For use in correspondence with German princes : " The Most Serene, Highborn Prince and Lord, Lord Albert, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Lothier, Brabant, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Limburg, Luxembourg, Guelders and W�rttemberg, Count of Habsburg, Flanders, Tyrol, Artois, Burgundy, Palatine in Hainaut, Holland, Zeeland, Namur and Zutphen, Margrave of the Holy Roman Empire, Lord of Frisia, Salins, Mechlin, the City, Towns and Lands of Utrecht, Overijssel and Groningen ".
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According to his friend, Louise Fusil : " . . . admired for his fencing and riding prowess, he served as a model to young sportsmen & who formed a court around him . " A fine dancer, Saint-Georges was also invited to balls and welcomed in the salons ( and boudoirs ) of highborn ladies . " Partial for the music of liaisons where " amour " had real meaning & he loved and was loved . " Yet he continued to fence daily in the various " salles " of Paris.
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Rosenberg notes that critics say that " Ahab's pursuit of the whale, which they suggest can be associated with the feminine in its shape, mystery, and in its naturalness, represents the ultimate fusion of the epistemological and sexual quest . " In addition, he notes that Billy Budd's physical attractiveness is described in quasi-feminine terms : " As the Handsome Sailor, Billy Budd's position aboard the seventy-four was something analogous to that of a rustic beauty transplanted from the provinces and brought into competition with the highborn dames of the court ."
