LOL on the Italian beauty score, and sigh on Acton, as in his own book, bashing German widows who refuse to be fleeced by Italian wastrels.
Algarotti: Venetian or Florentine, either way, we're more passionate than you northerners!
Various Tsarinas and their lovers would like to doubt that theory. In particular, Poniatowski, Grigorii Orlov and Potemkin in a rare, unparalleled example of unanimous agreement. Catherine just laughs. So do both Annas.
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Re: Italians are the dishiest, no lie
Date: 2021-11-20 03:31 pm (UTC)Algarotti: Venetian or Florentine, either way, we're more passionate than you northerners!
Various Tsarinas and their lovers would like to doubt that theory. In particular, Poniatowski, Grigorii Orlov and Potemkin in a rare, unparalleled example of unanimous agreement. Catherine just laughs. So do both Annas.