cordovanspitzes

Updated: June 1, 2025

I can't even pronounce the heathenish words of the name; but one of them is Cordovanspitz, and it seems that is the family name. Write and tell me if these Cordovanspitzes really are so very great and aristocratic a family people in the town will be sure to know if they are.

E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann - The Serapion Brethren.: Vol. II