Ha, I was going to read Lehndorff with you, and then life got in the way. Maybe again someday -- it was definitely very good practice for me, often (like you say) very easy :D
[Peter: I lived in England! I have English manners! You can still trust me.]
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My dear Hotham is an Englishman, Masin an Italian, Wulfenstjerna a Swede, I unhappily a Prussian, and our host a Pole.
Ha, I was going to read Lehndorff with you, and then life got in the way. Maybe again someday -- it was definitely very good practice for me, often (like you say) very easy :D
Yeah, it's definitely easy and I'm trying again, but I have to say that it's also boring if you try to read every entry and you're a relatively slow reader. The really interesting parts are sprinkled throughout, which is why I'm still on page 200 of the first of 3 volumes, 5 years later. ;) I'm toying with the idea of skimming and looking for the interesting stuff, instead of trying to actually *read*.
The other thing we were going to do was Massie's Peter the Great (you in English, me in German), but I have to say that I *do not* have the time right now.
Also, looking upthread where I talked about Lehndorff not being allowed to travel to England, and the time luzula asked "Why didn't he just go?" a while back, we debated to what extent Prussia was representative in not allowing people to go abroad without permission. I've been turning up more and more examples, including a statement that it was the norm in Germany to for subjects to require permission, plus we found Russia and France as examples...and the only counterexample I could find was Blackstone saying you could travel freely as an English subject, unlike in the Middle Ages where you couldn't.
Well, during my December reading I found a book--it may have been the Englishness Identified--that said that English people prided themselves on being the only nation where you could just up and leave if you wanted to; pretty much everyone else required permission to travel or emigrate abroad.
Speaking of Lehndorff: stay tuned! An interesting write-up is coming soon (sooner if I can get past the insomnia, later otherwise).
See, my German is still so bad that I'm at the point where every time there's a boring part it's fun for me because I'm like "look, I recognize all those words, those are the same ones he used yesterday and the day before!" :P
I know, I keep poking at Massie. Maybe when you have the time I will too!
See, my German is still so bad that I'm at the point where every time there's a boring part it's fun for me because I'm like "look, I recognize all those words, those are the same ones he used yesterday and the day before!" :P
Yeah, if it were an audiobook, it would be perfect for me!
As it is, I've determined that I need to read/skim at least the first two volumes this year. Every 50-100 pages I find something critical to my research. Most recently, page 210, this evening! And I don't want to try to publish if there's still critical unread information lurking in Lehndorff, because there's no excuse for not having read Lehndorff.
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Re: Lehndorff is so emo
[Peter: I lived in England! I have English manners! You can still trust me.]
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My dear Hotham is an Englishman, Masin an Italian, Wulfenstjerna a Swede, I unhappily a Prussian, and our host a Pole.
Aw, Lehndorff!
Re: Lehndorff is so emo
Yeah, it's definitely easy and I'm trying again, but I have to say that it's also boring if you try to read every entry and you're a relatively slow reader. The really interesting parts are sprinkled throughout, which is why I'm still on page 200 of the first of 3 volumes, 5 years later. ;) I'm toying with the idea of skimming and looking for the interesting stuff, instead of trying to actually *read*.
The other thing we were going to do was Massie's Peter the Great (you in English, me in German), but I have to say that I *do not* have the time right now.
Also, looking upthread where I talked about Lehndorff not being allowed to travel to England, and the time
Well, during my December reading I found a book--it may have been the Englishness Identified--that said that English people prided themselves on being the only nation where you could just up and leave if you wanted to; pretty much everyone else required permission to travel or emigrate abroad.
Speaking of Lehndorff: stay tuned! An interesting write-up is coming soon (sooner if I can get past the insomnia, later otherwise).
Re: Lehndorff is so emo
I know, I keep poking at Massie. Maybe when you have the time I will too!
Re: Lehndorff is so emo
Yeah, if it were an audiobook, it would be perfect for me!
As it is, I've determined that I need to read/skim at least the first two volumes this year. Every 50-100 pages I find something critical to my research. Most recently, page 210, this evening! And I don't want to try to publish if there's still critical unread information lurking in Lehndorff, because there's no excuse for not having read Lehndorff.