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Princess Caroline Princess of Wales
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Princess Caroline Princess of Wales : [verbal sketches of well known people]
'One day, the Princess showed me a large book, in which she had written characters of a great many of the leading persons in England. She read me some of them. They were drawn with spirit, but I could not form any opinion of their justice; first, because a mere outline, however boldly sketched, cannot convey a faithful portraiture of character; and, secondly, because many of the persons mentioned therein wre unknown to me. Upon the whole, these characters impressed me with a high opinion of her discernment and power of expression. Not that it was good English, but that it was strong sense. But how dangerous! If that book exists, it would form a curious episode in the memoirs of those times.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Princess Caroline Princess of Wales Manuscript: MS book
Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina Princess Royal of Prussia : MEMOIRS OF FREDERICA SOPHIA WILHELMINA, Princess Royal of Prussia, Margravine of Bareith, sister of Frederick the Great
'The Princess often read aloud. It was difficult to understand her germanised French, and still more, her composite English. She was particularly amused at the Margravine de Bareith's Memoirs. This lady was the sister of Frederick the Great - devil. In truth, they were amusing, as all memoirs are that merely relate to facts'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Princess Caroline Princess of Wales Print: Book
Voltaire : Candide
'Her Royal Highness once read through the whole of 'Candide' to one of her ladies, who told me her opinion of it, which does her honour. She said, - "its character as a work of extreme cleverness has been so long established that to venture in the least to detract from it, is to encounter the ridicule of a multitude. I must say, however, that the persiflage which reigns throughout, and in which its whole essence consists, is not consonant to my taste or understanding. Vicious subjects ought not to be treated lightly; they merit the coarsest clothing, and ought to be arrayed in language which would create abhorrence and disgust. But the whole works [sic] seems designed to turn vice into virtue. Either it has no aim or end, or it has one which should be loathed. It must be confessed, however, that the tripping levity of its self-assurance, and the sarcastic drollery of its phrase, excite laughter; but it is a poor prerogative after all, to be the mental buffoon of ages". Though I, perhaps, have more indulgence for Voltaire, in consideration of his vast talents, than my friend, yet I admired the [italics] woman [end italics] who thought and spoke thus; and her Royal Highness is fortunate in having such a friend'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Princess Caroline Princess of Wales Print: Book
: [papers and correspondence]
'She finished reading to me the rest of the papers and correspondence, which at present occupy so much of her thoughts'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Princess Caroline Princess of Wales Manuscript: Personal papers relating to her marriage, banishment, her supposed adultery and that of her husband, etc.
Princess Charlotte : Letter
'The Princess received a letter of twenty-eight pages, from the Princess Charlotte, which looked like the writing of a chambermaid, and appeared to me wholly illegible; but she said she could decipher it, and so she did in regard to understanding the general meaning, but I defy her powers or her patience to have made out [italics] literally [end italics], what those twenty-eight pages contained'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Princess Caroline Princess of Wales Manuscript: Letter
Anne Louise Germaine de Stael Holstein : Petits Romans
'She read one of Madame de Stael's [italics] Petits Romans [end italics], which I had lent her, and which she told me had given her great pleasure'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Princess Caroline Princess of Wales Print: Book
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'She reads a great deal, and buys all new books'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Princess Caroline Princess of Wales Print: Book
George Gordon, Lord Byron : 'Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte'
'I am sorry to mention that [Lord Byron's] last poem upon "The Decadence of Bonaparte", is worthy neither his pen nor his muse'.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Princess Caroline Princess of Wales
Frances Burney, Madame d'Arblay : Wanderer, The
'What do you think of the "Wardour", by Madame d'Arblais [sic]? It has only proved to us that she forgot her English; and the same suspicion has arisen again in my mind, that "Evelina" was written, or at least corrected, by Dr Johnson.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Princess Caroline Princess of Wales Print: Book
Frances Burney : Evelina
'What do you think of the "Wardour", by Madame d'Arblais [sic]? It has only proved to us that she forgot her English; and the same suspicion has arisen again in my mind, that "Evelina" was written, or at least corrected, by Dr Johnson.'
