| Show FREDERICK williamf WILLI Alf of prussia had bad a peculiar fanoy fancy for glants giants and bb hb determined to establish a regiment of a f them thern we the members of which were collected at much expense from various rations pat ions lons jasmat lust just at tuis thia time peter jeter the great of russia was endea endeavoring to c civilize vilice his barbarous subjects and ancl he therefore agreed to let iet the have all the glants giants be conid find ambis in his empire on condition of re receiving delving an equal number of White smiths in exchange weare not informed bow the peasants most ju interested te rested liked this arrangement but jb A does nod not appear that their feelings were vere consulted in ili the matter in other countries however where the inhabitants enjoy more freedom the arents agents of the prussian monarch sometimes borne times ran rail considerable risk in kidnap kidnapping pling and carrying oft off tall men against their will in holland olland 11 one bile of thern them was arrested and summarily hanged banged as a man inan stealer and the jhb elector of Ra hanover nover novar who was alao also king of england menaced fredereck freder lek lck william with war var if it he be persisted in stealing Hanover hanoverian lans ians the eing king would pay any sum however high for his giants nine thousand dohara were once given for one mari maii who was wms seven feet high and shoddy built it cost a year to maintain this regimen which was the prussian kings zings pride and almost his only die ile used to make his favorite slants blants sit to him for heln heir p portraits reia rela au the ap enod ened to be lad bad bad which ch it generally i ib aily was the man nian was waa painted d tui tul t f ie he 6 bore lore bo re or supposed to bear some lesem blan bian biance blance to his s picture iet let re the he king klog was very free in a oppi in the cane cand to the backs of an any of his subjects that displeased him hi and he edi edl did not noh confine the ube use of it to minor offenders he once beat the whole of the military council because they had dared to condemn one of his bis giants to death for stealing |
