. A vagabond courtier; from the memoirs and letters of Baron Charles Louis von Pöllnitz. ressed the King as* Emperor, and called him the worshipper of Jesusof the Sect of Nazareth. When Count Finck hadreplied the envoy quickly mounted the throne, seizedthe Kings right arm, kissed his shoulder, and disappearedlike lightning from the hall. PoUnitz accompanied the envoy with the sameceremonial, when a banquet was given by the King. Twenty-four persons were present, though Fredericdid not himself appear. Lehndorf sat next to Achmet— Who sent away the dishes prepared by the cooksand ate dreadful th
. A vagabond courtier; from the memoirs and letters of Baron Charles Louis von Pöllnitz. ressed the King as* Emperor, and called him the worshipper of Jesusof the Sect of Nazareth. When Count Finck hadreplied the envoy quickly mounted the throne, seizedthe Kings right arm, kissed his shoulder, and disappearedlike lightning from the hall. PoUnitz accompanied the envoy with the sameceremonial, when a banquet was given by the King. Twenty-four persons were present, though Fredericdid not himself appear. Lehndorf sat next to Achmet— Who sent away the dishes prepared by the cooksand ate dreadful things all made with honey and was so pleased with the dessert that he had severalchina dishes carried of!. When we rose from table hissuite plundered the dessert, which amused them verymuch. Then he had coffee served, and acted the agree-able host. Achmet enjoyed himself so much at Berlin that helingered six months there. When he took his departurea great many young women tried to smuggle themselvesinto his retinue in order to go to Turkey ; but the policeturned them all FREDERIC THE GREAT. 662] CHAPTER VI PoLLNiTZ survived the Peace of Hubertsburg twelveyears. Their chief record, as far as he himself is con-cerned, is his voluminous correspondence with Germanroyalties and courtiers, and a series of chatty jocularnotes which Frederic indited to him. The latter showthe relations between the two men, the lifelong friend-ship which, though never an intimacy, mellowed withthe years. Frederic had the misfortune to survive nearly all hiscontemporaries, his correspondents, his intimates. Theyear of peace saw Algarotti die, in Italy, and MarquisdArgens retire to the Riviera. Some of his most brilliantcomrades-in-arms had fallen in the wars. But MarshalKeith had returned, weary and bored in Aberdeen-shire, to Sans Souci, to spend his last years there ;Voltaire wrote often from the shores of Lac Leman,and dAlembert was enthroned in the chair of theAcademy. Pollnitz was sti
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