Schlesien
Americannoun
noun
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As to the History of Schlesien, hitherwards of these burial urns dug up in different places, I notice, as not yet entirely buriable, Three Epochs.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Carlyle, Thomas
Kaiser Franz was, and continued, of the old way of thinking; but consummate Kaunitz, and the High Lady's fixed passion for her Schlesien, had changed everybody else.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 17 by Carlyle, Thomas
Here in 1842 he wrote his "Das Feldlager in Schlesien" in which Jenny Lind made a great success.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)
Friedrich recollects another thing, one of many others: that of those "ulterior mountains," which Austria had bargained for as Boundary to Schlesien.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 by Carlyle, Thomas
His, this eldest's, three Sons did accordingly, in 1159, get Schlesien instead of him; their uncles proving honorable.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Carlyle, Thomas
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