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2.

or the immensity of her
misfortunes, Marie Antoinette
among the heroic women of
the French Revolution, is
entitled to pre-eminence.

She was the daughter of Kings--
the wife and mother of
Kings-- the cynosure of
all eyes in the most
elegant and polished capital
of the world, the envied
and admired of all beholders
for station, personal charms
and all the accessories
which power, a throne
and youth can bring to
happiness.

She lived to see that power
annihilated-- her throne
overtuned-- her husband
murdered, her friends