Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 216
n, and themother of Frederick the Great, so that in the veinsof our torch-bearerthere flowed some ofthe same blood as inthose of Queen Vic-toria. Considering his fa-thers love of drill, itis only what we shouldexpect that the littleFrederick, when onlyfive years old, shouldalready have begunto be… … And Many were the Violent Scenesthat Took Place Between Them. 190 Leaders of Men forced to this sort of work so early, gave the boy adistaste for it. At any rate, Frederick William doesnot seem to have thought that his son showed suffi-cient love of soldiering, and accused him of having effeminate…
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