Saturday, July 25, 2020

 

The Bear and the Donkey

Beethoven, letter to Heinrich Joseph von Collin? (February, 1808?; tr. Emily Anderson):
I am so annoyed that all I desire is to be a bear so that as often as I were to lift my paw I could knock down some so-called great — — — ass.

Ich bin so verdrießlich, daß ich mir nichts wünsche als ein Bär zu seyn, um so oft ich meine Taze aufhöb, einen sogenanten großen — — — Esel zu Boden schlagen zu können.



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