World-noted women : or, Types of womanly attributes of all lands and ages . pold II.; the Queen ofNaples, Maria Carolina, and the Queen of France, Marie An-toinette. With Maria Theresa the house of Austria-Hapsburg ceased;and the present dynasty of Austria-Lorraine commenced. Possessed of great beauty, and a fine person, the dignity of this M A R I A T H E K E S A . 343 regal womans manner set off her high rank, and gave effect to herdistinguished mental Maria Theresa was one of those energetic, active-thoughtedwomen, whose peculiar characteristics co-exist with the very re-verse o
World-noted women : or, Types of womanly attributes of all lands and ages . pold II.; the Queen ofNaples, Maria Carolina, and the Queen of France, Marie An-toinette. With Maria Theresa the house of Austria-Hapsburg ceased;and the present dynasty of Austria-Lorraine commenced. Possessed of great beauty, and a fine person, the dignity of this M A R I A T H E K E S A . 343 regal womans manner set off her high rank, and gave effect to herdistinguished mental Maria Theresa was one of those energetic, active-thoughtedwomen, whose peculiar characteristics co-exist with the very re-verse of a voluptuous temperament. She had none of the weak-nesses incident to impassioned or sensuous natures; but at thesame time she had few of the generous impulses or warm emotionswhich belong to more ardent spirits. She was exempted by herown inherent disposition from falling into error; and the model ofvirtue that she presented both in her public and her private con-duct, was a constitutional merit. Maria Theresa forms a striking picture of an Imjierial Womanof ^?M^>^>;^^i&::h^
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