Vulgar words in Joseph II. and His Court (Page 1)
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Moreover, if Hasse and Metastasio had not openly condemned Gluck's musical innovations, it was because they were both satisfied that the opera would damn itself, and they were present to witness the discomfiture of its composer.
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If the King of Rome cannot love his good, stupid, ugly wife, he can make love to the dowry she brings him.
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"Because he is a blockhead full of sublime nonsense, who mistakes his love of novelty for wisdom.
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What do you suppose he called me?--An ass!
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That little bare-legged boy called his emperor an ass!
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"Because he is an ass does the churl dare to criticise my drawings?
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"Never will I consent for my bastard to marry the wench of such a contemptible fool as Potemkin!"