World-noted women : or, Types of womanly attributes of all lands and ages . *^^4ll. MARIA THERESA. Maria Theresa was an embodiment of executive regality. Shehad the promptitude, forethought, and vigilance of a detectiveofficer; and discharged duty with the rigid precision of a police-man. She was essentially practical, and thoroughly industrious-minded. She was ready in an emergency, equal to a difficulty,and sturdy for order and regulation. She met reverses with bold-ness and fortitude, and used prosj^erity for instituting was greatly remedial; remedying sudden mischances by en-co
World-noted women : or, Types of womanly attributes of all lands and ages . *^^4ll. MARIA THERESA. Maria Theresa was an embodiment of executive regality. Shehad the promptitude, forethought, and vigilance of a detectiveofficer; and discharged duty with the rigid precision of a police-man. She was essentially practical, and thoroughly industrious-minded. She was ready in an emergency, equal to a difficulty,and sturdy for order and regulation. She met reverses with bold-ness and fortitude, and used prosj^erity for instituting was greatly remedial; remedying sudden mischances by en-countering them firmly; and remedying existing evils with thestrong hand of eradication. She was daughter of Charles VI. of Austria, Emperor of Ger-many, and Elizabeth Christina, of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel. Indefault of male issue, Charles VI. appointed that his daughter,Maria Theresa, should be heiress of all the Austrian dominions;and, consent to this appointment—entitled the Pragmatic Sanction—was obtained from the Diet of the empire, all the Germanprinces, and several of th
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