This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ... of all his earliest ties and recollections; but if I continued to love him as I did now, I could make up for all. He never cried, he said, in general, but Alvensleben and Kolowrath (they had accompanied the Duke to England, and now left with him) had cried so much that he was quite overcome. Oh, how I did feel for my ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ... of all his earliest ties and recollections; but if I continued to love him as I did now, I could make up for all. He never cried, he said, in general, but Alvensleben and Kolowrath (they had accompanied the Duke to England, and now left with him) had cried so much that he was quite overcome. Oh, how I did feel for my dearest, precious husband at this moment! Father, brother, friends, country--all has he left, and all for me. God grant that I may be the happy person, the most happy person, to make this dearest, blessed being happy and contented! What is in my power to make him happy I will do." The Queen was now married to the husband of her choice amid the sincere and general rejoicing of her subjects. The Prince, on the other hand, was established in his new and difficult position. The first point of any delicacy which he had to arrange related to the formation of his household. His own ideas are given in a letter to the Queen before his marriage, which furnishes another striking proof of his good sense. He thus writes to the Queen on the 10th of December, 1839: --"Now I come to a second point which you touch upon in your letter, and which I have also much at heart; I mean the choice of the persons who are to belong to my household. The maxim, ' Tell me whom he associates with, and I will tell you who he is, ' must here especially not be lost sight of. I should wish particularly that the selection should be made without regard to politics; for if I am really to keep myself free from all parties, my people must not belong exclusively to one side.... And above all do I wish that they should be welleducated men, and of high character, who shall have already distinguished themselves in their several positions, whether it be in the army or navy, or in ...
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