...both in morals and character; nor when the subject happened to be discussed by ins companions, did be hesitate to express the abhorrence in which he held...thus led on from one reflection to another, until bis enthusiastic imagination led him to suppose, that the sacrifice of a mercenary journalist would...

...his companions, did he hesitate to express the abhorrence in which he held ' the foreign ttipendiary and political apostate,' as Kotzebue was now designated. This extraordinary young man was thui led on from one reflection to another, until hii enthusiastic imagination led him to suppose,...

...Kotzebue had given rise ; and whenever the subject was discussed in his presence, he warmly expressed the abhorrence in which he held the foreign stipendiary and political apostate — epithets now generally applied to Kotzebue throughout Germany. To such a pitch of impetuous energy...