS THREE NOTABLE SONS THERE
FRIEDRICH'S SECOND SON, MARGRAF GEORGE OF ANSPACH
Chapter VI. — HOCHMEISTER ALBERT, THIRD NOTABLE SON OF FRIEDRICH
Chapter VII. — ALBERT ALCIBIADES
Chapter VIII. — HISTORICAL MEANING OF THE REFORMATION
Chapter IX. — KURFURST JOACHIM I
Chapter X. — KURFURST JOACHIM II
JOACHIM GETS CO-INVESTMENT IN PREUSSEN
JOACHIM MAKES "HERITAGE-BROTHERHOOD" WITH THE DUKE OF LIEGNITZ
Chapter XI. — SEVENTH KURFURST, JOHANN GEORGE
Chapter XII. — OF ALBERT FRIEDRICH, THE SECOND DUKE OF PREUSSEN
OF DUKE ALBERT FRIEDRICH'S MARRIAGE: WHO HIS WIFE WAS, AND WHAT HER POSSIBLE DOWRY
MARGRAF GEORGE FRIEDRICH COMES TO PREUSSEN TO ADMINISTER
Chapter XIII. — NINTH KURFURST, JOHANN SIGISMUND
HOW THE CLEVE HERITAGE DROPPED, AND MANY SPRANG TO PICK IT UP
THE KAISER'S THOUGHTS ABOUT IT, AND THE WORLD'S
Chapter XIV. — SYMPTOMS OF A GREAT WAR COMING
FIRST SYMPTOM; DONAUWORTH, 1608
SYMPTOM THIRD: A DINNER-SCENE AT DUSSELDORF, 1613: SPANIARDS AND DUTCH SHOULDER ARMS IN CLEVE
SYMPTOM FOURTH, AND CATASTROPHE UPON THE HEELS OF IT
WHAT BECAME OF THE CLEVE-JULICH HERITAGE, AND OF THE PREUSSEN ONE
Chapter XV. — TENTH KURFURST, GEORGE WILHELM
Chapter XVI. — THIRTY-YEARS WAR
SECOND ACT, OR EPOCH, 1624–1629. A SECOND UNCLE PUT TO THE BAN, AND POMMERN SNATCHED AWAY
THIRD ACT, AND WHAT THE KURFURST SUFFERED IN IT
Chapter XVII. — DUCHY OF JAGERNDORF
DUKE OF JAGERNDORF, ELECTOR'S UNCLE, IS PUT UNDER BAN
Chapter XVIII. — FRIEDRICH WILHELM, THE GREAT KURFURST, ELEVENTH OF THE SERIES
WHAT BECAME OF POMMERN AT THE PEACE; FINAL GLANCE INTO CLEVE-JULICH
THE GREAT KURFURST'S WARS: WHAT HE ACHIEVED IN WAR AND PEACE
Chapter XIX. — KING FRIEDRICH I. AGAIN
HOW AUSTRIA SETTLED THE SILESIAN CLAIMS
HIS REAL CHARACTER
Chapter XX. — DEATH OF KING FRIEDRICH I
THE TWELVE HOHENZOLLERN ELECTORS
GENEALOGICAL DIAGRAM: THE TWO CULMBACH LINES
3d KURFURST (1471–1486) ALBERT ACHILLES. ELDER CULMBACH LINE
Volume 04
BOOK IV. — FRIEDRICH'S APPRENTICESHIP, FIRST STAGE. - 1713–1728
CHAPTER I. — CHILDHOOD: DOUBLE EDUCATIONAL ELEMENT
FIRST EDUCATIONAL ELEMENT, THE FRENCH ONE
Chapter II. — THE GERMAN ELEMENT
OF THE DESSAUER, NOT YET "OLD."
Chapter III. — FRIEDRICH WILHELM IS KING
Chapter IV. — HIS MAJESTY'S WAYS
Chapter V. — FRIEDRICH WILHELM'S ONE WAR
THE DEVIL IN HARNESS: CREUTZ THE FINANCE-MINISTER
Chapter VI. — THE LITTLE DRUMMER
Chapter VII. — TRANSIT OF CZAR PETER
Chapter VIII. — THE CROWN-PRINCE IS PUT TO HIS SCHOOLING
Chapter IX. — WUSTERHAUSEN
Chapter X. — THE HEIDELBERG PROTESTANTS
OF KUR-PFALZ KARL PHILIP: HOW HE GOT A WIFE LONG SINCE, AND DID FEATS IN THE WORLD
KARL PHILIP AND HIS HEIDELBERG PROTESTANTS
FRIEDRICH WILHELM'S METHOD;—PROVES REMEDIAL IN HEIDELBERG
PRUSSIAN MAJESTY HAS DISPLEASED THE KAISER AND THE KING OF POLAND
Chapter XI. — ON THE CROWN-PRINCE'S PROGRESS IN HIS SCHOOLING
THE NOLTENIUS-AND-PANZENDORF DRILL-EXERCISE
Chapter XII. — CROWN-PRINCE FALLS INTO DISFAVOR WITH PAPA
Chapter XIII. — RESULTS OF THE CROWN-PRINCE'S SCHOOLING
Volume 05
BOOK V. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT, AND WHAT ELEMENT IT FELL INTO. — 1723–1726
Chapter I. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE IS DECIDED ON
QUEEN SOPHIE DOROTHEE HAS TAKEN TIME BY THE FORELOCK
PRINCESS AMELIA COMES INTO THE WORLD
FRIEDRICH WILHELM'S TEN CHILDREN
Marriage to Sophie Dorothee, 28th November, 1706
Chapter II. — A KAISER HUNTING SHADOWS
IMPERIAL MAJESTY ON THE TREATY OF UTRECHT
IMPERIAL MAJESTY HAS GOT HAPPILY WEDDED
IMPERIAL MAJESTY AND THE TERMAGANT OF SPAIN
IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S PRAGMATIC SANCTION
THIRD SHADOW: IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S OSTEND COMPANY
Chapter III. — THE SEVEN CRISES OR EUROPEAN TRAVAIL-THROES
CONGRESS OF CAMBRAI
CONGRESS OF CAMBRAI GETS THE FLOOR PULLED FROM UNDER IT
FRANCE AND THE BRITANNIC MAJESTY TRIM THE SHIP AGAIN: HOW FRIEDRICH WILHELM CAME INTO IT. TREATY OF HANOVER, 1725
TRAVAIL-THROES OF NATURE FOR BABY CARLOS'S ITALIAN APANAGE; SEVEN IN NUMBER
Chapter IV. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE TREATY CANNOT BE SIGNED
Chapter V. — CROWN-PRINCE GOES INTO THE POTSDAM GUARDS
OF THE POTSDAM GIANTS, AS A FACT
FRIEDRICH WILHELM'S RECRUITING DIFFICULTIES
QUEEN SOPHIE'S TROUBLES: GRUMKOW WITH THE OLD DESSAUER, AND GRUMKOW WITHOUT HIM
Chapter VI. — ORDNANCE-MASTER SECKENDORF CROSSES THE PALACE ESPLANADE
Chapter VII. — TOBACCO-PARLIAMENT
OF GUNDLING, AND THE LITERARY MEN IN TOBACCO-PARLIAMENT
Chapter VIII. — SECKENDORF'S RETORT TO HER MAJESTY
Volume 06
BOOK VI. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT, AND CROWN-PRINCE, GOING ADRIFT UNDER THE STORM-WINDS. — 1727–1730
Chapter I. — FIFTH CRISIS IN THE KAISER'S SPECTRE-HUNT
CROWN-PRINCE SEEN IN DRYASDUST'S GLASS, DARKLY
Chapter II. — DEATH OF GEORGE I
HIS PRUSSIAN MAJESTY FALLS INTO ONE OF HIS HYPOCHONDRIACAL FITS
Chapter III. — VISIT TO DRESDEN
THE PHYSICALLY STRONG PAYS HIS COUNTER-VISIT
OF PRINCESS WHILHELMINA'S FOUR KINGS AND OTHER INEFFECTUAL SUITORS
