The great event of the evening was Jenny Lind's appearance and her complete triumph. She has a most exquisite, powerful and really quite peculiar voice, so round, soft and flexible and her acting is charming and touching and very natural.
Were women to "unsex" themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surel… - Queen Victoria
Were women to "unsex" themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surel…
- Queen Victoria
I love peace and quiet, I hate politics and turmoil. We women are not made for governing, and if we are good women, we must dislike these masculine o… - Queen Victoria
I love peace and quiet, I hate politics and turmoil. We women are not made for governing, and if we are good women, we must dislike these masculine o…
Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves. - Queen Victoria
Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
Just close your eyes—and think of England. - Queen Victoria
Just close your eyes—and think of England.
We will not have failure - only success and new learning. - Queen Victoria
We will not have failure - only success and new learning.
We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist. - Queen Victoria
We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them. - Queen Victoria
The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.
Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them. - Queen Victoria
Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them.
Nothing will turn a man's home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund. - Queen Victoria
Nothing will turn a man's home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund.
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