Excerpt from Love Intrigues of Royal Courts Seldom, too, has a woman been more richly dowered by nature for the conquest of man. Even as the girl-wife of the imbecile and brutal Peter she had few rivals in beauty in all Russia. Here is the charming picture she draws Of herself, arrayed for a ball. I put up my hair, which was very long and thick and beautiful, at the back Of my head, and tied it with a white ribbon, en queue a'e Renard. I set one rose with its buds and leaves, exact imitation of nature, in my hair, and ...
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Excerpt from Love Intrigues of Royal Courts Seldom, too, has a woman been more richly dowered by nature for the conquest of man. Even as the girl-wife of the imbecile and brutal Peter she had few rivals in beauty in all Russia. Here is the charming picture she draws Of herself, arrayed for a ball. I put up my hair, which was very long and thick and beautiful, at the back Of my head, and tied it with a white ribbon, en queue a'e Renard. I set one rose with its buds and leaves, exact imitation of nature, in my hair, and another in my corsage. A ruff of very white gauze was about my neck, and I wore cuffs and aprons of the same gauze. My bodice was Of white gros de T ours silk (i had a very good figure at that time), with a petticoat Of the same over a very small hoop. I never in my life remember having been so complimented by all as on that occasion. I was said to be as beautiful as the day and absolutely dazzling. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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