THREE:General Neipperg cautiously advanced toward him, and encamped in the vicinity of Steinauthe same Steinau which but a few weeks before had been laid in ashes as the Prussian troops284 passed through it. The two armies were now separated from each other but by an interval of about five miles. The country was flat, and it was not probable that the contest which Frederick so eagerly sought could long be avoided.The empress had fainted away at the bedside, and had been borne, in the arms of the attendants, into her daughter Maria Theresas chamber. She was now summoned, with the younger children, for the final adieu. As the empress, almost delirious with grief, re-entered the apartment, she threw herself upon the bed of her dying husband, and exclaimed, in frenzied tones, Do not leave me! Do not leave me!
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Read Details
THREE:The king was very far from granting so barbarous a permission. He told them they ought rather to conform to the precepts of Scripture, and to bless those that curse them, and pray for those that despitefully use them. Such, the king assured them, was the way to gain the kingdom of heaven. The peasants, after a little reflection, declared that his majesty was right, and desisted from their cruel intention.82
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Read DetailsLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur nec nisl odio. Mauris vehicula at nunc id posuere. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Read DetailsLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur nec nisl odio. Mauris vehicula at nunc id posuere. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Read DetailsLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur nec nisl odio. Mauris vehicula at nunc id posuere. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Read DetailsLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur nec nisl odio. Mauris vehicula at nunc id posuere. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur nec nisl odio. Mauris vehicula at nunc id posuere.