“His [E.T.A. Hoffmann's] uncle Otto was at this time a fussy, pedantic old bachelor, who was vegetating on into middle life without employment or ambitions, and quite devoid of ideas.””
Hoffmann: Author of the Tales
“His [E.T.A. Hoffmann's] uncle Otto was at this time a fussy, pedantic old bachelor, who was vegetating on into middle life without employment or ambitions, and quite devoid of ideas.””