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قراءة كتاب History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11
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HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA
FREDERICK THE GREAT
By Thomas Carlyle
Volume XI.
Contents
BOOK XI. — FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND. — June-December, 1740.
Chapter I. — PHENOMENA OF FRIEDRICH'S ACCESSION.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Chapter VIII. — THE KAISER'S DEATH.
Chapter IX. — RESOLUTION FORMED AT REINSBERG IN CONSEQUENCE.
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