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Posthumous Works of Frederic Ii, King of Prussia (4)
Posthumous Works of Frederic Ii King of Prussia - 4 Author:Frederick Title: Posthumous Works of Frederic Ii, King of Prussia: Memoirs From the Peace of Hubertsburg, to the Partition of Poland, and of the Bavarian War. Correspondence Between the Emperor, the Empress Queen, and the King of Prussia, Relative to the Bavarian Succession. State Papers ... Considerations of the Present State of the Body-Politic in Europ... more »e Volume: 4 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1789 Original Publisher: Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson Subjects: Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 Prussia (Germany) History / Europe / Germany History / Military / Other Literary Criticism / European / German Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAP. IV, Of the mojt important Events which happened from the Tear 1774 to the Tear 1778. 1774."FT well may be imagined that the jea- JL loufy, [ hatred, and envy, which the difmemberment of Poland had excited among the powers of Europe, were not very fuddenly diffipated. The affair was recent, and the fen fation it had occafioned was too ftrong for fove- reigns to behold with the eye of habit an event by which their felf-love had been wounded. France, with fecret chagrin, recolledled the ufe- lefs efforts fhe had made to fupport the confederation of Bar; nor could fhe conceal from herfelf the ill fuccefs of the war fhe had coun- felled the Turks to undertake againft Ruflia, She was in fome degree humbled to perceive that a monarchy like hers fhould have fo little influence in the troubles by which Poland had been diftrafted; nor did fhe lefs apprehend the friendly intercourfe which began to take place between the emprefs queen, the emprefs of Rufila, and the king of Pruffia. Such a union would give thefe powers a too decifive preponderancedera...« less