[192] This is Jean Paul's own image.—Tr.
[193] That is, of course, some lights of hope.—Tr.
[194] A German or Suabian dance.—Tr.
[195] His Moral Treatises, Vol. II. p. 96.
[196] The Germans call the dash the stroke of thought. Here it implies an emphatic pause, as much as to say, "What do you think is coming?"—Tr.
[197] At the Prince's marriage.
[198] With the Egyptians the enchanters were only learned men; with him the learned women were enchantresses.
[199] Mémoires secrets sur les Règnes de Louis XIV., etc. Par Duclos. Tom. I.
[200] It is well known that a cut is made in a fowl left whole as a sign that it has been upon the Prince's table, so that it may not be set on again, but otherwise enjoyed.
[201] In German, Schutz- und Stich-blatt,—literally, a plate to defend the hand in parrying and thrusting,—Blatt, meaning leaf (of paper) also, conveys a pun not easily translated.—Tr.