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The Life. Of Prince Potemkin.
THE LIFE . OF PRINCE POTEMKIN .
THE ' SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE , AND
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY , FOR OCTOBER , 1798
WITH . AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT . ' ' : ' p ) RINCE Potemkin was eminently conspicuous in the Court of ¦ *• Russia during the reign of the late Empress , Catharine II . and he was the only one of all her favourites who retained , till the day of his deatha considerable ascendancy over her mind . For the
, memoirs of this personage we are indebted to the ' History of the Reigns of" Peter III . and Catharine II . by the Rev . W . W . Dakins . ' Prince Gregory Alexaiidrowitz was born in the nei ghbourhood of Smolensk , and sprung from an obscure family . Of his education we have but slender information , for what he knew he seems , however , to have been indebted to acute observation , a retentive memory ,
and strong ' powers of reflection . At eighteen he became a subaltern in the Russian horse-guards ; on the day of the revolution in 17 63 he induced his corps to throw off their allegiance to their Royal Master , and support the conspiracy of Catharine , his Consort . Pie presented the Empress with his sword-knot on that memorable occasion , and in her presence displayed
so much gracefulness , and such superior skill in the management of his charger , that her Majesty from that moment viewed him with admiration . For a long time the Empress had remarked Potemkin ' s manly elegance and noble demeanour . She recollected with complacency , that on the day of the revolution of 1762 , Potemkin beirrg then very young , had seized the moment when she mounted her horse to present her with his sword-knot . She resolved at length to become !
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The Life. Of Prince Potemkin.
THE LIFE . OF PRINCE POTEMKIN .
THE ' SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE , AND
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY , FOR OCTOBER , 1798
WITH . AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT . ' ' : ' p ) RINCE Potemkin was eminently conspicuous in the Court of ¦ *• Russia during the reign of the late Empress , Catharine II . and he was the only one of all her favourites who retained , till the day of his deatha considerable ascendancy over her mind . For the
, memoirs of this personage we are indebted to the ' History of the Reigns of" Peter III . and Catharine II . by the Rev . W . W . Dakins . ' Prince Gregory Alexaiidrowitz was born in the nei ghbourhood of Smolensk , and sprung from an obscure family . Of his education we have but slender information , for what he knew he seems , however , to have been indebted to acute observation , a retentive memory ,
and strong ' powers of reflection . At eighteen he became a subaltern in the Russian horse-guards ; on the day of the revolution in 17 63 he induced his corps to throw off their allegiance to their Royal Master , and support the conspiracy of Catharine , his Consort . Pie presented the Empress with his sword-knot on that memorable occasion , and in her presence displayed
so much gracefulness , and such superior skill in the management of his charger , that her Majesty from that moment viewed him with admiration . For a long time the Empress had remarked Potemkin ' s manly elegance and noble demeanour . She recollected with complacency , that on the day of the revolution of 1762 , Potemkin beirrg then very young , had seized the moment when she mounted her horse to present her with his sword-knot . She resolved at length to become !