As we have already
said in a footnote on p. 3, August was the eldest brother of Friedrich,
and Christoph was the eldest then living. Traugott, who was at Jena with
Friedrich, was his next older brother, youngest of the first family,
except only Friedrich himself. It is Traugott who is meant in this
passage.
[23] "In carcer;" that is, in the prison of the university, where in the
last resort students who fail to comply with university regulations are
confined. The "carcer" still exists in German universities. It has of
course nothing to do with the ordinary prison of the town.
[24] The Prince-Bishop of Bamberg shared in the general Napoleonic
earthquake. The domain of the bishopric went to Bavaria ultimately, the
title alone remaining to the Church.
[25] Shared the fate of the Bamberg possessions, and of many other
principalities and small domains at that time existent; namely,
absorption under the Napoleonic _regime_ into the neighbouring States.
This went to Bavaria; see the text, later on.
[26] Bruno, or the Over-Soul.
[27] "General Intelligencer of the German people."
[28] Upper Palatinate, a province in the north of Bavaria.
[29] Herr Von Dewitz, his employer.
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