[13] A fool (Doura, in Russian).—Ed.
[14] This letter was sent by one of the Grand Duke’s servants, named André, but it was intercepted by Steholin, and the Grand Duchess never received it.
[15] After the perusal of the foregoing Memoirs, it will be interesting to turn to the account which Catherine has given of the revolution which placed her on the throne. It is in the form of a letter, written or dictated by the Empress herself, and appears to have been addressed to Poniatowsky. Although already printed, it is but little known, and the reader, we doubt not, will be glad to have it in this place. We take it from a most interesting work, published at Berlin in 1843, by Schneider, La Cour de la Russie, il y cent ans (The Court of Russia, a hundred years ago).
| Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: |
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| I told hiin=> I told him {pg 31} |
| I bey your pardon=> I beg your pardon {pg 64} |
| placed with me bebause=> placed with me because {pg 66} |
| Pepnine=> Repnine {pg 75} |
| the Prineess Repnine=> the Princess Repnine {pg 75} |
| Yevrienoff entreated me=> Yevreinoff entreated me {pg 79} |
| seven vertses=> seven verstes {pg 110} |
| The fits thing=> The first thing {pg 243} |