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Chapter IX.--THE AUSTRIAN-SAXON ARMY INVADES SILESIA, ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. Chapter X.--BATTLE OF HOHENFRIEDBERG. Chapter XI.--CAMP OF CHLUM: FRIEDRICH CANNOT ACHIEVE PEACE. CAMP OF DIESKAU: BRITANNIC MAJESTY MAKES PEACE, FOR HIMSELF, WITH FRIEDRICH; BUT CANNOT FOR AUSTRIA OR SAXONY. SCHONBRUNN, 2d AUGUST, 1745, ROBINSON HAS AUDIENCE OF HER HUNGARIAN MAJESTY. GRAND-DUKE FRANZ IS ELECTED KAISER (13TH SEPTEMBER, 1745); FRIEDRICH, THE SEASON AND FORAGE BEING DONE, MAKES FOR SILESIA. Chapter XII.--BATTLE OF SOHR. Chapter XIII.--SAXONY AND AUSTRIA MAKE A SURPRISING LAST ATTEMPT. FRIEDRICH GOES OUT TO MEET HIS THREE-LEGGED MONSTER; CUTS ONE LEG OF IT IN TWO (Fight of Hennersdorf, 23d November, 1745). PRINCE KARL, CUT IN TWO, TUMBLES HOME AGAIN DOUBLE-QUICK. Chapter XIV.--BATTLE OF KESSELSDORF. Chapter XV.--PEACE OF DRESDEN: FRIEDRICH DOES MARCH HOME. BOOK XVI.--THE TEN YEARS OF PEACE.--1746-1756 Chapter I.--SANS-SOUCI FRIEDRICH DECLINES THE CAREER OF CONQUERING HERO; GOES INTO LAW-REFORM; AND GETS READY A COTTAGE RESIDENCE FOR HIMSELF Chapter II.--PEEP AT VOLTAIRE AND HIS DIVINE EMILIE (BY CANDLELIGHT) IN THE TIDE OF EVENTS VOLTAIRE AND THE DIVINE EMILIE APPEAR SUDDENLY, ONE NIGHT, AT SCEAUX WAR-PASSAGES IN 1747 MARSHAL KEITH COMES TO PRUSSIA (September, 1747) Chapter III.--EUROPEAN WAR FALLS DONE: TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE MARECHAL DE SAXE PAYS FRIEDRICH A VISIT. TRAGIC NEWS, THAT CONCERN US, OF VOLTAIRE AND OTHERS. Chapter IV. COCCEJI FINISHES THE LAW-REFORM; FRIEDRICH IS PRINTING HIS POESIES Chapter V. STRANGERS OF NOTE COME TO BERLIN, IN 1750 CANDIDATUS LINSENBARTH (QUASI "Lentil-beard") LIKEWISE VISITS BERLIN SIR JONAS HANWAY STALKS ACROSS THE SCENE, TOO; IN A PONDERING AND OBSERVING MANNER Chapter VI.--BERLIN CARROUSEL, AND VOLTAIRE VISIBLE THERE PERPETUAL PRESIDENT MAUPERTUIS HAS A VISIT FROM ONE KONIG, OUT OF HOLLAND, CONCERNING THE INFINITELY LITTLE Chapter VII.--M. DE VOLTAIRE HAS A PAINFUL JEW-LAWSUIT THE VOLTAIRE- HIRSCH TRANSACTION: PART I. ORIGIN OF LAWSUIT (10th November-25th December, 1750) PART II. THE LAWSUIT ITSELF (30th December, 1750-18th and 26th February, 1751) Chapter VIII. OST-FRIESLAND AND THE SHIPPING INTERESTS FRIEDRIAH VISITS OST-FRIESLAND Chapter IX.--SECOND ACT OF THE VOLTAIRE VISIT DETACHED FEATURES (NOT FABULOUS) OF VOLTAIRE AND HIS BERLIN-POTSDAM ENVIRONMENT IN 1751-1752 FRACTIONS OF EVENTS AND INDICATIONS, FROM VOLTAIRE HIMSELF, IN THIS TIME;
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