[20] ] Frederick’s own words.—See “Frederick William III.,” von Eylert, vol. i., p. 455.
[21] To this habit of Frederick William may be attributed the fact that he was not able to express himself fluently in his own language in later years. When the king spoke French his conversation was vivacious and forcible; when he spoke German, however, he was stiff and embarrassed.
[22] ] The king’s own words, uttered beside Frederick’s corpse.
[23] This drawing, which the prince royal had made of the body of Frederick the Great, was afterward framed, and hung for many years in his study, with this inscription, in his own handwriting: “I sketched this on the 17th of August, 1786, between the hours of 9 and 10 P.M.”
[24] ] See Preuss.—“Frederick the Great, a Biography,” vol. iv.
[25] ] This scene is accurate.—See “Mémoires de la Comtesse de Lichtenau.”
[26] ] “Unter den Linden,” a street in Berlin.
[27] ] Historical.
[28] ] A nickname given the princess at court.
[29] ] Frederick von Trenck suffered long years of imprisonment on Princess Amelia’s account.—See “Frederick the Great and his Family,” by L. Mühlbach.