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the vain and mean-spirited Prino of Prussia the honors of martyrdom. The increasing dangers became terrible. I am July. resolved, wrote Frederic, in July, to save my country or perish. Colin became the war-cry of French and Russians, of Swedes and Imperialists; a Russian army invaded his dominions on the east; the Swedes from the north threatened Pomerania and Berlin; a vast army of the French was concentrating itself at Erfurt for the recovery of Saxony; while Austria, recruited by Bavaria and Wurtemberg, was conquering Silesia. The Prussians will win no more victories, wrote the queen of Poland. Death at this moment took from Frederic his mother, whom he chap. XII.} 1757. loved most tenderly. A few friends remained faithful to him, cheering him by their correspondence. O, that Heaven had heaped all ills on me alone! said his affectionate sister; I would have borne them with firmness. Having vainly attempted to engage the enemy in Aug. Silesia in a pitched battle,