All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.
-- Adelbert von Chamisso
   
Adelbert von Chamisso   Name:
Adelbert von Chamisso
Type:
Poet
Nationality:
German
Birth:
January 30, 1781
Death:
August 21, 1838
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