| Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 708 pages
...and she nourished within her bosom the most inordinate love of power." Of Ferdinand, he says—" He was both by nature and education weak, strongly addicted...opposing himself to the strong mind of the young Queen, who soon discovered the character of her husband." He further says, " She soon claimed the right of... | |
| Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 710 pages
...and she nourished within her bosom the most inordinate love of power." Of Ferdinand, he says — " He was both by nature and education weak, strongly addicted...opposing himself to the strong mind of the young Queen, who soon discovered the character of her husband." He further says, " She soon claimed the right of... | |
| John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1888 - 366 pages
...sagacity needful for success in those pursuits. General Pepe (Memoirs, vol. i, p. 9) wrote of him, ' He was both by nature and education weak, strongly addicted...opposing himself to the strong mind of the young queen, who soon discovered the character of her husband.' Heading his character thus readily, the clever woman... | |
| Esther Meynell - Women - 1907 - 526 pages
...enjoyment that he never really mobilized his forces. General Pepe, in his " Memoirs," said of him, " He was both by nature and education weak, strongly addicted...opposing himself to the strong mind of the young queen, who soon discovered the character ,of her husband." Sir John Acton, that curious, cautious, capable,... | |
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