History of Friedrich II of Prussia V 1
History of Friedrich II of Prussia V 1
by Thomas Carlyle
FREDERICK THE GREAT.
Book I.
BIRTH AND PARENTAGE.
1712.
Chapter I.
PROEM: FRIEDRICH'S HISTORY FROM THE DISTANCE WE ARE AT.
About fourscore years ago, there used to be seen sauntering on the terraces of Sans Souci, for a short time in the afternoon, or you might have met him elsewhere at an earlier hour, riding or driving in a rapid business manner on the open roads or through the scraggy woods and avenues ...