Chapter IV. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT IS NOT DEAD
CROWN-PRINCE FRIEDRICH WRITES CERTAIN LETTERS
DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT RE-EMERGES IN AN OFFICIAL SHAPE
HIS MAJESTY SLAUGHTERS 3,602 HEAD OF WILD SWINE
FALLS ILL, IN CONSEQUENCE; AND THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE CANNOT GET FORWARD
Chapter V. — CONGRESS OF SOISSONS, SIXTH CRISIS IN THE SPECTRE-HUNT
Chapter VI. — IMMINENCY OF WAR OR DUEL BETWEEN THE BRITANNIC AND PRUSSIAN MAJESTIES
CAUSE FIRST: THE HANOVER JOINT-HERITAGES, WHICH ARE NOT IN A LIQUID STATE
CAUSE SECOND: THE TROUBLES OF MECKLENBURG
CAUSES THIRD AND FOURTH:—AND CAUSE FIFTH, WORTH ALL THE OTHERS
TROUBLES OF MECKLENBURG, FOR THE LAST TIME
ONE NUSSLER SETTLES THE AHLDEN HERITAGES; SENDS THE MONEY HOME IN BOXES
Chapter VII. — A MARRIAGE: NOT THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE: CROWN-PRINCE DEEP IN TROUBLE
CROWN-PRINCE'S DOMESTICITIES SEEN IN A FLASH OF LIGHTNING
Chapter VIII. — CROWN-PRINCE GETTING BEYOND HIS DEPTH IN TROUBLE
Chapter IX. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE SHALL BE OR SHALL NOT BE
WILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS FIRST: ENGLAND SHALL SAY YES OR SAY NO
DUBOURGAY STRIKES A LIGHT FOR THE ENGLISH COURT
WILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS SECOND: ENGLAND SHALL HAVE SAID NO
WILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS THIRD: MAJESTY HIMSELF WILL CHOOSE, THEN
HOW FRIEDRICH PRINCE OF BAIREUTH CAME TO BE THE MAN, AFTER ALL
DOUBLE-MARRIAGE, ON THE EDGE OF SHIPWRECK, FLIES OFF A KIND OF CARRIER-PIGEON, OR NOAH'S-DOVE, TO ENGLAND, WITH CRY FOR HELP
Volume 07
BOOK VII. — FEARFUL SHIPWRECK OF THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT. — Feb.-Nov., 1730
Chapter I. — ENGLAND SENDS THE EXCELLENCY HOTHAM TO BERLIN
MAJESTY AND CROWN-PRINCE WITH HIM MAKE A RUN TO DRESDEN
HOW VILLA WAS RECEIVED IN ENGLAND
EXCELLENCY HOTHAM ARRIVES IN BERLIN
Chapter II. — LANGUAGE OF BIRDS: EXCELLENCY HOTHAM PROVES UNAVAILING
A PEEP INTO THE NOSTI-GRUMKOW CORRESPONDENCE CAUGHT UP IN ST. MARY AXE
THE HOTHAM DESPATCHES
HIS MAJESTY GETS SIGHT OF THE ST.-MARY-AXE DOCUMENTS; BUT NOTHING FOLLOWS FROM IT
ST. PETER'S CHURCH IN BERLIN HAS AN ACCIDENT
Chapter III. — CAMP OF RADEWITZ
Chapter IV. — EXCELLENCY HOTHAM QUITS BERLIN IN HASTE
Chapter V. — JOURNEY TO THE REICH
Chapter VI. — JOURNEY HOMEWARDS FROM THE REICH; CATASTROPHE ON JOURNEY HOMEWARDS
CATASTROPHE ON JOURNEY HOMEWARDS
Chapter VII. — CATASTROPHE, AND MAJESTY, ARRIVE IN BERLIN
SCENE AT BERLIN ON MAJESTY'S ARRIVAL
Chapter VIII. — SEQUEL TO CROWN-PRINCE AND FRIENDS
Chapter IX. — COURT-MARTIAL ON CROWN-PRINCE AND CONSORTS
CROWN-PRINCE IN CUSTRIN
SENTENCE OF COURT-MARTIAL
KATTE'S END, 6th NOVEMBER, 1780
Volume 08
BOOK VIII. — CROWN-PRINCE REPRIEVED: LIFE AT CUSTRIN—November, 1730-February, 1732
Chapter I. — CHAPLAIN MULLER WAITS ON THE CROWN-PRINCE
Chapter II. — CROWN-PRINCE TO REPENT AND NOT PERISH
CROWN-PRINCE BEGINS A NEW COURSE
Chapter III. — WILHELMINA IS TO WED THE PRINCE OF BAIREUTH
Chapter IV. — CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN PREUSSEN AND ELSEWHERE
CASE OF SCHLUBHUT
CASE OF THE CRIMINAL-COLLEGIUM ITSELF
SKIPPER JENKINS IN THE GULF OF FLORIDA
BABY CARLOS GETS HIS APANAGE
Chapter V. — INTERVIEW OF MAJESTY AND CROWN-PRINCE AT CUSTRIN
GRUMKOW'S "PROTOKOLL" OF THE 15th AUGUST, 1731; OR SUMMARY OF WHAT TOOK PLACE AT CUSTRIN THAT DAY
SCHULENBURG'S THREE LETTERS TO GRUMKOW, ON VISITS TO THE CROWN-PRINCE, DURING THE CUSTRIN TIME
HIS MAJESTY'S BUILDING OPERATIONS
Chapter VI. — WILHELMINA'S WEDDING
Volume 09
BOOK IX. — LAST STAGE OF FRIEDRICH'S APPRENTICESHIP: LIFE IN RUPPIN. — 1732–1736
Chapter I. — PRINCESS ELIZABETH CHRISTINA OF BRUNSWICK-BEVERN
WHO HIS MAJESTY'S CHOICE IS; AND WHAT THE CROWN-PRINCE THINKS OF IT
DUKE OF LORRAINE ARRIVES IN POTSDAM AND IN BERLIN
BETROTHAL OF THE CROWN-PRINCE TO THE BRUNSWICK CHARMER, NIECE OF IMPERIAL MAJESTY, MONDAY EVENING, 10th MARCH, 1732
Chapter II. — SMALL INCIDENTS AT RUPPIN
Chapter III. — THE SALZBURGERS
Chapter IV. — PRUSSIAN MAJESTY VISITS THE KAISER
Chapter V. — GHOST OF THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE RISES; TO NO PURPOSE
SESSION OF TOBACCO-PARLIAMENT, 6th DECEMBER, 1732
Chapter VI. — KING AUGUST MEDITATING GREAT THINGS FOR POLAND
Chapter VII. — CROWN-PRINCE'S MARRIAGE
Chapter VIII. — KING AUGUST DIES; AND POLAND TAKES FIRE
POLAND HAS TO FIND A NEW KING
OF THE CANDIDATES; OF THE CONDITIONS. HOW THE ELECTION WENT
POLAND ON FIRE; DANTZIG STANDS SIEGE
Chapter IX. — KAISER'S SHADOW-HUNT HAS CAUGHT FIRE
SUBSEQUENT COURSE OF THE WAR, IN THE ITALIAN PART OF IT
COURSE OF THE WAR, IN THE GERMAN PART OF IT
Chapter X. — CROWN-PRINCE GOES TO THE RHINE CAMPAIGN
GLIMPSE OF LIEUTENANT CHASOT, AND OF OTHER ACQUISITIONS
CROWN-PRINCE'S VISIT TO BAIREUTH ON THE WAY HOME
