Vol. XX. (of XXI.) by Thomas Carlyle]@TWC D-Link book Vol. XX. (of XXI.) 20/60 "Tacitus is difficult to translate; and the Frenoh themselves have but bad translations of him." KING. "That is true (DA HAT ER RECHT)." GELLERT. "And, on the whole, various reasons may be given why the Germans have not yet distinguished themselves in every kind of writing. Perhaps this is the Warlike Era of the Germans:--perhaps also they have yet wanted Augustuses and Louis-Fourteenths!" KING. "How, would you wish one Augustus, then, for all Germany ?" GELLERT. |