MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE (OFFICIAL AND FAMILIAR) OF T SIR ROBERT MURRAY KEITH, K.B., ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY AT THE COURTS OF DRESDEN, COPENHAGEN, AND VIENNA, FROM 1769 TO 1792. WITH A MEMOIR OF QUEEN CAROLINA MATILDA OF DENMARK, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE REVOLUTION there in 1772. EDITED BY MRS. GILLESPIE SMYTH. Letters-the living thoughts of a race departed; the record of their playful humours and buoyant IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. ΤΟ THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF HARDWICKE, ONE OF THE FEW SURVIVORS OF THE WORTHIES COMMEMORATED IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES: REGARDED THROUGH LIFE WITH PARENTAL PREDILECTION BY THEIR SUBJECT, AND WITH FILIAL VENERATION BY THEIR EDITOR; THEY ARE, WITH ENHANCED GRATITUDE FOR THE KIND PERMISSION, AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED. |