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CHRISTINA. [sweden.
was authorized to inflict the punishment of death on a
faithless servantand caused him to be dispatched in
the Gallery, called des Cerfs.
It is impossible to detail all the particulars of her resi-
dence at Rome;—her disputes with Pope Alexander VII.
—her intercourse with literati and artists—her liberal pa-
tronage of learned men—or the great knowledge she ac-
quired of Chemistry and Antiquity.
She died in that capital of the Christian world, on the
19th of April, 1689, and desired that these words should
be engraved on her tomb :—“ Vixit Christiana Ann.
LXII.” Christina lived sixty-two years. She left some
works behind her, particularly the Memoirs of her Life>
which she had written in French, and dedicated to God.
Christina was rather above the ordinary size—her fore-
head was high—her nose aquiline-—her eyes large and
sparkling—her countenance mild—her figure masculine-
and her physiognomy expressed all the various emo-
tions of her mind. She had little esteem either for her
own sex, or for men; but preferred the habit of the
latter. She slept little—frequently followed the chase-
was seldom affected by the change of seasons—drank
only water—and displayed neither grace nor address, ex-
cept in bodily exercises.
This extraordinary princess, who might have achieved
so much, sacrificed every thing to the indulgence of petty
schemes. She had many flatterers, but never found a
friend.
was authorized to inflict the punishment of death on a
faithless servantand caused him to be dispatched in
the Gallery, called des Cerfs.
It is impossible to detail all the particulars of her resi-
dence at Rome;—her disputes with Pope Alexander VII.
—her intercourse with literati and artists—her liberal pa-
tronage of learned men—or the great knowledge she ac-
quired of Chemistry and Antiquity.
She died in that capital of the Christian world, on the
19th of April, 1689, and desired that these words should
be engraved on her tomb :—“ Vixit Christiana Ann.
LXII.” Christina lived sixty-two years. She left some
works behind her, particularly the Memoirs of her Life>
which she had written in French, and dedicated to God.
Christina was rather above the ordinary size—her fore-
head was high—her nose aquiline-—her eyes large and
sparkling—her countenance mild—her figure masculine-
and her physiognomy expressed all the various emo-
tions of her mind. She had little esteem either for her
own sex, or for men; but preferred the habit of the
latter. She slept little—frequently followed the chase-
was seldom affected by the change of seasons—drank
only water—and displayed neither grace nor address, ex-
cept in bodily exercises.
This extraordinary princess, who might have achieved
so much, sacrificed every thing to the indulgence of petty
schemes. She had many flatterers, but never found a
friend.