Schlesien
Americannoun
noun
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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 W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews
"Be cautious," Friedrich instructs him farther; "modify that Fifth Proposal; I will take less than the whole, 'if attention is paid to my just claims on Schlesien.'"
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Thomas Carlyle
Friedrich, after such trial and proof as has seldom been, got his claims on Schlesien allowed by the Destinies.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Thomas Carlyle
For invading Schlesien from the Austrian side; if for nothing else conceivable!
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 by Thomas Carlyle
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 Thomas Carlyle
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