The glory of the war chiefly remained with Frederick, who, through an unexampled course of victories and reverses, still preserved the character of great. Perhaps the most astonishing reflection is, that the Prussian monarch ruled over not more than four... The History of France ... - Seite 193von Eyre Evans Crowe - 1869Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Eyre Evans Crowe - 1837 - 370 Seiten
...simultaneously with this treaty of Paris, that betwixt Austria and Prussia was signed at Hubertsburg. Frederick still held the much-contested Silesia. Far...domestic politics, the struggle betwixt the Jesuits and high-churchmen on the one side, and the parliament, the men of letters, and the public voice on... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1854 - 866 Seiten
...in well ordered marches, and in the facility of concentrating masses on the weak side of an enemy. " Bonaparte effected wonders with ample means ; but...captain fell, — the Prussian lived and died a king." V. STATE OF EUROPE. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. — 1. The peace of 1763 gave general tranquillity to... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1854 - 894 Seiten
...well ordered marches, and in the facility of concentrating masses on the weak • side of an enemy. " Bonaparte effected wonders with ample means; but when...Frederick against united Europe, the great French captain fell,—the Prussian lived and died a king." V. STATE OF EUROPE. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.—1. The... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1854 - 622 Seiten
...well ordered marches, and in the facility of concentrating masse.» on the weak side of an enemy. " Bonaparte effected wonders with ample means ; but when reduced to play the forlorn game of Fred erick against united Europe, the great French captain fell, — the Prussian lived and died a... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1874 - 624 Seiten
...well ordered marches, and in the facility of concentrating masses on f-he weak side of an enemy. " Bonaparte effected wonders with ample means ; but when reduced to play the forlorn game of Fred erick against united Europe, the great French captain fell, — the Prussian lived and died a... | |
| Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 718 Seiten
...million of men had been sacrificed in vain. The frontier betwixt Austria and Prussia remained the same. The glory of the war chiefly remained with Frederick,...captain fell, the Prussian lived and died a king. CHOISEUL BANISHES THE JESUITS (1764 AD) Although lost in the noise and events of foreign war, the underplot... | |
| Henry Smith Williams - 1907 - 726 Seiten
...million of men had been sacrificed in vain. The frontier betwixt Austria and Prussia remained the same. The glory of the war chiefly remained with Frederick,...captain fell, the Prussian lived and died a king. CHOISEUL BANISHES THE JESUITS (1764 AD) Although lost in the noise and events of foreign war, the underplot... | |
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