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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: A LETTER i TO THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA. Madam, 1 H E Comte de Woronzovv, your Imperial Majesty's Minister, and Mr. Fawkener, have informed me of the very gracious manner, in which your Imperial Majesty, and, after your example, the Archduke and Archduchess, have condescended to accept my humble endeavours in the service of that cause, which connects the rights and duties of Sovereigns with the true interest and happiness of their People. If, confiding in titles derived from your own goodness, I venture to address directly to your Imperial Majesty the expressions of my gratitude for so distinguished an honour, I hope it will not be thought a presumptuous intrusion. I hope, too, that the willing homage I pay to the high and ruling virtues, which distinguish your Imperial Majesty, and which form the felicity of so large a part of the world, will not be looked upon as the language of adulation to power and greatness. In my humble situation, I can behold Majesty in its splendour without being dazzled, and I am capable of respecting it in its fall. It is, Madam, from my strong sense of what is due to dignity in undeserved misfortune, that I am led to felicitate your Imperial Majesty on the use you have lately made of your power. The Princes and Nobility of France, who from honour and duty, from blood and from principle, are attached to that unhappy Crown, have experienced your favour and countenance: and there is no doubt, that they will finally enjoy the full benefit of your protection. The generosity of your Imperial Majesty has induced you to take an interest in their cause; and your sagacity has made you perceive, that in the case of the Sovereign of France the cause of all Sovereigns is tried; that in the case of its church the cause of all churches; and that in the...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217145732 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217145736 |
| Weight | 0.76 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.52 In |
| List Price | $20.03 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 230 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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