If you're wondering: I know the English spell it "Hanover" with one n, but the town in Germany as well as the current noble family is spelled with two n over here, hence my usually spelling it with two.
Oh, I'm used to your German spellings. So used to them that I've involuntarily started adopting some of them, like Rokoko! If I haven't started using "Hannover" too yet, I will soon enough, between you and Wilhelmine's memoirs. ;)
gain the other, as some people do health, by a strict and painful regime, which few besides herself could have had patience to support, or resolution to adhere to. She was at least seven or eight hours tute-a-tcte with the King every day, during which time she was generally saying what she did not think, assenting to what she did not believe, and praising what she did not approve ; for they were seldom of the same opinion, and he too fond of his own for her ever at first to dare to controvert it (" consilii quamvis egregii quod ipse non afferret, inimicus :"— " An enemy to any counsel, however excellent, which he himself had not suggested." — Tacitus) ;'' she used to give him her opinion as jugglers do a card, by changing it imperceptibly, and making him believe he held the same with that he first pitched upon.
Wow, this is a great description. I can see why his memoirs are considered so readable.
There, there, Hervey. Celebrity break-ups are the worst, we know. Have a glass with Voltaire.
Haha.
Thank you for the write-up! I'm a little short on time and brain for comments, but I appreciated it as always. I'm constantly amazed at the free education in this salon!
Re: Hervey's Memoirs: Meet the (Royal) Family
Oh, I'm used to your German spellings. So used to them that I've involuntarily started adopting some of them, like Rokoko! If I haven't started using "Hannover" too yet, I will soon enough, between you and Wilhelmine's memoirs. ;)
gain the other, as some people do health, by a strict and painful regime, which few besides herself could have had patience to support, or resolution to adhere to. She was at least seven or eight hours tute-a-tcte with the King every day, during which time she was generally saying what she did not think, assenting to what she did not believe, and praising what she did not approve ; for they were seldom of the same opinion, and he too fond of his own for her ever at first to dare to controvert it (" consilii quamvis egregii quod ipse non afferret, inimicus :"— " An enemy to any counsel, however excellent, which he himself had not suggested." — Tacitus) ;'' she used to give him her opinion as jugglers do a card, by changing it imperceptibly, and making him believe he held the same with that he first pitched upon.
Wow, this is a great description. I can see why his memoirs are considered so readable.
There, there, Hervey. Celebrity break-ups are the worst, we know. Have a glass with Voltaire.
Haha.
Thank you for the write-up! I'm a little short on time and brain for comments, but I appreciated it as always. I'm constantly amazed at the free education in this salon!