Select Views of the Life, Reign, and Character of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia: Containing, Besides Many Profound Remarks on the Prominent Features of the Reign and Character of that Unrivalled Sovereign, Serving to Illustrate His Posthumous Works, Two Very Remarkable Letters of the Empress of Russia to the Author; a Great Variety of Anecdotes Relating to Eminent Political and Literary Characters of Great Britain and Other Countries; and Also an Authentic Exposition of the Origin and True Causes of the British Alliance with Prussia, Etc., Etc, Volumes 1-2Hookham & Carpenter, New and Old Bond Street, and E. Newbery, corner of St. Paul's Church Yard, 1792 - Prussia (Germany) |
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Introduction Plan and Sources of this Work | 1 |
On Fredericks Life before and immediately after | 38 |
On Fredericks fuppofed Grecian Taſte in Love | 45 |
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