As early as 1868, intrigues had begun to put a prussian on the Spanish throne, but Napoleon had not as yet been disturbed.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
The dissolution of the first prussian National Assembly in 1848, and the gift of a Constitution by direct royal decree, had excited bitter disappointment and opposition over the whole country.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Besides his general war against the arrangements of modern society, he is always carrying on a bitter and implacable war against the prussian Government, and is often engaged in controversy-sometimes very personal-with foes of his own philosophical or revolutionary household.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae