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Contents
Contents
BOOK XVI.—THE TEN YEARS OF PEACE.—1746-1756
Chapter I.—SANS-SOUCI
Chapter V. STRANGERS OF NOTE COME TO BERLIN, IN 1750
Chapter XIV. THERE IS LIKE TO BE ANOTHER WAR AHEAD
Chapter XV.—ANTI-PRUSSIAN WAR-SYMPTOMS: FRIEDRICH VISIBLE FOR A MOMENT
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 WAR-PASSAGES IN 1747
MARSHAL KEITH COMES TO PRUSSIA (September, 1747)
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 TRAGIC NEWS, THAT CONCERN US, OF VOLTAIRE AND OTHERS.
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 SIR JONAS HANWAY STALKS ACROSS THE SCENE, TOO; IN A PONDERING AND OBSERVING MANNER
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 PART II. THE LAWSUIT ITSELF (30th December, 1750-18th and 26th February, 1751)
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; MORE OR LESS ILLUMINATIVE WHEN REDUCED TO ORDER
Chapter X. DEMON NEWSWRITER, OF 1752 FRACTIONS OF EVENTS AND INDICATIONS, FROM VOLTAIRE HIMSELF, IN THIS TIME; MORE OR LESS ILLUMINATIVE WHEN REDUCED TO ORDER
A DEMON NEWSWRITER GIVES AN "IDEA" OF
FRIEDRICH; INTELLIGIBLE TO THE KNOWING CLASSES IN ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE
Chapter XI. THIRD ACT AND CATASTROPHE OF THE
VOLTAIRE VISIT
"ANSWER FROM [VERY PRIVATELY VOLTAIRE, CALLING
HIMSELF] A BERLIN ACADEMICIAN TO A PARIS ONE.
Chapter XII. OF THE AFTERPIECE, WHICH PROVED
STILL MORE TRAGICAL
PART I. FREDERSDORF SENDS INSTRUCTIONS; THE
"OEUVRE DE POESIE" IS GOT; BUT—
PART II. VOLTAIRE, IN SPITE OF HIS EFFORTS, DOES GET AWAY (June 20th-July 7th)
Chapter XIII. ROMISH-KING QUESTION;
ENGLISH-PRIVATEER QUESTION PART II. VOLTAIRE, IN SPITE OF HIS EFFORTS, DOES GET AWAY (June 20th-July 7th)
Chapter XIV. THERE IS LIKE TO BE ANOTHER WAR AHEAD
Chapter XV.—ANTI-PRUSSIAN WAR-SYMPTOMS: FRIEDRICH VISIBLE FOR A MOMENT
"EXTRACTUS PROTOCOLLORUM IN
INQUISITIONS-SACHEN,"—THAT IS TO SAY, EXTRACT OF PROTOCOLS IN
INQUEST "CONTRA FRIEDRICH WILHELM MENZEL AND JOHANN BENJAMIN ERFURTH."
FRIEDRICH IS VISIBLE, IN HOLLAND, TO THE NAKED EYE, FOR SOME MINUTES (June 23d, 1755).
FRIEDRICH IS VISIBLE, IN HOLLAND, TO THE NAKED EYE, FOR SOME MINUTES (June 23d, 1755).