tiny-librarian: “I confess to you that I am infatuated with this charming Princess, but litera
tiny-librarian: “I confess to you that I am infatuated with this charming Princess, but literally infatuated. She is precisely what one would have wished: the figure of a nymph, a lily and rose complexion, the loveliest skin in the world, tall and well built; she is grateful; sweetness, kindnesses and innocence are reflected in her face.”Catherine the Great, writing to a friend about her new daughter-in-law Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemberg -- source link
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