Note 54 — II EARLY WOMANHOOD AND MARRIAGE (HEIDELBERG, 1650-1658)
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The passage (in Schreiben das Kurfürsten Carl Ludwig, &c. must be quoted: ‘To-day we have had in our presence an English quaquor or trembler; I repeatedly silenced him, for his mind works very slowly indeed; he never takes off his hat and always calls me “thou”; but he loses his temper if he is contradicted.’