Chapter XI. — IN PAPA'S SICK-ROOM; PRUSSIAN INSPECTIONS: END OF WAR
Volume 10
BOOK X. — AT REINSBERG. - 1736–1740
Chapter I. — MANSION OF REINSBERG
OF MONSIEUR JORDAN AND THE LITERARY SET
Chapter II. — OF VOLTAIRE AND THE LITERARY CORRESPONDENCES
Chapter III. — CROWN-PRINCE MAKES A MORNING CALL
Chapter IV. — NEWS OF THE DAY
OF BERG AND JULICH AGAIN; AND OF LUISCIUS WITH THE ONE RAZOR
Summary is, these Mediating Powers will be of no help to his Majesty;
Chapter V. — VISIT AT LOO
CROWN-PRINCE BECOMES A FREEMASON; AND IS HARANGUED BY MONSIEUR DE BIELFELD
SECKENDORF GETS LODGED IN GRATZ
THE EAR OF JENKINS RE-EMERGES
Chapter VI. — LAST YEAR OF REINSBERG; JOURNEY TO PREUSSEN
PINE'S HORACE; AND THE ANTI-MACHIAVEL
FRIEDRICH IN PREUSSEN AGAIN; AT THE STUD OF TRAKEHNEN. A TRAGICALLY GREAT EVENT COMING ON
Chapter VII. — LAST YEAR OF REINSBERG: TRANSIT OF BALTIMORE AND OTHER PERSONS AND THINGS
BIELFELD, WHAT HE SAW AT REINSBERG AND AROUND
TURK WAR ENDS; SPANISH WAR BEGINS. A WEDDING IN PETERSBURG
Chapter VIII. — DEATH OF FRIEDRICH WILHELM
Volume 11
BOOK XI. — FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND. — June-December, 1740
Chapter I. — PHENOMENA OF FRIEDRICH'S ACCESSION
FRIEDRICH WILL MAKE MEN HAPPY: CORN-MAGAZINES
ABOLITION OF LEGAL TORTURE
WILL HAVE PHILOSOPHERS ABOUT HIM, AND A REAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
AND EVERY ONE SHALL GET TO HEAVEN IN HIS OWN WAY
FREE PRESS, AND NEWSPAPERS THE BEST INSTRUCTORS
INTENDS TO BE PRACTICAL WITHAL, AND EVERY INCH A KING
BEHAVIOR TO HIS MOTHER; TO HIS WIFE
NO CHANGE IN HIS FATHER'S METHODS OR MINISTRIES
Chapter II. — THE HOMAGINGS
FRIEDRICH ACCEPTS THE HOMAGES, PERSONALLY, IN THREE PLACES
Chapter III. — FRIEDRICH MAKES AN EXCURSION, NOT OF DIRECT SORT INTO THE CLEVE COUNTRIES
FRIEDRICH STRIKES OFF TO THE LEFT, AND HAS A VIEW OF STRASBURG FOR TWO DAYS
FRIEDRICH FINDS M. DE MAUPERTUIS; NOT YET M. DE VOLTAIRE
Chapter IV. — VOLTAIRE'S FIRST INTERVIEW WITH FRIEDRICH
PARTICULARS OF FIRST INTERVIEW, ON SEVERE SCRUTINY
WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF THE INTERVIEW TWENTY YEARS AFTERWARDS
WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF THE INTERVIEW AT THE TIME
Chapter V. — AFFAIR OF HERSTAL
HOW THE HERSTALLERS HAD BEHAVED TO FRIEDRICH WILHELM
FRIEDRICH TAKES THE ROD OUT OF PICKLE
WHAT VOLTAIRE THOUGHT OF HERSTAL
Chapter VI. — RETURNS BY HANOVER; DOES NOT CALL ON HIS ROYAL UNCLE THERE
Chapter VII. — WITHDRAWS TO REINSBERG, HOPING A PEACEABLE WINTER
WILHELMINA'S RETURN-VISIT
UNEXPECTED NEWS AT REINSBERG
Chapter VIII. — THE KAISER'S DEATH
Chapter IX. — RESOLUTION FORMED AT REINSBERG IN CONSEQUENCE
MYSTERY IN BERLIN, FOR SEVEN WEEKS, WHILE THE PREPARATIONS GO ON; VOLTAIRE VISITS FRIEDRICH TO DECIPHER IT, BUT CANNOT
VIEW OF FRIEDRICH BEHIND THE VEIL
EXCELLENCY BOTTA HAS AUDIENCE; THEN EXCELLENCY DICKENS, AND OTHERS: DECEMBER 6th, THE MYSTERY IS OUT
MASKED BALL, AT BERLIN, 12th-13th DECEMBER
Volume 12
BOOK XII. — FIRST SILESIAN WAR, AWAKENING A GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE, BEGINS. — December, 1740-May, 1741
Chapter I. — OF SCHLESIEN, OR SILESIA
HISTORICAL EPOCHS OF SCHLESIEN;—AFTER THE QUADS AND MARCHMEN
Chapter II. — FRIEDRICH MARCHES ON GLOGAU
FRIEDRICH AT CROSSEN, AND STILL IN HIS OWN TERRITORY, 14th-16th DECEMBER;—STEPS INTO SCHLESIEN
WHAT GLOGAU, AND THE GOVERNMENT AT BRESLAU, DID UPON IT
MARCH TO WEICHAU (SATURDAY, 17th, AND STAY SUNDAY THERE); TO MILKAU (MONDAY, 19th); GET TO HERRENDORF, WITHIN SIGHT OF GLOGAU, DECEMBER 22d
Chapter III. — PROBLEM OF GLOGAU
WHAT BERLIN IS SAYING; WHAT FRIEDRICH IS THINKING
JORDAN TO THE KING (successively from Berlin—somewhat abridged.)
SCHWERIN AT LIEGNITZ; FRIEDRICH HUSHES UP THE GLOGAU PROBLEM, AND STARTS WITH HIS BEST SPEED FOR BRESLAU
Chapter IV. — BRESLAU UNDER SOFT PRESSURE
KING ENTERS BRESLAW; STAYS THERE, GRACIOUS AND VIGILANT, FOUR DAYS (Jan. 2d-6th, 1741)
Chapter V. — FRIEDRICH PUSHES FORWARD TOWARDS BRIEG AND NEISSE
FRIEDRICH COMES ACROSS TO OTTMACHAU; SITS THERE, IN SURVEY OF NEISSE, TILL HIS CANNON COME
Chapter VI. — NEISSE IS BOMBARDED
BROWNE VANISHES IN A SLIGHT FLASH OF FIRE
Chapter VII. — AT VERSAILLES, THE MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY CHANGES HIS SHIRT, AND BELLEISLE IS SEEN WITH PAPERS
OF BELLEISLE AND HIS PLANS
Chapter VIII. — PHENOMENA IN PETERSBURG
Chapter IX. — FRIEDRICH RETURNS TO SILESIA
SKIRMISH OF BAUMGARTEN, 27th FEBRUARY, 1741
ASPECTS OF BRESLAU
AUSTRIA IS STANDING TO ARMS
THE YOUNG DESSAUER CAPTURES GLOGAU (MARCH 9th); THE OLD DESSAUER, BY HIS CAMP OF GOTTIN (APRIL 2d), CHECKMATES CERTAIN DESIGNING PERSONS
FRIEDRICH TAKES THE FIELD, WITH SOME POMP; GOES INTO THE MOUNTAINS—BUT COMES FAST BACK
Chapter X. — BATTLE OF MOLLWITZ
OF FRIEDRICH'S DISAPPEARANCE INTO FAIRYLAND, IN THE INTERIM; AND OF MAUPERTUIS'S SIMILAR ADVENTURE
Chapter XI. — THE BURSTING FORTH OF BEDLAMS: BELLEISLE AND THE BREAKERS OF PRAGMATIC SANCTION
WHO WAS TO BLAME FOR THE AUSTRIAN-SUCCESSION WAR?
