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2020-10-25 08:38 pm (UTC)
Re: Fritz/Voltaire
Certainly in line with how freaking *gaunt* his death mask was in 1786!
Re: diets and being hard on himself to do his job, see also this pithy line from another 1776 letter to Voltaire:
Il n'est pas nécessaire que je vive, mais bien que j'agisse.
That seemed like a very Fritz way of looking at things to me.
Worcestershire sauce (which no, had not been invented yet)
*cringe*
and ginger
Ohh, chocolate with ginger is quite nice, though! And thinking about it, the pepper would have been much more at home in chocolate instead of coffee as well...
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Re: Fritz/Voltaire
Re: diets and being hard on himself to do his job, see also this pithy line from another 1776 letter to Voltaire: Il n'est pas nécessaire que je vive, mais bien que j'agisse. That seemed like a very Fritz way of looking at things to me.
Worcestershire sauce (which no, had not been invented yet)
*cringe*
and ginger
Ohh, chocolate with ginger is quite nice, though! And thinking about it, the pepper would have been much more at home in chocolate instead of coffee as well...