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Title: A vagabond courtier; from the memoirs and letters of Baron Charles Louis von Pöllnitz
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Pöllnitz, Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von, 1692-1775 Cuthell, Edith E
Subjects: Courts and courtiers Europe -- Social life and customs Prussia (Germany) -- History 1740-1815
Publisher: New York : Brentano's
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ext month, whoapproaches old age, but who will ever retain for YourRoyal Highness the unalterable loyalty which he hadalways dedicated to you. ... The long-expected Due de Nivernais hasarrived yesterday. They say we are also to have anEnghsh Ambassador as well. These two Ministerscould sing the duet in our opera / Fratelli Nemici.Music connoisseurs say wonderful things about thisopera. The poetry is out of Racines Les Freres Ennemis.Every one dies in it, and, in order to increase the mourn-fulness of the piece, I should like the killed to reappearas ghosts and dance a ballet. Stellanini is brilhant, anddoes all credit to his distinguished mistresss teaching;he expects certainly to be able to lay himself at YourRoyal Highnesss feet in the month of March. I envyhim this happiness all the more as I dare no longerflatter myself with such a hope. I limit my happinessto one day presenting my homage to Your Highness inthe castle of your ancestors, and then, like Simeon, ofdeparting in peace.
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CHAPTER V To the alliance of 1756 of Prussia with England, Austriaretahated by leaguing herself with France. MariaTheresa was scheming with the Pompadour to wre^ther lost provinces from the bad man. The infamecatin du nord, as Frederic dubbed the Czarina Eliza-beth, was soon to join in with the other two women.The tug of war was now to come. The King had his hands too full to have patience withthe idlers of his Court. I have had a delightful dinner at Wulfenstjernas,writes Lehndorf; among others, Pollnitz present.He is fallen into disgrace again, and is, in consequence,modest. Court life is as changeable as time or weather.He is a living picture of the fate which threatens allaged courtiers, who know no other aim in life than toamuse themselves. By September the war of the three cotillonsarrayed against Frederic broke out, and he set of! atthe head of his army for Saxony. I dined with Gotter, writes Lehndorf, left at Berlinwith the Queen. The good man thinks that he hasarranged excell

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