The Memoirs of the Baroness Cecile De Courtot: Lady-in-Waiting to the Princess De Lamballe Princess of Savoy-Carignan (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Memoirs of the Baroness Cecile De Courtot: Lady-in-Waiting to the Princess De Lamballe Princess of Savoy-Carignan

That was the mother of my great-grandfather; the oak chest might therefore well command our veneration as a family heirloom.

On the rare occasions when we children were permitted a peep into this chest, there was no end to our wonder and de light; for the spirit of a strange and by-gone world seemed to breathe from it and the marvellous things that lay therein. It was a very reliquary in our childish eyes.

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Excerpt from The Memoirs of the Baroness Cecile De Courtot: Lady-in-Waiting to the Princess De Lamballe Princess of Savoy-Carignan

In an attic of my father's house in the neighbourhood of Halberstadt there stood, among other out-of-date and disused furniture, an ancient carved oak chest. It had belonged to my mother's grandmother, and on its lid was carved the name:

Sophie Hedwig von Alvenslehen,
verwittwete [widowed] von Bülow-Gross-Schwechten, geb. [née]
von Rauchhaupt auf Hohenthurm u. Landin.
1692.

That was the mother of my great-grandfather; the oak chest might therefore well command our veneration as a family heirloom.

On the rare occasions when we children were permitted a peep into this chest, there was no end to our wonder and delight; for the spirit of a strange and by-gone world seemed to breathe from it and the marvellous things that lay therein. It was a very reliquary in our childish eyes.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.