HOW BELLEISLE MADE VISIT TO TEUTSCHLAND; AND THERE WAS NO FIT HENRY THE FOWLER TO WELCOME HIM
DOWNBREAK OF PRAGMATIC SANCTION; MANNER OF THE CHIEF ARTISTS IN HANDLING THEIR COVENANTS
CONCERNING THE IMPERIAL ELECTION (Kaiserwahl) THAT IS TO BE: CANDIDATES FOR KAISERSHIP
TEUTSCHLAND TO BE CARVED INTO SOMETHING OF SYMMETRY, SHOULD THE BELLEISLE ENTERPRISES SUCCEED
BELLEISLE ON VISIT TO FRIEDRICH; SEES FRIEDRICH BESIEGE BRIEG, WITH EFFECT
Chapter XII. — SORROWS OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY
No. 1. SNATCH OF PARLIAMENTARY ELOQUENCE BY MR. VINER (19th April, 1741)
No. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORIAN ON THE PHENOMENON OF WALPOLE IN ENGLAND
No. 3. OF THE SPANISH WAR, OR THE JENKINS'S-EAR QUESTION
SUCCINCT HISTORY OF THE SPANISH WAR, WHICH BEGAN IN 1739; AND ENDED—WHEN DID IT END?
Chapter XIII. — SMALL-WAR: FIRST EMERGENCE OF ZIETHEN THE HUSSAR GENERAL INTO NOTICE
Volume 13
BOOK XIII. — FIRST SILESIAN WAR, LEAVING THE GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE ABLAZE ALL ROUND, GETS ENDED. — May, 1741-July, 1742
Chapter I. — BRITANNIC MAJESTY AS PALADIN OF THE PRAGMATIC
CUNCTATIONS, YET INCESSANT AND UBIQUITOUS ENDEAVORINGS, OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY (1741–1743)
Chapter II. — CAMP OF STREHLEN
EXCELLENCY HYNDFORD HAS HIS FIRST AUDIENCE (Camp of Mollwitz, May 7th);
EXCELLENCY ROBINSON BUSY IN THE VIENNA HOFRATH CIRCLES, TO PRODUCE A COMPLIANCE
EXCELLENCY ROBINSON HAS AUDIENCE OF FRIEDRICH (Camp of Strehlen, 7th August, 1741)
Chapter III. — GRAND REVIEW AT STREHLEN: NEIPPERG TAKES AIM AT BRESLAU, BUT ANOTHER HITS IT
Chapter IV. — FRIEDRICH TAKES THE FIELD AGAIN, INTENT ON HAVING NEISSE
Chapter V. — KLEIN-SCHNELLENDORF: FRIEDRICH GETS NEISSE, IN A FASHION
EXCELLENCY HYNDFORD BRINGS ABOUT A MEETING AT KLEIN-SCHNELLENDORF (9th October, 1741)
FRIEDRICH TAKES NEISSE BY SHAM SIEGE (CAPTURE NOT SHAM); GETS HOMAGED IN BRESLAU; AND RETURNS TO BERLIN
Chapter VI. — NEW MAYOR OF LANDSHUT MAKES AN INSTALLATION SPEECH
Chapter VII. -- FRIEDRICH PURPOSES TO MEND THE KLEIN-SCHNELLENDORF FAILURE: FORTUNES OF THE BELLEISLE ARMAMENT
THE FRENCH SAFE IN PRAG; KAISERWAHL JUST COMING ON
BROGLIO HAS A BIVOUAC OF PISEK; KHEVENHULLER LOOKS IN UPON THE DONAU CONQUESTS
Chapter VIII. — FRIEDRICH STARTS FOR MORAVIA, ON A NEW SCHEME HE HAS
Chapter IX. — WILHELMINA GOES TO SEE THE GAYETIES AT FRANKFURT
WILHELMINA AT THE CORONATION
THE DUCHESS DOWAGER OF WURTEMBERG, RETURNING FROM BERLIN FAVORS US WITH ANOTHER VISIT
Chapter X. — FRIEDRICH DOES HIS MORAVIAN EXPEDITION WHICH PROVES A MERE MORAVIAN FORAY
IGLAU IS GOT, BUT NOT THE MAGAZINE AT IGLAU
THE SAXONS THINK IGLAU ENOUGH; THE FRENCH GO HOME
FRIEDRICH SUBMERGES THE MORAVIAN COUNTRIES; BUT CANNOT BRUNN, WHICH IS THE INDISPENSABLE POINT
THE SAXONS HAVE NO CANNON FOR BRUNN, CANNOT AFFORD ANY; THERE IS A HIGH RESOLUTION TAKEN AT VIENNA (February 25th): FRIEDRICH QUITS THE MORAVIAN ENTERPRISE
Chapter XI. —NUSSLER IN NEISSE, WITH THE OLD DESSAUER AND WALRAVE
HOW NUSSLER HAPPENED TO BE IN NEISSE, MAY, 1742
Chapter XII. — PRINCE KARL DOES COME ON
Chapter XIII. —BATTLE OF CHOTUSITZ
Chapter XIV. — PEACE OF BRESLAU
Volume 14
BOOK XIV.—THE SURROUNDING EUROPEAN WAR DOES NOT END.—August, 1742-July, 1744
Chapter I.—FRIEDRICH RESUMES HIS PEACEABLE PURSUITS
SETTLES THE SILESIAN BOUNDARIES, THE SILESIAN ARRANGEMENTS; WITH MANIFEST PROFIT TO SILESIA AND HIMSELF
OPENING OF THE OPERA-HOUSE AT BERLIN
FRIEDRICH TAKES THE WATERS AT AACHEN, WHERE VOLTAIRE COMES TO SEE HIM
Chapter II.—AUSTRIAN AFFAIRS ARE ON THE MOUNTING HAND
WAR-PHENOMENA IN THE WESTERN PARTS: KING GEORGE TRIES, A SECOND TIME, TO DRAW HIS SWORD; TUGS AT IT VIOLENTLY, FOR SEVEN MONTHS (February-October, 1742)
HOW DUC D'HARCOURT, ADVANCING TO REINFORCE THE ORIFLAMME, HAD TO SPLIT HIMSELF IN TWO; AND BECOME AN "ARMY OF BAVARIA," TO LITTLE EFFECT
HOW BELLEISLE, RETURNING FROM DRESDEN WITHOUT CO-OPERATION FOUND THE ATTACK HAD BEEN DONE—IN A FATALLY REVERSE WAY. PRAG EXPECTING SIEGE. COLLOQUY WITH BROGLIO ON THAT INTERESTING POINT. PRAG BESIEGED
CONCERNING THE ITALIAN WAR WHICH SIMULTANEOUSLY WENT ON, ALL ALONG
SCENE, ROADS OF CADIZ, October, 1741: BY WHAT ASTONISHING ARTIFICE THIS ITALIAN WAR DID, AT LENGTH, GET BEGUN
OTHER SCENE, BAY OF NAPLES, 19th-20th August, 1742: KING OF TWO SICILIES (BABY CARLOS THAT WAS), HAVING BEEN ASSISTING MAMMA, IS OBLIGED TO BECOME NEUTRAL IN THE ITALIAN WAR
