Collection: The History of Friedrich II of Prussia - incomplete

Carlyle’s “History of Friedrich II of Prussia” Book XXI Processed by D.R. Thompson drthom@ihug.co.nz BOOK XXI. AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF FRIEDRICH’S LIFE. 1763-1786. Chapter I. PREFATORY. The Twelve Hercules-labors of this King have ended here; what was required of him in World-History is accomplished. There remain to Friedrich Twenty-three Years more of Life, which to

Prepared by D.R. Thompson 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. There were yet, to the world’s surprise and regret, Three Campaigns of this War; but the Campaign 1760, which we are now upon, was what produced or rendered

Prepared by D.R. Thompson BOOK XIX. FRIEDRICH LIKE TO BE OVERWHELMED IN THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR. 1759-1760. Chapter I. PRELIMINARIES TO A FOURTH CAMPAIGN. The posting of the Five Armies this Winter–Five of them in Germany, not counting the Russians, who have vanished to Cimmeria over the horizon, for their months of rest–is something wonderful, and

Prepared by D.R. Thompson BOOK XVIII. SEVEN-YEARS WAR RISES TO A HEIGHT. 1757-1759. Chapter I. THE CAMPAIGN OPENS. Seldom was there seen such a combination against any man as this against Friedrich, after his Saxon performances in 1756. The extent of his sin, which is now ascertained to have been what we saw, was at

Prepared by D.R. Thompson Carlyle’s “History of Friedrich II of Prussia” Book XVII THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR: FIRST CAMPAIGN. 1756-1757. Chapter I. WHAT FRIEDRICH HAD READ IN THE MENZEL DOCUMENTS. The ill-informed world, entirely unaware of what Friedrich had been studying and ascertaining, to his bitter sorrow, for four years past, was extremely astonished at the

BOOK XVI. THE TEN YEARS OF PEACE. 1746-1756. Chapter I. SANS-SOUCI. Friedrich has now climbed the heights, and sees himself on the upper table-land of Victory and Success; his desperate life-and- death struggles triumphantly ended. What may be ahead, nobody knows; but here is fair outlook that his enemies and Austria itself have had enough

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. Battle being once seen to be inevitable, it was Friedrich’s plan not to wait for it, but to give it. Thanks to Friedrich Wilhelm and himself, there is no Army, nor

Prepared by D.R. Thompson History of Friedrich II of Prussia V 14 by Thomas Carlyle BOOK XIV. THE SURROUNDING EUROPEAN WAR DOES NOT END. August, 1742-July, 1744. Chapter I. FRIEDRICH RESUMES HIS PEACEABLE PURSUITS. Friedrich’s own Peace being made on such terms, his wish and hope was, that it might soon be followed by a

Prepared by D.R. Thompson Carlyle’s “History of Friedrich II of Prussia” 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. Part First of his Britannic Majesty’s Sorrows, the Britannic or Domestic Part, is now perhaps conceivable to

Prepared by D.R. Thompson Carlyle’s “History of Friedrich II of Prussia” Book XII Processed by D.R. Thompson drthom@ihug.co.nz BOOK XII. FIRST SILESIAN WAR, AWAKENING A GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE, BEGINS. December, 1740-May, 1741. Chapter I. OF SCHLESIEN, OR SILESIA. Schlesien, what we call Silesia, lies in elliptic shape, spread on the top of Europe, partly girt

Prepared by D.R. Thompson BOOK XI. FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND. June-December, 1740. Chapter I. PHENOMENA OF FRIEDRICH’S ACCESSION. In Berlin, from Tuesday, 31st May, 1740, day of the late King’s death, till the Thursday following, the post was stopped and the gates closed; no estafette can be despatched, though Dickens and all the

Prepared by D.R. Thompson Carlyle’s “History of Friedrich II of Prussia” Book X BOOK X. AT REINSBERG. 1736-1740. Chapter I. MANSION OF REINSBERG. On the Crown-Prince’s Marriage, three years ago, when the AMT or Government-District RUPPIN, with its incomings, was assigned to him for revenue, we heard withal of a residence getting ready. Hint had