In a text about Voltaire in his old age, I automatically tend to assume that "the King" = Fritz if there's no further designation given. But to Orieux the Frenchman, "the King", no further designation given, is automatically "the King of France".
Aahhh. That makes sense. See, I assume "the King" = Louis, unless Voltaire is living in Prussia at the time (or England, I suppose), or unless the subject at hand is Fritz.
Given the date, I assume the following: whoever Orieux' source was just said "the Czarina", and when doing his write up he assumed this would be Voltaire's declared fan Catherine without keeping in mind she wasn't on the throne yet.
Well...he started in 1761, but the work wasn't published until 1764, which means it could be either or both. If I were drumming up money, I would do it as often as I could, and if my fan ascended the throne during the process, I would make a special request just to her.
staging and acting in Voltaire's plays keeping Fritz' brothers from scheming against him, and so forth.
Haha, yes. Somebody's been reading Fritz's Political Testament(s).
Fritz: Didn't work, anyway. Heinrich showing up in St. Petersburg without giving me a chance to micromanage and Fritzplain, tsk. Can you believe it?
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Aahhh. That makes sense. See, I assume "the King" = Louis, unless Voltaire is living in Prussia at the time (or England, I suppose), or unless the subject at hand is Fritz.
Given the date, I assume the following: whoever Orieux' source was just said "the Czarina", and when doing his write up he assumed this would be Voltaire's declared fan Catherine without keeping in mind she wasn't on the throne yet.
Well...he started in 1761, but the work wasn't published until 1764, which means it could be either or both. If I were drumming up money, I would do it as often as I could, and if my fan ascended the throne during the process, I would make a special request just to her.
staging and acting in Voltaire's plays keeping Fritz' brothers from scheming against him, and so forth.
Haha, yes. Somebody's been reading Fritz's Political Testament(s).
Fritz: Didn't work, anyway. Heinrich showing up in St. Petersburg without giving me a chance to micromanage and Fritzplain, tsk. Can you believe it?