But the thing is, Algarotti did this during his time in Prussia, when he already had THE top patron (Fritz of course got a book dedicated to him, too, though technically the second edition of one), and Heinrich pre 7 Years War was not an important, influential person, nor one with financial means that he didn't derive from Fritz.
That sounds good to me! :D (Heinrich/Algarotti one-night-stand is totally my headcanon now thanks to you, so I am pleased by anything that supports it :D )
and Algarotti disagrees, writing with a faint note of reproof: Je le pains réellement d'avoir perdu ce qu'il ne retrovuera peut-etre jamais; la perte d'une femme qu'on aime, et avec qui on passait sa vie, est irréparable pour ceux qui ne commandent pas des armées et ne gouvernent pas des États.
Oooooh, this is really interesting to me. Go Algarotti! But also it is interesting given that I'd had this idea of Algarotti as the kind of person who was always saying "sure, whatever," to slither out of conflict, which this isn't really. because everyone thought Émilie was the best, clearly
Russian nobility, who famously owned serfs longer than anyone else in Europe, as slaves, that's... one interesting simile, Algarotti.
Heh. Yeeeeeah.
Could it be that what Voltaire at first intended to do when reworking his correspondance with Madame Denis from 1750 - 1753 was something similar in form though of course not in spirit, i.e. a "Prussia Letters" travelogue (doubling as Fritz trashing), and it became redundant when he wrote his trashy tell all memoirs instead?
This makes a lot of sense, now that I know it was a thing that people did? Interesting!
En revenant j'ai été dans le troisième ciel: j'ai vu, oh me beato! ce prince adorable, disciple de Trajan, rival de Marc Aurèle.
Re: All About Algarotti
That sounds good to me! :D (Heinrich/Algarotti one-night-stand is totally my headcanon now thanks to you, so I am pleased by anything that supports it :D )
and Algarotti disagrees, writing with a faint note of reproof: Je le pains réellement d'avoir perdu ce qu'il ne retrovuera peut-etre jamais; la perte d'une femme qu'on aime, et avec qui on passait sa vie, est irréparable pour ceux qui ne commandent pas des armées et ne gouvernent pas des États.
Oooooh, this is really interesting to me. Go Algarotti! But also it is interesting given that I'd had this idea of Algarotti as the kind of person who was always saying "sure, whatever," to slither out of conflict, which this isn't really.
because everyone thought Émilie was the best, clearlyRussian nobility, who famously owned serfs longer than anyone else in Europe, as slaves, that's... one interesting simile, Algarotti.
Heh. Yeeeeeah.
Could it be that what Voltaire at first intended to do when reworking his correspondance with Madame Denis from 1750 - 1753 was something similar in form though of course not in spirit, i.e. a "Prussia Letters" travelogue (doubling as Fritz trashing), and it became redundant when he wrote his trashy tell all memoirs instead?
This makes a lot of sense, now that I know it was a thing that people did? Interesting!
En revenant j'ai été dans le troisième ciel: j'ai vu, oh me beato! ce prince adorable, disciple de Trajan, rival de Marc Aurèle.
Okay, this is adorable :P :)