THE SIEGE OF PRAG CONTIMES. A GRAND SALLY THERE
MAILLEBOIS MARCHES, WITH AN "ARMY OF REDEMPTION" OR "OF MATHURINS" (WITTILY SO CALLED), TO RELIEVE PRAG; REACHES THE BOHEMIAN FRONTIER, JOINED BY THE COMTE DE SAXE; ABOVE 50,000 STRONG (August 9th-September 19th)
PRINCE KARL AND THE GRAND-DUKE, HEARING OF MAILLEBOIS, GO TO MEET HIM (September 14th); AND THE SIEGE OF PRAG IS RAISED
THE MAILLEBOIS ARMY OF REDEMPTION CANNOT REDEEM AT ALL;—HAS TO STAGGER SOUTHWARD AGAIN; AND BECOMES AN "ARMY OF BAVARIA," UNDER BROGLIO
VOLTAIRE HAS BEEN ON VISIT AT AACHEN, IN THE INTERIM—HIS THIRD VISIT TO KING FRIEDRICH
THREE LETTERS OF VOLTAIRE, DATED BRUSSELS, 10th SEPT. 1742
Chapter III.—CARNIVAL PHENOMENA IN WAR-TIME
RETREAT FROM PRAG; ARMY OF THE ORIFLAMME, BOHEMIAN SECTION BOHEMIAN SECTION OF IT, MAKES EXIT
A GLANCE AT VIENNA, AND THEN AT BERLIN
VOLTAIRE, AT PARIS, IS MADE IMMORTAL BY A KISS
Chapter IV.—AUSTRIAN AFFAIRS MOUNT TO A DANGEROUS HEIGHT
BRITANNIC MAJESTY, WITH SWORD ACTUALLY DRAWN, HAS MARCHED MEANWHILE TO THE FRANKFURT COUNTRIES, AS "PRAGMATIC ARMY;" READY FOR BATTLE AND TREATY ALIKE
FRIEDRICH HAS OBJECTIONS TO THE PRAGMATIC ARMY; BUT IN VAIN. OF FRIEDRICH'S MANY ENDEAVORS TO QUENCH THIS WAR, BY "UNION OF INDEPENDENT GERMAN PRINCES," BY "MEDIATION OF THE REICH," AND OTHERWISE; ALL IN VAIN
Chapter V.—BRITANNIC MAJESTY FIGHTS HIS BATTLE OF DETTINGEN; AND BECOMES SUPREME JOVE OF GERMANY, IN A MANNER
BATTLE OF DETTINGEN
BRITANNIC MAJESTY HOLDS HIS CONFERENCES OF HANAU
HUNGARIAN MAJESTY ANSWERS, IN THE DIET, THAT FRENCH DECLARATION, "MAKE PEACE, GOOD PEOPLE; I WISH TO BE OUT OF IT!"—IN AN OMINOUS MANNER
BRITANNIC MAJESTY GOES HOME
Chapter VI.—VOLTAIRE VISITS FRIEDRICH FOR THE FOURTH TIME
FRIEDRICH VISITS BAIREUTH: ON A PARTICULAR ERRAND;—VOLTAIRE ATTENDING, AND PRIVATELY REPORTING
Chapter VII.—FRIEDRICH MAKES TREATY WITH FRANCE; AND SILENTLY GETS READY
Chapter VIII.—PERFECT PEACE AT BERLIN, WAR ALL ROUND
THE SUCCESSION IN RUSSIA, AND ALSO IN SWEDEN, SHALL NOT BE HOSTILE TO US: TWO ROYAL MARRIAGES, A RUSSIAN AND A SWEDISH, ARE ACCOMPLISHED AT BERLIN, WITH SUCH VIEW
GLANCE AT THE BELLIGERENT POWERS; BRITANNIC MAJESTY NARROWLY MISSES AN INVASION THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS
THE YOUNG DUKE OF WURTEMBERG GETS A VALEDICTORY ADVICE; AND POLLNITZ A DITTO TESTIMONIAL (February 6th; April 1st, 1744)
TWO CONQUESTS FOR PRUSSIA, A GASEOUS AND A SOLID: CONQUEST FIRST, BARBERINA THE DANCER
CONQUEST SECOND IS OST-FRIESLAND, OF A SOLID NATURE
Volume 15
BOOK XV.—SECOND SILESIAN WAR, IMPORTANT EPISODE IN THE GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE.—15th Aug. 1744–25th Dec. 1745
Chapter I.—PRELIMINARY: HOW THE MOMENT ARRIVED
PRINCE KARL GETS ACROSS THE RHINE (20 JUNE-2 JULY, 1744)
FRIEDRICH DECIDES TO INTERVENE
Chapter II.—FRIEDRICH MARCHES UPON PRAG, CAPTURES PRAG
Chapter III.—FRIEDRICH, DILIGENT IN HIS BOHEMIAN CONQUESTS, UNEXPECTEDLY COMES UPON PRINCE KARL, WITH NO FRENCH ATTENDING HIM
FRIEDRICH, LEAVING SMALL GARRISON IN PRAG, RUSHES SWIFTLY UP THE MOLDAU VALLEY, UPON THE TABOR-BUDWEIS COUNTRY; TO PLEASE HIS FRENCH FRIENDS
THE FRENCH ARE LITTLE GRATEFUL FOR THE PLEASURE DONE THEM AT SUCH RUINOUS EXPENSE
Chapter IV.—FRIEDRICH REDUCED TO STRAITS; CANNOT MAINTAIN HIS MOLDAU CONQUESTS AGAINST PRICE KARL
FRIEDRICH TRIES TO HAVE BATTLE FROM PRINCE KARL, IN THE MOLDAU COUNTRIES; CANNOT, OWING TO THE SKILL OF PRINCE KARL OR OF OLD FELDMARSCHALL TRAUN;—HAS TO RETIRE BEHIND THE SAZAWA, AND ULTIMATELY BEHIND THE ELBE, WITH MUCH LABOR IN VAIN
FRIEDRICH'S RETREAT; ESPECIALLY EINSIEDEL'S FROM PRAG
Chapter V.—FRIEDRICH, UNDER DIFFICULTIES, PREPARES FOR A NEW CAMPAIGN
OLD DESSAUER REPELS THE SILESIAN INVASION (Winter, 1744–45)
THE FRENCH FULLY INTEND TO BEHAVE BETTER NEXT SEASON TO FRIEDRICH AND THEIR GERMAN ALLIES;—BUT ARE PREVENTED BY VARIOUS ACCIDENTS (November, 1744-April, 1745; April-August, 1745)
STRANGE ACCIDENT TO MARECHAL DE BELLEISLE IN THE HARZ MOUNTAINS (20th December, 1744)
THE KAISER KARL VII. GETS SECURED FROM OPPRESSIONS, IN A TRAGIC WAY. FRIEDRICH PROPOSES PEACE, BUT TO NO PURPOSE
Chapter VI.—VALORI GOES ON AN ELECTIONEERING MISSION TO DRESDEN
1. FRIEDRICH'S POSITION TOWARDS SAXONY
2. THERE IS A, "UNION OF WARSAW" (8th January, 1745); AND STILL MORE SPECIALLY A "TREATY OF WARSAW" (8th January-18th May, 1745)
