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    232 ELIZABETH VON RECKE.

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    Part Ii. Great Misfortune, Which As Rare...

    of grand Polish duke , society ' s cause in general and from , during which the a vi sisters sit which returne did much d with for joy the ful

    satisfaction , only clouded , by finding that their aged grandmother had at length passed away , for not all the severity she had exercised

    towards her could prevent Elizabeth from appreciating her many excellent qualities , and she shed tears of sincere sorrow at her loss .

    Next spring the sisters returned to Warsaw with a view of perfecting the Diet work no less they than had the begun constructing , but affairs of of a deeper new constitution import were for before Poland the ,

    and thoug , h all honor was paid them and many promises given , no settlement was made concerning Courland . Frau von Recke ' s journal

    the ( which affairs she of had Poland kept for at thi man s y crisi years s , which ) contains was much brought information to a close on in

    festival the following of what year -was by called tae celebration Polish regeneration on the 3 rd the of May splendor , 1 792 of , which of the

    dazzled dissatisfie many d magnates for a time resolved with hopes to invoke of permanent the , Empress peace of , Russia until the to

    take the old constitution under her mighty protection ; with , what result is well knownAt length the affairs of Courland were

    . brought to trial , and when sentence was given in favor of the duke , the duchess returned in triumph to Mittaubut her more far-seeing

    sister was convinced that the decision was , worthless , and the _resiilt showed the clearness of her judgment , for every Polish verdict was

    rejected in Courland as the act of a court not at unity with itself , and the old disturbances broke out afresh . His own country now

    became hateful to the duke , and he resolved fco withdraw with his family to Berlin , and there a wait at a distance the fate of Poland ,

    on which his own depended . Frau von Recke in this interval visited several of her friends ;

    she resided for a time near _Hamburg-h , in intimate intercourse with KlopstockSievekingand Caroline Rudolphi 3 andbecoming also

    acquainted , with Schroder , , was so impressed with , his admirable acting that she was induced to prepare several dramatic works for

    him . In 1795 the intelligence reached her that her native land had fallen into the strong hands of the Russian empress , and as that

    lady , knowing her worth , and the service she had rendered to humanity in unmasking Cagliostro , had on several occasions shown

    her marks of great favor , she felt it now to be her duty to offer her homage to the new sovereign of her country . She wrote to the

    empress , and received in reply a most gracious invitation to Petersburgh . On arriving there , every attention was lavished _ujDon her

    Toy the empress in person , who constantly invited her to join her familcircleand insisted her sitting beside hereven when

    she would y modestl , have dr upon awn her chair at least a , little behind y the imperial seat . A liveldescrition of this court and city , was

    y p again transmitted to _Nicolai by his intelligent and faithful correspondent .

    On her return to Mittau , Frau von . Recke received a message

    232 Elizabeth Von Recke.

    232 ELIZABETH VON RECKE .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page 232, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/16/