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Eleanora Ulfeld.
account of a fair face in some cases . Sir , it can be proved , man is not a thing of shreds and patches , he is an harmonious and homogenous creation ; and just as you know the amount of the whole by knowing the amount of the smallest fraction thereof , and just as a single long-drawn note reveals to the educated ear the quality of a voiceso does the smallest portion
, of the human form reveal ( to the philosophic observer ) the character of the whole man , both mind and body ; so does the most trifling action bear the impress of the whole character of the being who has done it ; ancl thus , to those who can read these indications , is the tip of a rosy ear , nay , one of her auburn hairs , or one stroke of her pen , or one stitch ( see that it be not a
crossstitch ) of her needle , sufficient to authorize an immediate demand in marriage founded on the highest principles of reason . I use the feminine pronoun , because it w ere not perhaps to be desh-ed that the fairer sex should attain to such accuracy of discernment . They have quite enough already . No , no , thinking on these subjects might ive them wrinklesso I proceed . King
g , Christiern married Christina Munck , ancl in clue course of time she brought him thirteen children , ivho , to the great advantage of the privy purse when they were little , and of the budget wdien they were big , ivere not princes ancl princesses , so that
there was no need of three tiers of governesses and governors for each of the little personages , or for ladies-in-Avaiting for little girls who have just got into frocks , or aides-de-camp for little boys who have just got out of them . And yet Christina Munck was a wife , and her children might honour their mother . Such were the advantages of a morganatic marriage—disquisition ancl
digression the second not inflicted on the reader touching the origin of the term morganatic , with " ane briefe inquirie whether it doth come from the Hie Dutch , ' nach der moder gen , ' or no , " all forborne . The fairest and most promising of aU these children ivas Eleanora Christina , born at Friedricksbtu-g , in IcelandJuly 22 nd 1621 . She ivas the darling of her royal father
, , , and baling every advantage of education , in spite , or perhaps in consequence , of the want of three tiers of governesses , she grew up the most accomplished woman in Denmark . She spoke German , French , Spanish , and Italian ; she had no common skill in painting , music , and poetry ; ancl she had a generosity ancl honesty of charactera gentlenesspatienceand pietywhich
, , , , would have ennobled the most plebeian maiden in the kingdom . Now , there ivas a certain noble and patriarchal Syndicus Ulfeld , Avhose picture may be still seen seated at table Avith tlie virtuous matron his wife , and tiventy , or four-and-tiventy ( we forget ivhich ) of their children , half boys and half girls , as if
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Eleanora Ulfeld.
account of a fair face in some cases . Sir , it can be proved , man is not a thing of shreds and patches , he is an harmonious and homogenous creation ; and just as you know the amount of the whole by knowing the amount of the smallest fraction thereof , and just as a single long-drawn note reveals to the educated ear the quality of a voiceso does the smallest portion
, of the human form reveal ( to the philosophic observer ) the character of the whole man , both mind and body ; so does the most trifling action bear the impress of the whole character of the being who has done it ; ancl thus , to those who can read these indications , is the tip of a rosy ear , nay , one of her auburn hairs , or one stroke of her pen , or one stitch ( see that it be not a
crossstitch ) of her needle , sufficient to authorize an immediate demand in marriage founded on the highest principles of reason . I use the feminine pronoun , because it w ere not perhaps to be desh-ed that the fairer sex should attain to such accuracy of discernment . They have quite enough already . No , no , thinking on these subjects might ive them wrinklesso I proceed . King
g , Christiern married Christina Munck , ancl in clue course of time she brought him thirteen children , ivho , to the great advantage of the privy purse when they were little , and of the budget wdien they were big , ivere not princes ancl princesses , so that
there was no need of three tiers of governesses and governors for each of the little personages , or for ladies-in-Avaiting for little girls who have just got into frocks , or aides-de-camp for little boys who have just got out of them . And yet Christina Munck was a wife , and her children might honour their mother . Such were the advantages of a morganatic marriage—disquisition ancl
digression the second not inflicted on the reader touching the origin of the term morganatic , with " ane briefe inquirie whether it doth come from the Hie Dutch , ' nach der moder gen , ' or no , " all forborne . The fairest and most promising of aU these children ivas Eleanora Christina , born at Friedricksbtu-g , in IcelandJuly 22 nd 1621 . She ivas the darling of her royal father
, , , and baling every advantage of education , in spite , or perhaps in consequence , of the want of three tiers of governesses , she grew up the most accomplished woman in Denmark . She spoke German , French , Spanish , and Italian ; she had no common skill in painting , music , and poetry ; ancl she had a generosity ancl honesty of charactera gentlenesspatienceand pietywhich
, , , , would have ennobled the most plebeian maiden in the kingdom . Now , there ivas a certain noble and patriarchal Syndicus Ulfeld , Avhose picture may be still seen seated at table Avith tlie virtuous matron his wife , and tiventy , or four-and-tiventy ( we forget ivhich ) of their children , half boys and half girls , as if