To General Manstein:

The king [Frederic] has sent me some of his dirty linen to wash; I will wash yours another time.


Voltaire writes to his niece Dennis, July 24, 1752, "Voilà le roi qui m'envoie son linge à blanchir"


The king [Frederic] has sent me some of his dirty linen to wash; I will wash yours another time.

The king [Frederic] has sent me some of his dirty linen to wash; I will wash yours another time.

The king [Frederic] has sent me some of his dirty linen to wash; I will wash yours another time.

The king [Frederic] has sent me some of his dirty linen to wash; I will wash yours another time.