Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 19

[cahn]

Yuletide nominations:

18th Century CE Federician RPF
Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria
Voltaire
Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great
Ernst Ahasverus von Lehndorff
Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802)
Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758)
Anna Amalie von Preußen | Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723-1787)
Catherine II of Russia
Hans Hermann von Katte
Peter Karl Christoph von Keith
Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf
August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758)

Circle of Voltaire RPF
Emilie du Chatelet
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (Madame de Pompadour)
John Hervey (1696-1743)
Marie Louise Mignot Denis
Lady Mary Wortley-Montagu
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu (1696-1788)
Francesco Algarotti

Comments

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[mildred_of_midgard]

Duel: Makes sense, thank you!

Now this is Voltaire, and he might have made the part up where Fritz was reassured, but honestly, in the context of the trashy tell all he has nothing to gain by doing so.

Meh, I was hoping there was a better source, but I'm not finding it in Trier. Well, I agree, Voltaire probably would have been more likely to report that Mettrie did recant (and to mock him for it) if he did, than the reverse. Also, lol at "God and physicians." Voltaire reeeeally has a way with words.

Benebelt: tipsy, though "dazed" is probably a better translation, because the implication isn't that they were giddily drunk but that they were already transitioning to the hangover state.

I was so close! Thank you for adding the missing piece of nuance.

If you're looking for some of the most fervent 1752 quotes, they were originally censored and thus ended up in volume 2, but what is in volume 1 is already devoted enough.

I knoooow, this is why Lehndorff 2 is on my list, but I can't quite handle the font yet, and I'll be surprised if Google can handle it well enough that I'll be able to give cahn a translation. :(

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[cahn]

It's OK -- I would love to read it if there were a good font, but if not I will just be happy with you reading it :)