History of Frederick the Second, Called Frederick the Great.

by John S. C. Abbott

[163] Maria Theresa of Austria, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, and the Marchioness of Pompadour, who was virtually Queen of France.

[164] Vie de Frédéric II., Roi de Prusse, t. ii., p. 141.

[165] Prusse, t. ii., p. 282.

[166] Küster, Charakterzüge des General Lieutenant v. Saldern, p. 40

[167] Carlyle.

[168] Archenholtz, vol. ii., p. 262.

[169] Œuvres de Frédéric, t. xix., p. 281.

[170] Carlyle.

[171] Carlyle.

[172] Carlyle.