Schlesien
Americannoun
noun
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The march, as readers understand, is towards Glogau; a strongish Garrison Town, now some 40 miles ahead; the key of Northern Schlesien.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 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
Can now, at any rate, make for Schlesien and the meal-magazines, when he sees good.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Carlyle, Thomas
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
During the following year he wrote several miscellaneous pieces besides the three-act German opera, "Ein Feldlager in Schlesien," in which Jenny Lind made her Berlin début.
From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
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