I think I've seen that story about Fritz addressing his dog with this or a similar comment somewhere else, in a modern biography or an old anecdote collection
Kugler gives the name of the dog, which I had indeed shared once, but not his source.
Also I don't recall an Arsionoe from the still readable (i.e latest) tombstones at Sanssouci.
I also didn't remember it from the list taken down in the 19th century, when they were all readable, and sure enough, it's not there. As a reminder: Alcmene, Thisbe, Diane, Phillis, Thisbe, Alcmene, Biche, Diane, Pax, Superbe, Amourette.
I'm glad, because Henri de Catt had him somewhat disgruntled about Candide, though that might have been colored by Catt's own take.
In the diary, yes, but from the memoirs, he reports this:
Candide, which he read three times, amused him a good deal. "That is the only novel you can read and re-read."
I think it's likely Fritz both ranted about the parts he disagreed with and raved about the parts he loved over the years, and that both the diary and memoirs are reliable on this point.
Clearly, he hadn't talked with Quintus Icilius about how the later got his name.
Salon wavelength!
Fritz did crossreferencing - reading Tacitus and Sueton in parallel to compare their take on the same events - and read/commented on editor's notes.
One of us!
Kindred soul! And we all sort our books by content, right? ;) With occasional exceptions for oversize books that simply don't fit? Which at least in my case, inspire rants about how I need more bookcase space.
Re: Dantal: Dog Name, Reading, and other Details (1784-86)
Kugler gives the name of the dog, which I had indeed shared once, but not his source.
Also I don't recall an Arsionoe from the still readable (i.e latest) tombstones at Sanssouci.
I also didn't remember it from the list taken down in the 19th century, when they were all readable, and sure enough, it's not there. As a reminder: Alcmene, Thisbe, Diane, Phillis, Thisbe, Alcmene, Biche, Diane, Pax, Superbe, Amourette.
I'm glad, because Henri de Catt had him somewhat disgruntled about Candide, though that might have been colored by Catt's own take.
In the diary, yes, but from the memoirs, he reports this:
Candide, which he read three times, amused him a good deal. "That is the only novel you can read and re-read."
I think it's likely Fritz both ranted about the parts he disagreed with and raved about the parts he loved over the years, and that both the diary and memoirs are reliable on this point.
Clearly, he hadn't talked with Quintus Icilius about how the later got his name.
Salon wavelength!
Fritz did crossreferencing - reading Tacitus and Sueton in parallel to compare their take on the same events - and read/commented on editor's notes.
One of us!
Kindred soul! And we all sort our books by content, right? ;) With occasional exceptions for oversize books that simply don't fit? Which at least in my case, inspire rants about how I need more bookcase space.