Saturday, November 30, 2019
Daily Dose
From Frederick the Great, by Nancy Mitford
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"He was so fond of fruit, hitherto unknown in Brandenburg, that speculators built glasshouses in order to supply him with it at enormous prices."
From Chapter 13, Sans Souci
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