History of Friedrich II of Prussia V 4
History of Friedrich II of Prussia V 4
by Thomas Carlyle
Carlyle's "History of Friedrich II of Prussia"
BOOK IV.
FRIEDRICH'S APPRENTICESHIP, FIRST STAGE.
1713-1728.
CHAPTER I.
CHILDHOOD: DOUBLE EDUCATIONAL ELEMENT.
Of Friedrich's childhood, there is not, after all our reading, much that it would interest the English public to hear tell of. Perhaps not much of knowable that deserves anywhere to be known. Books on it, expressly handling it, and Books ...