young Prussian gentleman; whom it by no means did "attach to the
Family" so very careful about him at Vienna! But if there lay a
sin, and a punishment following on it, here or elsewhere, in her
Imperial position, surely it is to be charged on foolish old Anton
Ulrich; not on her, poor Lady, who had never coveted such height,
nor durst for her soul take the leap thitherward, till the serene
old literary gentleman showed her how easy it was.

Well, old Anton Ulrich is long since dead, [1714, age 70. Huber,
t. 190.] and his religious accounts are all settled beyond cavil;
and only the sad duty devolves on me of explaining a little what
and who his rather insipid offspring are, so far as related to
readers of this History. Anton Ulrich left two sons; the elder of
whom was Duke, and the younger had an Apanage, Blankenburg by
name. Only this younger had children,--serene Kaiserinn that now
is, one of them: The elder died childless, [1731, Michaelis,
i. 132.] precisely a few months before the times we are now got
to; reigning Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, ["Welf-BOOTHS"
(Hunted Camp of the Welfs), according to Etymology. "Brunswick,"
again, is BRAUN'S-Wick; "Braun" (Brown) being an old militant Welf
in those parts, who built some lodge for himself, as a convenience
there,--Year 880, say the uncertain old Books. Hubner, t. 149;
Michaelis, &c.] all but certain Apanages, and does not concern us
farther. To that supreme dignity the younger has now come, and his
Apanage of Blankenburg and children with him;--so that there is
now only one outstanding Apanage (Bevern, not known to us yet);
which also will perhaps get reunited, if we cared for it.
Ludwig Rudolf is the name of this new sovereign Duke of
Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, or Duke in chief; age now sixty; has a
shining, bustling, somewhat irregular Duchess, says Wilhelmina;