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cahn ([personal profile] cahn) wrote2023-04-16 05:20 pm
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Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 43

Still going! Still clearing Fritz's valet/chamberlain Fredersdorf's name from the calumny enshrined in wikipedia that he was dismissed for financial irregularities!
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Re: Frederick Hervey: The Adorable Friend (Not)

[personal profile] mildred_of_midgard 2023-05-10 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
"are you alive or dead? Or are you on a journey? or peadventure she sleepeth?

Oh now wait you're comparing her to BAAL? Classy, Bishop!


*Another* Biblical reference I didn't catch! As soon as I saw your comment, though, I knew what passage it was referring to--I just didn't make the connection on my own. (My Bible literacy is fairly weak, something I should remedy someday.)

(Henry Cavendish was a famous scientist -- wikipedia tells me he did a bunch of chemistry, which I didn't know until today; I know him for his experiments in measuring the force of gravity.)

Funny, gravity isn't ringing a bell for me, but I definitely know about his chemistry experiments!

thank you again for satisfying my curiosity :DD

And thank you for asking, I would not have looked for a bio on my own!
Edited 2023-05-10 05:11 (UTC)