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Memoirs of Leonora Christina, Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685

Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina, grevinde, 1621-1698; Bunnett, F. E. (Fanny Elizabeth), 1833?-1875 [Translator]· 2 chapters· 68,895 words

sufficient to attend to; if I were to call to mind the past, I would remember also the misfortunes of great men, emperors, kings, princes, and other high personages, whose magnificence and prosperity had far exceeded mine, and whose misfortunes had been far greater than mine;...

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2. did. Anna attended to the light during the night, for she was more

watchful than Catharina. I read aloud to them from Anna's book, commended myself to God, and laid down to sleep. But my sleep was light, the promenades of the rats woke me, and...

1. part did not now think of past times, as the present gave me

sufficient to attend to; if I were to call to mind the past, I would remember also the misfortunes of great men, emperors, kings, princes, and other high personages, whose magni...