3. VALORI'S ACCOUNT OF HIS MISSION (in compressed form). [Valori, i. 211–219.]
MIDDLE-RHINE ARMY IN A STAGGERING STATE; THE BAVARIAN INTRICACY SETTLES ITSELF, THE WRONG WAY
Chapter VII.—FRIEDRICH IN SILESIA; UNUSUALLY BUSY
KING FRIEDRICH TO PODEWILS, IN BERLIN (under various dates, March-April, 1745)
FRIEDRICH TO PODEWILS (as before, April-May, 1745)
Chapter VIII.—THE MARTIAL BOY AND HIS ENGLISH versus THE LAWS OF NATURE
BATTLE OF FONTENOY (11th May, 1745)
Chapter IX.—THE AUSTRIAN-SAXON ARMY INVADES SILESIA, ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
Chapter X.—BATTLE OF HOHENFRIEDBERG
Chapter XI.—CAMP OF CHLUM: FRIEDRICH CANNOT ACHIEVE PEACE
CAMP OF DIESKAU: BRITANNIC MAJESTY MAKES PEACE, FOR HIMSELF, WITH FRIEDRICH; BUT CANNOT FOR AUSTRIA OR SAXONY
SCHONBRUNN, 2d AUGUST, 1745, ROBINSON HAS AUDIENCE OF HER HUNGARIAN MAJESTY
GRAND-DUKE FRANZ IS ELECTED KAISER (13TH SEPTEMBER, 1745); FRIEDRICH, THE SEASON AND FORAGE BEING DONE, MAKES FOR SILESIA
Chapter XII.—BATTLE OF SOHR
Chapter XIII.—SAXONY AND AUSTRIA MAKE A SURPRISING LAST ATTEMPT
FRIEDRICH GOES OUT TO MEET HIS THREE-LEGGED MONSTER; CUTS ONE LEG OF IT IN TWO (Fight of Hennersdorf, 23d November, 1745)
PRINCE KARL, CUT IN TWO, TUMBLES HOME AGAIN DOUBLE-QUICK
Chapter XIV.—BATTLE OF KESSELSDORF
Chapter XV.—PEACE OF DRESDEN: FRIEDRICH DOES MARCH HOME
Volume 16
BOOK XVI.—THE TEN YEARS OF PEACE.—1746–1756
Chapter I.—SANS-SOUCI
FRIEDRICH DECLINES THE CAREER OF CONQUERING HERO; GOES INTO LAW-REFORM; AND GETS READY A COTTAGE RESIDENCE FOR HIMSELF
Chapter II.—PEEP AT VOLTAIRE AND HIS DIVINE EMILIE (BY CANDLELIGHT) IN THE TIDE OF EVENTS
VOLTAIRE AND THE DIVINE EMILIE APPEAR SUDDENLY, ONE NIGHT, AT SCEAUX
WAR-PASSAGES IN 1747
MARSHAL KEITH COMES TO PRUSSIA (September, 1747)
Chapter III.—EUROPEAN WAR FALLS DONE: TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE
MARECHAL DE SAXE PAYS FRIEDRICH A VISIT
TRAGIC NEWS, THAT CONCERN US, OF VOLTAIRE AND OTHERS
Chapter IV. COCCEJI FINISHES THE LAW-REFORM; FRIEDRICH IS PRINTING HIS POESIES
Chapter V. STRANGERS OF NOTE COME TO BERLIN, IN 1750
CANDIDATUS LINSENBARTH (QUASI "Lentil-beard") LIKEWISE VISITS BERLIN
SIR JONAS HANWAY STALKS ACROSS THE SCENE, TOO; IN A PONDERING AND OBSERVING MANNER
Chapter VI.—BERLIN CARROUSEL, AND VOLTAIRE VISIBLE THERE
PERPETUAL PRESIDENT MAUPERTUIS HAS A VISIT FROM ONE KONIG, OUT OF HOLLAND, CONCERNING THE INFINITELY LITTLE
Chapter VII.—M. DE VOLTAIRE HAS A PAINFUL JEW-LAWSUIT
THE VOLTAIRE-HIRSCH TRANSACTION: PART I. ORIGIN OF LAWSUIT (10th November-25th December, 1750)
PART II. THE LAWSUIT ITSELF (30th December, 1750–18th and 26th February, 1751)
Chapter VIII. OST-FRIESLAND AND THE SHIPPING INTERESTS
FRIEDRIAH VISITS OST-FRIESLAND
Chapter IX.—SECOND ACT OF THE VOLTAIRE VISIT
DETACHED FEATURES (NOT FABULOUS) OF VOLTAIRE AND HIS BERLIN-POTSDAM ENVIRONMENT IN 1751–1752
FRACTIONS OF EVENTS AND INDICATIONS, FROM VOLTAIRE HIMSELF, IN THIS TIME; MORE OR LESS ILLUMINATIVE WHEN REDUCED TO ORDER
Chapter X. DEMON NEWSWRITER, OF 1752
A DEMON NEWSWRITER GIVES AN "IDEA" OF FRIEDRICH; INTELLIGIBLE TO THE KNOWING CLASSES IN ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE
Chapter XI. THIRD ACT AND CATASTROPHE OF THE VOLTAIRE VISIT
"ANSWER FROM [VERY PRIVATELY VOLTAIRE, CALLING HIMSELF] A BERLIN ACADEMICIAN TO A PARIS ONE
Chapter XII. OF THE AFTERPIECE, WHICH PROVED STILL MORE TRAGICAL
PART I. FREDERSDORF SENDS INSTRUCTIONS; THE "OEUVRE DE POESIE" IS GOT; BUT—
PART II. VOLTAIRE, IN SPITE OF HIS EFFORTS, DOES GET AWAY (June 20th-July 7th)
Chapter XIII. ROMISH-KING QUESTION; ENGLISH-PRIVATEER QUESTION
Chapter XIV. THERE IS LIKE TO BE ANOTHER WAR AHEAD
Chapter XV.—ANTI-PRUSSIAN WAR-SYMPTOMS: FRIEDRICH VISIBLE FOR A MOMENT
"EXTRACTUS PROTOCOLLORUM IN INQUISITIONS-SACHEN,"—THAT IS TO SAY, EXTRACT OF PROTOCOLS IN INQUEST "CONTRA FRIEDRICH WILHELM MENZEL AND JOHANN BENJAMIN ERFURTH."
FRIEDRICH IS VISIBLE, IN HOLLAND, TO THE NAKED EYE, FOR SOME MINUTES (June 23d, 1755)
Volume 17
Book XVII—THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR: FIRST CAMPAIGN.—1756–1757
Chapter I.—WHAT FRIEDRICH HAD READ IN THE MENZEL DOCUMENTS
HOW FRIEDRICH DISCOVERED THE MYSTERY. CONCERNING MENZEL AND WEINGARTEN
Chapter II.—ENGLISH DIPLOMACIES ABROAD, IN PROSPECT OF A FRENCH WAR
THE TRIUMPHANT HANBURY TREATY BECOMES, ITSELF, NOTHING OR LESS;—BUT PRODUCES A FRIEDRICH TREATY, FOLLOWED BY RESULTS WHICH SURPRISE EVERYBODY
THERE HAS BEEN A COUNTER-TREATY GOING ON AT VERSAILLES IN THE INTERIM; WHICH HEREUPON STARTS OUT, AND TUMBLES THE WHOLLY ASTONISHED EUROPEAN DIPLOMACIES HEELS-OVER-HEAD
Chapter III.—FRENCH-ENGLISH WAR BREAKS OUT
KING FRIEDRICH'S ENIGMA GETS MORE AND MORE STRINGENT
Chapter IV.—FRIEDRICH PUTS A QUESTION AT VIENNA, TWICE OVER
Chapter V.—FRIEDRICH BLOCKADES THE SAXONS IN PIRNA COUNTRY
Chapter VI.—BATTLE OF LOBOSITZ
Chapter VII.—THE SAXONS GET OUT OF PIRNA ON DISMAL TERMS
Chapter VIII.—WINTER IN DRESDEN
Volume 18
BOOK XVIII.—SEVEN-YEARS WAR RISES TO A HEIGHT.—1757–1759
Chapter I.—THE CAMPAIGN OPENS
REICH'S THUNDER, SLIGHT SURVEY OF IT; WITH QUESTION, WHITHERWARD, IF ANY-WHITHER
FRIEDRICH SUDDENLY MARCHES ON PRAG
Chapter II.—BATTLE OF PRAG
Chapter III.—PRAG CANNOT BE GOT AT ONCE
COLONEL MAYER WITH HIS "FREE-CORPS" PARTY MAKES A VISIT, OF DIDACTIC NATURE, TO THE REICH
OF THE SINGULAR QUASI-BEWITCHED CONDITION OF ENGLAND; AND WHAT IS TO BE HOPED FROM IT FOR THE COMMON CAUSE, IF PRAG GO AMISS
PHENOMENA OF PRAG SIEGE:—PRAG SIEGE IS INTERRUPTED
Chapter IV.—BATTLE OF KOLIN
THE MARIA-THERESA ORDER, NEW KNIGHTHOOD FOR AUSTRIA
Chapter V.—FRIEDRICH AT LEITMERITZ, HIS WORLD OF ENEMIES COMING ON
PRINCE AUGUST WILHELM FINDS A BAD PROBLEM AT JUNG-BUNZLAU; AND DOES IT BADLY: FRIEDRICH THEREUPON HAS TO RISE FROM LEITMERITZ, AND TAKE THE FIELD ELSEWHERE, IN BITTER HASTE AND IMPATIENCE, WITH OUTLOOKS WORSE THAN EVER
Chapter VI.—DEATH OF WINTERFELD
Chapter VII.—FRIEDRICH IN THURINGEN, HIS WORLD OF ENEMIES ALL COME
I. FRIEDRICH'S MARCH TO ERFURT FROM DRESDEN—(31st August-13th September, 1757)
II. THE SOUBISE HILDBURGHAUSEN PEOPLE TAKE INTO THE HILLS; FRIEDRICH IN ERFURT NEIGHBORHOOD, HANGING ON, WEEK AFTER WEEK, IN AN AGONY OF INACTION (13th September-10th October)
LAMENTATION-PSALMS OF FRIEDRICH
III. RUMOR OF AN INROAD ON BERLIN SUDDENLY SETS FRIEDRICH ON MARCH THITHER: INROAD TAKES EFFECT—WITH IMPORTANT RESULTS, CHIEFLY IN A LEFT-HAND FORM
SCENE AT REGENSBURG IN THE INTERIM
BOOK XVIII (CONTINUED)—SEVEN-YEARS WAR RISES TO A HEIGHT. 1757–1759
Chapter VIII.—BATTLE OF ROSSBACH
CATASTROPHE OF DAUPHINESS (Saturday, 5th November, 1757)
Chapter IX.—FRIEDRICH MARCHES FOR SILESIA
FRIEDRICH'S SPEECH TO HIS GENERALS (Parchwitz, 3d December, 1757). [From RETZOW, i. 240–242.]
