History of Frederick the Second, Called Frederick the Great.

CHAPTER XVIII.

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FREDERICK TRIUMPHANT.

The Battle of Chotusitz.--Letter to Jordan.--Results of the Battle.--Secret Negotiations.--The Treaty of Breslau.--Entrance into Frankfort.--Treachery of Louis XV.--Results of the Silesian Campaigns.--Panegyrics of Voltaire.--Imperial Character of Maria Theresa.--Her Grief over the Loss of Silesia.--Anecdote of Senora Barbarina.--Duplicity of both Frederick and Voltaire.--Gayety in Berlin.--Straitened Circumstances.--Unamiability of Frederick 309