The Life and Times of Louisa, Queen of Prussia: With an Introductory Sketch of Prussian History, Volume 2Hatchards, Piccadilly, 1874 - Prussia (Germany) |
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The Life and Times of Louisa, Queen of Prussia: With an Introductory Sketch ... Elizabeth Harriot Hudson No preview available - 1999 |
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Page 199 - Gad, I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are "great : and let me not fall into the hand of 15 man.
Page 173 - Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours Weeping and watching for the morrow, He knows ye not, ye heavenly Powers.
Page 62 - So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Page 126 - Being convinced of the impossibility of discharging any longer the Duties which THE IMPERIAL THRONE imposed upon us, we owe it to our principles TO ABDICATE A CROWN, which could have no value in our eyes when we were unable to discharge its duties and deserve the confidence of the Princes Electors of THE EMPIRE. Therefore it is, that, considering the bonds which unite us to the Empire as dissolved by the Confederation of the Rhine, we renounce THE IMPERIAL CROWN, and, by these presents, absolve the...
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Page 242 - The Queen of Prussia," said Napoleon, "unquestionably possessed talents, great information, and singular acquaintance with affairs; she was the real sovereign for fifteen years. In truth, in spite of my address and utmost efforts, she constantly led the conversation, returned at pleasure to her subject, and directed it as she chose ; but still with so much tact and delicacy that it was impossible to take offence.
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