AS soon as I doze off, he nudges me with his elbow and wakes me up again, so that I am neither wholly asleep nor wholly awake.
Aww, that's my girl Liselotte!
only goes to show what I have long observed, that no one can be really happy in this world and everyone foolishily sets about throwing away his happiness
Heh. Liselotte is so wise.
There is no doubt that his decision to depose Augustus is the great lunacy of Charles XII's life, corresponding to Napoleon's Spanish hallucination. It condemned him to a Sisyphean struggle whose scope he could hardly have imagined. When the news finally filtered back to Russia, Peter was understandably delighted.
Hee, this is a fun passage.
one of the most notorious quasi-judical atrocities of the eighteeenth century
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Re: Tim Blanning: Augustus the Strong: A Study in Artistic Greatness and Political Fiasco: Quotes
Date: 2025-01-05 06:30 am (UTC)Aww, that's my girl Liselotte!
only goes to show what I have long observed, that no one can be really happy in this world and everyone foolishily sets about throwing away his happiness
Heh. Liselotte is so wise.
There is no doubt that his decision to depose Augustus is the great lunacy of Charles XII's life, corresponding to Napoleon's Spanish hallucination. It condemned him to a Sisyphean struggle whose scope he could hardly have imagined. When the news finally filtered back to Russia, Peter was understandably delighted.
Hee, this is a fun passage.
one of the most notorious quasi-judical atrocities of the eighteeenth century
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