Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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Page 43
... parties at Potsdam the ingenious and amiable Algarotti , and Bastiani , the most crafty , cautious , and servile of Abbés . But the greater part of the society which Frederic had assembled round him , was drawn from France . Maupertuis ...
... parties at Potsdam the ingenious and amiable Algarotti , and Bastiani , the most crafty , cautious , and servile of Abbés . But the greater part of the society which Frederic had assembled round him , was drawn from France . Maupertuis ...
Page 44
... parties to be gay and easy . He invited his guests to lay aside all restraint , and to forget that he was at the head of a hundred and sixty thousand soldiers , and was absolute master of the life and liberty of all who sat PRACTICAL ...
... parties to be gay and easy . He invited his guests to lay aside all restraint , and to forget that he was at the head of a hundred and sixty thousand soldiers , and was absolute master of the life and liberty of all who sat PRACTICAL ...
Page 45
... parties the outward show of ease . The wit and learning of the company were ostentatiously displayed . The discussions on history and literature were often highly interesting . But the absurdity of all the religions known among men was ...
... parties the outward show of ease . The wit and learning of the company were ostentatiously displayed . The discussions on history and literature were often highly interesting . But the absurdity of all the religions known among men was ...
Page 52
... parties are The King is the life of the company . But I have operas and comedies , reviews and concerts , my studies and books . But - but - Berlin is fine , the princesses charming , the maids of honour handsome . But ' . delicious ...
... parties are The King is the life of the company . But I have operas and comedies , reviews and concerts , my studies and books . But - but - Berlin is fine , the princesses charming , the maids of honour handsome . But ' . delicious ...
Page 63
... parties and in the coffee - houses of Paris , and were espoused by every gay marquis and every facctious abbé who was admitted to see Madame de Pompa- dour's hair curled and powdered . It was not , how- ever , to any political theory ...
... parties and in the coffee - houses of Paris , and were espoused by every gay marquis and every facctious abbé who was admitted to see Madame de Pompa- dour's hair curled and powdered . It was not , how- ever , to any political theory ...
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