18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 37

[cahn]

More diaries of our favorite 18th-century Prussian diary-keeper have been unearthed and have been synopsized!

January 18th: Blessed be thou to me! Under your light, my Prince Heinrich was born!

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[cahn]

maybe Lehndorff was also good at giving Heinrich emotional support? And his constancy might have been an ego-boost, too.

Yes, I would totally buy that!

Anyway, the interesting thing about the quote is that Maria Gunning likely died from using too much make-up, and this (judgy) quote does show that she is wearing an unusual amount of make-up.

Oh, that is interesting! Heh, judginess in general is certainly more hilarious from a couple hundred years distance...