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122 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1794
And what picture could be presented to you, gentlemen; what spectacle, ladies, could be placed before your eyes more certain of gaining your approval than the faithful portraiture of yourselves? The picture of which I speak is a mirror, and no one has as yet ventured to criticize it. It is to all who look on it a perfect picture, in depreciation of which not a word can be said.The language and tone are surprisingly modern and there is even a very postmodern chapter titled "The Hillock", consisting of 48 periods, which was perhaps even more striking listened to as an audiobook than it would have been on the page.
Ils m’ont défendu de parcourir une ville, un point ; mais ils m’ont laissé l’univers entier : l’immensité et l’éternité sont à mes ordres.Amüsant und inspirierend.
Sie haben mir untersagt, durch eine Stadt, einen geographischen Punkt, zu laufen; aber sie haben mir das ganze Universum überlassen: Die Unermesslichkeit und die Ewigkeit stehen zu meinen Diensten.