Chapter X.—BATTLE OF LEUTHEN
Chapter XI.—WINTER IN BRESLAU: THIRD CAMPAIGN OPENS
OF THE ENGLISH SUBSIDY
FRIEDRICH, AS INDEED PITT'S PEOPLE AND OTHERS HAVE DONE, TAKES THE FIELD UNCOMMONLY EARLY: FRIEDRICH GOES UPON SCHWEIDNITZ, SCHWEIDNITZ, AS THE PREFACE TO WHATEVER HIS CAMPAIGN MAY BE
Chapter XII.—SIEGE OF OLMUTZ
Chapter XIII.—BATTLE OF ZORNDORF
THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR OVER AGAIN—THAT IS TO SAY, FRIEDRICH AT HAND-GRIPS WITH FERMOR AND HIS RUSSIANS (25TH AUGUST, 1758)
Chapter XIV.—BATTLE OF HOCHKIRCH
DAUN AND THE REICHS ARMY INVADE SAXONY, IN FRIEDRICH'S ABSENCE
FRIEDRICH INTERVENING, DAUN DRAWS BACK; INTRENCHES HIMSELF IN NEIGHBORHOOD TO DRESDEN AND PIRNA; FRIEDRICH FOLLOWING HIM. FOUR ARMIES STANDING THERE, IN DEAD-LOCK, FOR A MONTH; WITH ISSUE, A FLANK-MARCH ON THE PART OF FRIEDRICH'S ARMY, WHICH HALTS AT HOCH KIRCH (September 12th-October 10th, 1758)
WHAT ACTUALLY BEFELL AT HOCHKIRCH (Saturday, 14th October, 1758)
SEQUEL OF HOCHKIRCH; THE CAMPAIGN ENDS IN A WAY SURPRISING TO AN ATTENTIVE PUBLIC (22d October-20th November, 1758)
FRIEDRICH MARCHES, ENIGMATICALLY, NOT ON GLOGAU, BUT ON REICHENBACH AND GORLITZ; TO DAUN'S ASTONISHMENT
FELDMARSCHALL DAUN AND THE REICHS ARMY TRY SOME SIEGE OF DRESDEN (9th-16th November)
Volume 19
BOOK XIX.—FRIEDRICH LIKE TO BE OVERWHELMED IN THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR.—1759–1760
Chapter I.—PRELIMINARIES TO A FOURTH CAMPAIGN
OF THE SMALL-WAR IN SPRING, 1759. THERE ARE FIVE DISRUPTIONS OF THAT GRAND CORDON (February-April); AND FERDINAND OF BRUNSWICK FIGHTS HIS BATTLE OF BERGEN (April 13th)
Chapter II.—GENERAL DOHNA; DICTATOR WEDELL: BATTLE OF ZULLICHAU
DICTATOR WEDELL FIGHTS HIS BATTLE (Monday, 23d July, 1759), WITHOUT SUCCESS
Chapter III.—FRIEDRICH IN PERSON ATTEMPTS THE RUSSIAN PROBLEM; NOT WITH SUCCESS
Chapter IV.—BATTLE OF KUNERSDORF
Chapter V.—SAXONY WITHOUT DEFENCE: SCHMETTAU SURRENDERS DRESDEN
THE "REICHS ARMY" 80 CALLED HAS ENTERED SAXONY, UNDER FINE OMENS; DOES SOME FEATS OF SIEGING (August 7th-23d)—WITH AN EYE ON DRESDEN AS THE CROWNING ONE
AUSTRIAN REICHS ARMY DOES ITS CROWNING FEAT (August 26th-September 4th): DIARY OF WHAT IS CALLED THE "SIEGE" OF DRESDEN
Chapter VI.—PRINCE HENRI MAKES A MARCH OF FIFTY HOURS; THE RUSSIANS CANNOT FIND LODGING IN SILESIA
DAUN, SOLTIKOF AND COMPANY AGAIN HAVE A COLLOQUY (Bautzen, September 15th); AFTER WHICH EVERYBODY STARTS ON HIS SPECIAL COURSE OF ACTION
FRIEDRICH MANAGES (September 24th-October 24th) TO GET THE RUSSIANS SENT HOME; AND HIMSELF FALLS LAMED WITH GOUT
Chapter VII.—FRIEDRICH REAPPEARS ON THE FIELD, AND IN SEVEN DAYS AFTER COMES THE CATASTROPHE OF MAXEN
Chapter VIII.—MISCELLANEA IN WINTER-QUARTERS, 1759–1760
SERENE HIGHNESS OF WURTEMBERG, AT FULDA (November 30th, 1759), IS JUST ABOUT "FIRING VICTORIA," AND GIVING A BALL TO BEAUTY AND FASHION, IN HONOR OF A CERTAIN EVENT;—BUT IS UNPLEASANTLY INTERRUPTED
WHAT IS PERPETUAL PRESIDENT MAUPERTUIS DOING, ALL THIS WHILE? IS HE STILL IN BERLIN; OR WHERE IN THE UNIVERSE IS HE? ALAS, POOR MAUPERTUIS!
