He lost by the birth of the Princess, and had executed in porcelain a figure with one knee bent on the earth, and presenting tablets, upon which the following lines by Metastasio were engraved:
I lose by your fair daughter's birth
Alexandra Skitiovahas quoted2 years ago
Who prophesied a son; But if she share her mother's worth, Why, all the world has won!
Alexandra Skitiovahas quoted2 years ago
Friendship and the tenderest cares succeeded for a moment in calming her grief, but not in diminishing its power.