That's what I thought, and what I was hoping for. Thank you so much.
Roger K.
On 11-Apr-08, at 6:25 PM, Brad Irish wrote:
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but here's one
possible start: Elizabeth apparently described Sidney as "le plus
accompli gentilhomme de l'Europe" to John Casimir. Jan A. van Dorsten
briefly comments on the phrase in "Sidney and Languet" (Huntington
Library Quarterly 1966, 29.3); Languet seems to have recorded the remark
in a letter (July 1579) to Matthaeus Wacker.
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Subject: accomplished gentleman
I'm ashamed to have to ask; but does anyone remember to whom Elizabeth
described Philip Sidney as 'the most accomplished gentleman in Europe'?
I have a dim memory that she said it in French, so possibly (but not
necessarily) to a Frenchman.
Many thanks,
Roger Kuin
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