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Identifier: loveofuncrownedq00wilkuoft (find matches)
Title: The love of an uncrowned queen, Sophie Dorothea, consort of George 1., and her correspondence with Philip Christopher, count Königsmarck (now first published from the originals) by W.H. Wilkins
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Wilkins, W. H. (William Henry), 1860-1905
Subjects: Sophia Dorothea, consort of George I, King of Great Britain, 1666-1726 Königsmarck, Philip Christopher von, Grefve, 1665-1694
Publisher: London (etc.) Longmans, Green
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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ut me to ! I shall besorry if you place me under an obligation not to look athim, though it is scarcely worth while, for surely you neednot fear. You know full well that you are far above themall. You see, I am giving you back all the sweet thingsyou tell me about La Reingrave and Madame Delvassine. But I am too long in justifying myself concerningyour accusations in your other letter. Please explain, forI do not understand. You speak as if I had done some-thing foolish, or, if I were too far away, I neverthelesswished to do it. If you did not receive my letters for aweek it was not my fault. I wrote to you secretly fromCelle by the post which was to leave afte? me, and I wroteto you on the journey. It is true I only wrote once, but itwas impossible for me to do so oftener. You must havehad the spleen very badly to wish you were shot in thebattle. I am anxious to hear what new fabrications theyhave told you about me ; I cannot imagine what they can ■■7-«»>ai«>-<;-T-rii
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PHILIP CHRISTOPHER COUNT KONIGSMARCK. From a fainting in the possession of Count Gustav Lewenkaiipt. THE VISIT TO WIKSBADKN 2z<; \k\ I am wlioll)- innocent. 1 went over everythin^f in mymind last nit^ht to see if any one could have g-iven a crookedturn to any of my actions; hut the) have been all sostrai;^ht that they could not have been malif^ned. Thetalebearers must have simpl)- invented lies on purpose tomake you quarrel with me. Alas ! I see too well thatthey wish to estran<;e us, and you are simple enouL^h tofall into the trap. It is very hard that, hovvever much Iin.iy strive to prove my love and devotion, you blindlybelieve all these foolish tales. I should be mad if I wereto give you the least cause to complain about me, for Iwould rather die than cU; it. There is madness indeed inthe ;)assion I have for you. I cannot understand how anyone can love as I love ; you will never feel or experience itunless you build on sand, as you say you do when youtrust me. Only be to me

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