HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA
FREDERICK THE GREAT
By Thomas Carlyle
Volume XI.
Contents
[ BOOK XI. — FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND. — June-December, 1740. ]
[ Chapter I. — PHENOMENA OF FRIEDRICH'S ACCESSION. ]
[ FRIEDRICH WILL MAKE MEN HAPPY: CORN-MAGAZINES. ]
[ ABOLITION OF LEGAL TORTURE. ]
[ WILL HAVE PHILOSOPHERS ABOUT HIM, AND A REAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. ]
[ AND EVERY ONE SHALL GET TO HEAVEN IN HIS OWN WAY. ]
[ FREE PRESS, AND NEWSPAPERS THE BEST INSTRUCTORS. ]
[ INTENDS TO BE PRACTICAL WITHAL, AND EVERY INCH A KING. ]
[ BEHAVIOR TO HIS MOTHER; TO HIS WIFE. ]
[ NO CHANGE IN HIS FATHER'S METHODS OR MINISTRIES. ]
[ FRIEDRICH ACCEPTS THE HOMAGES, PERSONALLY, IN THREE PLACES. ]