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Excerpt from Frederick the Great and Maria Theresa, Vol. 2 of 2: From Hitherto Unpublished Documents, 1740-1742 This was an obstacle which, it was said, only belle-isle could overcome. The main object of each of the many persons who were always discount ing the ever-expected, but still delayed death of the aged minister, was to gain the ear of one so clearly indicated as the inheritor of power, and the Cardinal himself could not receive a rival, who, instead of aspiring to replace, was content to serve him, with too much distinction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.