ISBN: 9781152544208

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ...giving cheerful note of preparation, in those latter days of August 1750. And, on Wednesday Night 25th August, look and 25th-27th Aug. 1750. see,--for the due moments only, and vaguely enough (as in the following Excerpt): Palace-Esplanade of Berlin, 2''tt/t August 1750 (dusk sinking into dark): ''Under a windy nocturnal sky, a spacious Parallelogram, ''enclosed for jousting as at Aspramont or Trebisond. Wide enough ''arena in the centre; vast amphitheatre of wooden seats and pass''ages, firm carpentry and fitted for its business, rising all round; ''Audience, select though multitudinous, sitting decorous and gar''rulous, say since half-past eight. There is royal box on the ''ground-tier; and the King in it, King, with Princess Amelia ''for the prizes: opposite to this, is entrance for the Chevaliers,--''four separate entrances, I think. Who come,--lo, at last!--''with breathings and big swells of music, as Resuscitations from ''the buried Ages. ''They are in four Quadrilles, so termed: Romans, Persians, ''Carthaginians, Greeks. Four Jousting Parties, headed each by ''a Prince of the Blood:--with such a splendour of equipment for ''jewels, silver helmets, sashings, housings, as eye never saw. Pranc''ing on their glorious battle-steeds (sham-battle, steeds uot sham, but champing their bits as real quadrupeds with fire in their in''terior):--how many in all, I forgot to count. Perhaps, on the ''average, sixty in each Quadrille, fifteen of them practical Hitters; ''the rest mythologic winged staudard-bearers, blackamoors, lictors, ''trumpeters, and shining melodious phantasms as escort.--of this ''latter kind say in round numbers Two Hundred altogether; and ''of actual Hitters three-score.1 Who run at rings, at Turks'' heads, ''and at other objects with death-doing lance; ... Thomas Carlyle, Books, History, History Of Friedrich Ii Of Prussia, Called Frederick The Great Volume 4 Books>History Volume: 1 Publisher: Boston: D. Estes and C.E. Lauriat Publication date: 1884 Subjects: Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786 Prussia (Germany) -- History Frederick II, 1740-1786 Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.<

ISBN: 9781152544208

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ...giving cheerful note of preparation, in those latter days of August 1750. And, on Wednesday Night 25th August, look and 25th-27th Aug. 1750. see,--for the due moments only, and vaguely enough (as in the following Excerpt): Palace-Esplanade of Berlin, 2''tt/t August 1750 (dusk sinking into dark): ''Under a windy nocturnal sky, a spacious Parallelogram, ''enclosed for jousting as at Aspramont or Trebisond. Wide enough ''arena in the centre; vast amphitheatre of wooden seats and pass''ages, firm carpentry and fitted for its business, rising all round; ''Audience, select though multitudinous, sitting decorous and gar''rulous, say since half-past eight. There is royal box on the ''ground-tier; and the King in it, King, with Princess Amelia ''for the prizes: opposite to this, is entrance for the Chevaliers,--''four separate entrances, I think. Who come,--lo, at last!--''with breathings and big swells of music, as Resuscitations from ''the buried Ages. ''They are in four Quadrilles, so termed: Romans, Persians, ''Carthaginians, Greeks. Four Jousting Parties, headed each by ''a Prince of the Blood:--with such a splendour of equipment for ''jewels, silver helmets, sashings, housings, as eye never saw. Pranc''ing on their glorious battle-steeds (sham-battle, steeds uot sham, but champing their bits as real quadrupeds with fire in their in''terior):--how many in all, I forgot to count. Perhaps, on the ''average, sixty in each Quadrille, fifteen of them practical Hitters; ''the rest mythologic winged staudard-bearers, blackamoors, lictors, ''trumpeters, and shining melodious phantasms as escort.--of this ''latter kind say in round numbers Two Hundred altogether; and ''of actual Hitters three-score.1 Who run at rings, at Turks'' heads, ''and at other objects with death-doing lance; ... Thomas Carlyle, Books, History, History Of Friedrich Ii Of Prussia, Called Frederick The Great Volume 4 Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 1152544209

Paperback, [EAN: 9781152544208], Rarebooksclub.com, Rarebooksclub.com, Book, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com], Rarebooksclub.com, 268020, General, 67, Biography, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, … Plus…

Paperback, [EAN: 9781152544208], Rarebooksclub.com, Rarebooksclub.com, Book, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com], Rarebooksclub.com, 268020, General, 67, Biography, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 758922, Royalty, 268021, Historical, 67, Biography, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 772198, General, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 124978031, General AAS, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 400530011, English, 400529011, Language (feature_browse-bin), 365481011, Refinements, 266239, Books, 492564011, Paperback, 492562011, Format (binding_browse-bin), 365481011, Refinements, 266239, Books, 182018031, Regular Size, 182016031, Font Size (format_browse-bin), 365481011, Refinements, 266239, Books<