mark。腓特烈·威廉I和乔治II这对表兄弟的各种不和
Kaiser Karl, soon after the time of going to Spain had decided that a
Wife would be necessary. He applied to Caroline of Anspach, now English
Princess of Wales, but at that time an orphaned Brandenburg-Anspach
Princess, very Beautiful, graceful, gifted, and altogether unprovided
for; living at Berlin under the guardianship of Friedrich the first
King. Her young Mother had married again,?high enough match (to
Kur-Sachsen, elder Brother of August the Strong, August at that time
without prospects of the Electorate);?but it lasted short while:
Caroline's Mother and Saxon Stepfather were both now, long since, dead.
So she lived at Berlin brilliant though unportioned;?with the rough cub
Friedrich Wilhelm much following her about, and passionately loyal to
her, as the Beast was to Beauty; whom she did not mind except as a cub
loyal to her; being five years older than he. [Forster, i. 107.]
Indigent bright Caroline, a young lady of fine aquiline features and
spirit, was applied for to be Queen of Spain; wooer a handsome man, who
might even be Kaiser by and by. Indigent bright Caroline at once
answered, No. She was never very orthodox in Protestant theology; but
could not think of taking up Papistry for lucre's and ambition's sake:
be that always remembered on Caroline's behalf.
It is certain, George II. was a proud little fellow; very high and airy
in his ways; not at all the man to Friedrich Wilhelm's heart, nor
reciprocally. A man of some worth, too; "scrupulously kept his word,"
say the witnesses: a man always conscious to himself, "Am not I a man of
honor, then?" to a punctilious degree. For the rest, courageous as a
Welf; and had some sense withal,?though truly not much, and indeed, as
it were, none at all in comparison to what he supposed he had!?One can
fancy the aversion of the little dapper Royalty to this heavy-footed
Prussian Barbarian, and the Prussian Barbarian's to him. The bloody nose
in childhood was but a symbol of what passed through life. In return for
his bloody nose, little George, five years the elder, had carried off
Caroline of Anspach; and left Friedrich Wilhelm sorrowing, a neglected
cub,?poor honest Beast tragically shorn of his Beauty. Offences could
not fail; these two Cousins went on offending one another by the mere
act of living simultaneously. A natural hostility, that between George
II. and Friedrich Wilhelm; anterior to Caroline of Anspach, and
independent of the collisions of interest that might fall out between
them. Enmity as between a glancing self-satisfied fop, and a loutish
thick-soled man of parts, who feels himself the better though the less
successful. House-Mastiff seeing itself neglected, driven to its hutch,
for a tricksy Ape dressed out in ribbons, who gets favor in the
drawing-room.
George, I perceive by the very State-Papers, George and his English
Lords have a provoking slighting tone towards Friedrich Wilhelm; they
answer his violent convictions, and thoroughgoing rapid proposals, by
brief official negation, with an air of superiority,?traces of, a polite
sneer perceptible, occasionally. A mere Clown of a King, thinks George;
a mere gesticulating Coxcomb, thinks Friedrich Wilhelm. "MEIN BRUDER DER
COMODIANT, My Brother the Play-actor" (parti-colored Merry-Andrew, of a
high-flying turn)! was Friedrich Wilhelm's private name for him, in
after days. Which George repaid by one equal to it, "My Brother the
Head-Beadle of the Holy Roman Empire,"?"ERZ-SANDSTREUER," who solemnly
brings up the SANDBOX (no blotting-paper yet in use) when the Holy Roman
Empire is pleased to write. "ERZ-SANDSTREUER, Arch-Sandbox-Beadle of the
HEILIGE ROMISCHE REICH;" it is a lumbering nickname, but intrinsically
not without felicity, and the wittiest thing I know of little George.
Wife would be necessary. He applied to Caroline of Anspach, now English
Princess of Wales, but at that time an orphaned Brandenburg-Anspach
Princess, very Beautiful, graceful, gifted, and altogether unprovided
for; living at Berlin under the guardianship of Friedrich the first
King. Her young Mother had married again,?high enough match (to
Kur-Sachsen, elder Brother of August the Strong, August at that time
without prospects of the Electorate);?but it lasted short while:
Caroline's Mother and Saxon Stepfather were both now, long since, dead.
So she lived at Berlin brilliant though unportioned;?with the rough cub
Friedrich Wilhelm much following her about, and passionately loyal to
her, as the Beast was to Beauty; whom she did not mind except as a cub
loyal to her; being five years older than he. [Forster, i. 107.]
Indigent bright Caroline, a young lady of fine aquiline features and
spirit, was applied for to be Queen of Spain; wooer a handsome man, who
might even be Kaiser by and by. Indigent bright Caroline at once
answered, No. She was never very orthodox in Protestant theology; but
could not think of taking up Papistry for lucre's and ambition's sake:
be that always remembered on Caroline's behalf.
It is certain, George II. was a proud little fellow; very high and airy
in his ways; not at all the man to Friedrich Wilhelm's heart, nor
reciprocally. A man of some worth, too; "scrupulously kept his word,"
say the witnesses: a man always conscious to himself, "Am not I a man of
honor, then?" to a punctilious degree. For the rest, courageous as a
Welf; and had some sense withal,?though truly not much, and indeed, as
it were, none at all in comparison to what he supposed he had!?One can
fancy the aversion of the little dapper Royalty to this heavy-footed
Prussian Barbarian, and the Prussian Barbarian's to him. The bloody nose
in childhood was but a symbol of what passed through life. In return for
his bloody nose, little George, five years the elder, had carried off
Caroline of Anspach; and left Friedrich Wilhelm sorrowing, a neglected
cub,?poor honest Beast tragically shorn of his Beauty. Offences could
not fail; these two Cousins went on offending one another by the mere
act of living simultaneously. A natural hostility, that between George
II. and Friedrich Wilhelm; anterior to Caroline of Anspach, and
independent of the collisions of interest that might fall out between
them. Enmity as between a glancing self-satisfied fop, and a loutish
thick-soled man of parts, who feels himself the better though the less
successful. House-Mastiff seeing itself neglected, driven to its hutch,
for a tricksy Ape dressed out in ribbons, who gets favor in the
drawing-room.
George, I perceive by the very State-Papers, George and his English
Lords have a provoking slighting tone towards Friedrich Wilhelm; they
answer his violent convictions, and thoroughgoing rapid proposals, by
brief official negation, with an air of superiority,?traces of, a polite
sneer perceptible, occasionally. A mere Clown of a King, thinks George;
a mere gesticulating Coxcomb, thinks Friedrich Wilhelm. "MEIN BRUDER DER
COMODIANT, My Brother the Play-actor" (parti-colored Merry-Andrew, of a
high-flying turn)! was Friedrich Wilhelm's private name for him, in
after days. Which George repaid by one equal to it, "My Brother the
Head-Beadle of the Holy Roman Empire,"?"ERZ-SANDSTREUER," who solemnly
brings up the SANDBOX (no blotting-paper yet in use) when the Holy Roman
Empire is pleased to write. "ERZ-SANDSTREUER, Arch-Sandbox-Beadle of the
HEILIGE ROMISCHE REICH;" it is a lumbering nickname, but intrinsically
not without felicity, and the wittiest thing I know of little George.
