Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xiv. from the death of frederic, to the restitution of the palatinate. All the calamities Elizabeth had hitherto experienced were trivial, compared with the affliction with which she was overwhelmed by the death of Frederic, and the loss of his only supporter, Gustavus. Bereaved of the husband so long endeared by companionship in prosperity and misfortune, and with whom she had lived in unreserved confidence and affection, she not only saw her children deprived of their natural protector; but was herself robbed of the privilege which Nature had given her of watching over their interests. During the minority of her eldest son, the office of adminis trator was claimed by the late Elector's brother, Count Louis Philip, by whom her opinions were little regarded, and of whose first measures she had reason to disapprove; nor was it long ere she became sensible in how many various ways the prudence of Frederic had screened her from difficulties and cares, . which she was now left, unaided, to support. How often, by his gentle and endearing admonitions, had she been restrained in that facility, or excessive liberality, from which she was afterwards destined to suffer, not merely inconvenience, but every species of domestic discomfort. At the moment that this terrible blow was inflicted, she could only mourn and weep; nor was she roused from grief, but to detect unkindness in her kinsmen, insincerity in her friends, and lukewarmness in partizans, hitherto full of ardour and confidence. The first step taken by the King of Great Britain, though calculated to impose on the world, was of all others least likely to soothe Elizabeth. In th
