Memoirs of the Courts of Berlin, Dresden, Warsaw, and Vienna: In the Years 1777, 1778, and 1779, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 - Europe |
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Page 72 - Queen, she stepped over the muskets, which were crossed, and ran, half wild, along the corridor to the King's apartment. She even forced her way into it by violence ; but her enemies, aware that she might try to gain admittance, and justly apprehensive of her influence over him, had taken the precaution of removing him, betimes, to another part of the palace.
Page 267 - Prussian monarchy,' wrote Wraxall, 'reminds me of a vast prison, in the centre of which appears the great keeper occupied in the care of his captives.
Page 60 - Banner was assigned the important task of arresting Struensee; and all the inferior arrangements for ensuring success were settled with great dexterity. They were, nevertheless, on the point of being overturned at the very moment when all was ripe for action.
Page 219 - Majefty, that war was neither analogous to their national genius, nor agreeable to their private feelings. A corps of ; feveral thoufand was formed, compelled to learn the manual exercife, and pafled in review.
Page 63 - ... other incident was still more calculated to have alarmed Struensee, if he had not overlooked it, or had not omitted the necessary precautions for his safety. As he was conscious of his own unpopularity, and dreaded some commotion among the people, he had surrounded the ball-room with guards, on whose fidelity he knew, or believed he could rely. But the officer who commanded them, having been gained by the opposite party, changed the soldiers. The alteration was even noticed by some of Struensee's...
Page 52 - But the attempt proved ruinous to himself; the latter having been soon traced to its real author, Brandt received an order to quit Copenhagen within twenty-four hours. He obeyed, and retired to Paris, where he remained in obscurity as well as indigence. When the King of Denmark arrived at that city, Brandt found means to represent his poverty, and obtained from his master a present of an hundred louis d'or.
Page 69 - ... in one hand, she held out a paper to the Queen in the other, which, with marks of agitation, she requested of her Majesty to peruse. It contained a request, rather than an order, couched in very concise but respectful terms, stating that the ' King of Denmark, for reasons of a private nature, wished her to remove to one of the royal palaces -in the country for a few days...
Page 62 - Rantzau, aware that resistance was vain, submitted, was carried to court, and performed the service expected of him. Koller Banner was the animating soul of the enterprise, to whose coolness, presence of mind, and intrepidity, its success must be principally attributed. During the whole night, while at the ball, he maintained the utmost serenity of deportment, and played at the same game of cards with Monsieur Berger, whom he immediately afterwards arrested. " The circumstances which took place in...
Page 69 - It was about five o'clock in the morning when she was awakened by a Danish female attendant, who alw.ays lay in the adjoining room. Holding a candle in one hand, she held out a paper to the Queen in the other, which, with marks of agitation, she requested of her Majesty to peruse. It contained a request, rather than an order, couched in very concise but...
Page 72 - ... was aided to dress herself, and informed that she must instantly quit Copenhagen. Rantzau had the insolence to say to her, alluding to his gouty feet : ' Vous voyez, madame, que mes pieds me manquent ; mais mes bras sont libres, et j'en offrirai un a votre majeste", pour 1'aider 5, monter en voiture.