GRAND FRENCH INVASION-SCHEME COMES ENTIRELY TO WRECK (Quiberon Bay, 20th November, 1759): OF CONTROLLER-GENERAL SILHOUETTE, AND THE OUTLOOKS OF FRANCE, FINANCIAL AND OTHER
FRIEDRICH, STRANGE TO SAY, PUBLISHES (March-June, 1760) AN EDITION OF HIS POEMS. QUESTION, "WHO WROTE Matinees du Roi de Prusse?"—FOR THE SECOND, AND POSITIVELY THE LAST TIME
PEACE-NEGOTIATIONS HOPEFUL TO FRIEDRICH ALL THROUGH WINTER; BUT THE FRENCH WON'T. VOLTAIRE, AND HIS STYLE OF CORRESPONDING
VOLTAIRE ON FRIEDRICH, TO DIFFERENT THIRD-PARTIES, DURING THIS WAR
VOLTAIRE ON SURROUNDING OBJECTS, CHIEFLY ON MAUPERTUIS, AND THE BATTLES
FRIEDRICH TO VOLTAIRE, BEFORE AND DURING THESE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
FRIEDRICH HAS SENT LORD MARISCHAL TO SPAIN: OTHER FOND HOPES OF FRIEDRICH'S
Chapter IX.—PRELIMINARIES TO A FIFTH CAMPAIGN
Volume 20
BOOK XX.—FRIEDRICH IS NOT TO BE OVERWHELMED: THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR GRADUALLY ENDS—25th April, 1760–15th February, 1763
Chapter I.—FIFTH CAMPAIGN OPENS
Chapter II.—FRIEDRICH BESIEGES DRESDEN
CAPTURE OF GLATZ (26th July, 1760)
DIALOGUE OF FRIEDRICH AND HENRI (from their Private Correspondence: June 7th-July 29th, 1760)
DUKE FERDINAND'S BATTLE OF WARBURG (31st July, 1760)
Chapter III.—BATTLE OF LIEGNITZ
LOUDON IS TRYING A STROKE-OF-HAND ON BRESLAU, IN THE GLATZ FASHION, IN THE INTERIM (July 30th-August 3d)
FRIEDRICH ON MARCH, FOR THE THIRD TIME, TO RESCUE SILESIA (August 1st-15th)
BATTLE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF LIEGNITZ, DOES ENSUE (Friday morning, 15th August, 1760)
Chapter IV.—DAUN IN WRESTLE WITH FRIEDRICH IN THE SILESIAN HILLS
THE RUSSIANS MAKE A RAID ON BERLIN, FOR RELIEF OF DAUN AND THEIR OWN BEHOOF (October 3d-12th, 1760)
Chapter V.—BATTLE OF TORGAU
FIGHT OF KLOSTER KAMPEN (Night of October 15th-16th); WESEL NOT TO BE HAD BY DUKE FERDINAND
Chapter VI.—WINTER-QUARTERS 1760–1761
KING FRIEDRICH IN THE APEL HOUSE AT LEIPZIG (8th December, 1760–17th March, 1761)
INTERVIEW WITH HERR PROFESSOR GELLERT (Thursday, 18th December, 1760)
DIALOGUE WITH GENERAL SALDERN (in the Apel House, Leipzig, 21st January, 1761)
THERE ARE SOME WAR-MOVEMENTS DURING WINTER; GENERAL FINANCIERING DIFFICULTIES. CHOISEUL PROPOSES PEACE
Chapter VII.—SIXTH CAMPAIGN OPENS: CAMP OF BUNZELWITZ
OF FERDINAND'S BATTLE OF VELLINGHAUSEN (15th-16th July); AND THE CAMPAIGN 1761
THIRD SIEGE OF COLBERG
Chapter VIII.—LOUDON POUNCES UPON SCHWEIDNITZ ONE NIGHT (LAST OF SEPTEMBER, 1761)
Chapter IX.—TRAITOR WARKOTSCH
Chapter X.—FRIEDRICH IN BRESLAU; HAS NEWS FROM PETERSBURG
THE PITT CATASTROPHE: HOW THE PEACE-NEGOTIATION WENT OFF BY EXPLOSION; HOW PITT WITHDREW (3d October, 1761), AND THERE CAME A SPANISH WAR NEVERTHELESS
TIFF OF QUARREL BETWEEN KING AND HENRI (March-April, 1762)
BRIGHT NEWS FROM PETERSBURG (certain, Jan. 19th); WHICH GROW EVER BRIGHTER; AND BECOME A STAR-OF-DAY FOR FRIEDRICH
WHAT COLONEL HORDT AND THE OTHERS SAW AT PETERSBURG (January-July, 1762)
Chapter XI.—SEVENTH CAMPAIGN OPENS
Chapter XII.—SIEGE OF SCHWEIDNITZ: SEVENTH CAMPAIGN ENDS
Chapter XIII.—PEACE OF HUBERTSBURG
Volume 21
BOOK XXI.—AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF FRIEDRICH'S LIFE—1763–1786
Chapter I.—PREFATORY
Chapter II.—REPAIRING OF A RUINED PRUSSIA
LANDRATH NUSSLER AND THE KING (30th March-3d April, 1763)
III. SATURDAY, APRIL 3d, IN THE SCHLOSS AGAIN: NUSSLER AND LANDRATHS. To them, the KING
KRIEGSRATH RODEN AND THE KING (6th-13th June, 1763)
OF FRIEDRICH'S NEW EXCISE SYSTEM
THE NEUE PALAIS, IN SANS-SOUCI NEIGHBORHOOD, IS FOUNDED AND FINISHED (1763–1770)
"OBITUARY IN FRIEDRICH'S CIRCLE TILL 1771."
Chapter III.—TROUBLES IN POLAND
KING OF POLAND DIES; AND THERE ENSUE HUGE ANARCHIES IN THAT COUNTRY
EX-LOVER PONIATOWSKI BECOMES KING OF POLAND (7th Sept. 1764), AND IS CROWNED WITHOUT LOSS OF HIS HAIR
FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE DISSIDENT QUESTION CANNOT BE GOT SETTLED; CONFEDERATION OF RADOM (23d June, 1767–5th March, 1768) PUSHES IT INTO SETTLEMENT
CONFEDERATION OF BAR ENSUES, ON THE PER-CONTRA SIDE (March 28th, 1768); AND, AS FIRST RESULT OF ITS ACHIEVEMENTS (October 6th, 1768), A TURK-RUSSIAN WAR
Chapter IV.—PARTITION OF POLAND
FIRST INTERVIEW BETWEEN FRIEDRICH AND KAISER JOSEPH (Neisse, 25th-28th August, 1769)
NEXT YEAR THERE IS A SECOND INTERVIEW; FRIEDRICH MAKING A RETURN-VISIT DURING THE KAISER'S MORAVIAN REVIEWS (Camp of Mahrisch-Neustadt, 3d-7th September, 1770)
RUSSIAN-TURK WAR, FIRST TWO CAMPAIGNS
PRINCE HENRI HAS BEEN TO SWEDEN; IS SEEN AT PETERSBURG IN MASQUERADE (on or about New-year's Day, 1771); AND DOES GET HOME, WITH RESULTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT
THE EMPRESS-QUEEN TO PRINCE KAUNITZ (Undated: date must be Vienna, February, 1772)
WHAT FRIEDRICH DID WITH HIS NEW ACQUISITION
Chapter V.—A CHAPTER OF MISCELLANIES
HERR DOCTOR ZIMMERMANN, THE FAMOUS AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "ON SOLITUDE," WALKS REVERENTIALLY BEFORE FRIEDRICH'S DOOR IN THE DUSK OF AN OCTOBER EVENING: AND HAS A ROYAL INTERVIEW NEXT DAY
SISTER ULRIQUE, QUEEN-DOWAGER OF SWEDEN, REVISITS HER NATIVE PLACE (December, 1771-August, 1772)
WILHELMINA'S DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH FREDERIKE SOPHIE, DUCHESS OF WURTEMBERG, APPEARS AT FERNEY (September, 1773)
No. 1. DR BURNEY HAS SIGHT OF VOLTAIRE (July, 1770)
NO. 2. A REVEREND MR. SHERLOCK SEES VOLTAIRE, AND EVEN DINES WITH HIM (April, 1776)
GENERAL OR FIELDMARSHAL CONWAY, DIRECT FROM THE LONDON CIRCLES, ATTENDS ONE OF FRIEDRICH'S REVIEWS (August-September, 1774)
EXUBERANT SHERLOCK AND ELEVEN OTHER ENGLISH ARE PRESENTED TO FRIEDRICH ON A COURT OCCASION (8th October, 1777); AND TWO OF THEM GET SPOKEN TO, AND SPEAK EACH A WORD. EXCELLENCY HUGH ELLIOT IS THEIR INTRODUCER
Chapter VI.—THE BAVARIAN WAR
Chapter VII.—MILLER ARNOLD'S LAWSUIT
"PROTOCOL [of December 11th, Title already given; [Supra, p. 439 n.] Docketing adds], WHICH IS TO BE PRINTED."
Chapter VIII.—THE FURSTENBUND: FRIEDRICH'S LAST YEARS
PRINCE DE LIGNE, AFTER TEN YEARS, SEES FRIEDRICH A SECOND TIME; TIME; AND REPORTS WHAT WAS SAID
HOW GENERAL VON DER MARWITZ, IN EARLY BOYHOOD, SAW FRIEDRICH THE GREAT THREE TIMES (1782–1785)
GENERAL BOUILLE, HOME FROM HIS WEST-INDIAN EXPLOITS, VISITS FRIEDRICH (August 5th-11th, 1784)
Chapter IX.—FRIEDRICH'S LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH
APPENDIX
A DAY WITH FRIEDRICH.—(23d July, 1779.)
