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178 THE DESCENDANTS
own Ugliness. This has succeeded as well as could
be wished ; and I must confess that I am seldom at
a loss for something to laugh at." This portrai-
ture of the princess, with due allowances for her
modesty, seems a tolerably correct one; though it
may not be amiss to state, that other writers formed
a somewhat higher estimate of her personal charms.
Having thus given our readers a resume of the
princess's personal attractions, let us turn to her
suitors in the order in which they presented them-
selves. Pirst and foremost among them was Fre-
derick, Margrave of Baden Dourlach,* a lover
recommended by the powerful advocacy of her
brother ; but to him Elizabeth objected that he
was affected, which she could not bear. This prince,
before marrying, sent to ask her whether he ought
not to obey his father, and marry another princess ;
to which somewhat novel request she replied, " that
he could not do better than obey his father ; that
he had promised her nothing, nor did she consider
herself pledged to him ; but that, nevertheless, she
was obliged to him for the conduct he had thought
fit to pursue towards her ;" and this, she informs
us, is all that passed between them. Another of
her suitors was Frederick Casimir, Duke of Cour-
landjt a prince recommended by her aunt Elizabeth,
abbess of Hervord, who seems to have been some-
what partial to this family, as a few years after we
* Born 1648. f Born 1650.
own Ugliness. This has succeeded as well as could
be wished ; and I must confess that I am seldom at
a loss for something to laugh at." This portrai-
ture of the princess, with due allowances for her
modesty, seems a tolerably correct one; though it
may not be amiss to state, that other writers formed
a somewhat higher estimate of her personal charms.
Having thus given our readers a resume of the
princess's personal attractions, let us turn to her
suitors in the order in which they presented them-
selves. Pirst and foremost among them was Fre-
derick, Margrave of Baden Dourlach,* a lover
recommended by the powerful advocacy of her
brother ; but to him Elizabeth objected that he
was affected, which she could not bear. This prince,
before marrying, sent to ask her whether he ought
not to obey his father, and marry another princess ;
to which somewhat novel request she replied, " that
he could not do better than obey his father ; that
he had promised her nothing, nor did she consider
herself pledged to him ; but that, nevertheless, she
was obliged to him for the conduct he had thought
fit to pursue towards her ;" and this, she informs
us, is all that passed between them. Another of
her suitors was Frederick Casimir, Duke of Cour-
landjt a prince recommended by her aunt Elizabeth,
abbess of Hervord, who seems to have been some-
what partial to this family, as a few years after we
* Born 1648. f Born 1650.
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| Description | An unchronicled page in England's history. By William Townend. 2d edition, with additions. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858. |
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| Shelfmark | A.110.b |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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