...y happens when a peace has been concluded, to have occurred only to afford entertainment to prosperous and unconcerned people. Half a year had scarcel... ...in a prose translation, which may be found in the seventh part of Herr Von Loen’s new collection of the most remarkable travels, under the title, “Hom... ...te than this,—so early that I scarcely set eyes upon him,—John Michael von Loen gained considerable re- pute in the literary world as well as at Frank... ...logians: one Dr. Benner of Giessen, in particular, wrote against him. V on Loen rejoined; the contest grew violent and personal, and the unpleasantnes... ...tly gave him trouble, inclined him to the so-called pious. Thus, what V on Loen had tried to do in respect to court-life, he would have done for busin... ...rstood little or nothing of what was said, and therefore could only derive entertainment from the ac- tion and the tone of voice. I understood least o... ...dukes,”* which, as accents governing here and there, gave me not a little entertainment. But even these shallow jests soon lost their charm. Neverthe... ..., and contrived, as I had many acquaintances, to conceal my actual evening entertainments from my family. To see and to be near the dear girl was soon... ... self. Yet this teaching and learning, this mutual labor, afforded us good entertainment. Gretchen took part in it, and had many a pretty notion; so t...