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History of Friedrich II. of Prussia
Vol. XXI. (of XXI.)

CHAPTER V
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He said some shocking things against Moses and against Shakspeare.

[Like enough!]...

We then talked of Spain.
VOLTAIRE.

"'It is a Country of which we know no more than of the most savage parts of Africa; and it is not worth the trouble of being known.
If a man would travel there, he must carry his bed, &c.

On arriving in a Town, he must go into one street to buy a bottle of wine; a piece of a mule [by way of beef] in another; he finds a table in a third,--and he sups.


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