Importance of Marie Antoinette in the Revolution.--Value of her Correspondence as a Means of estimating her Character.--Her Birth, November 2d, 1755.--Epigram of Metastasio.--Habits of the Imperial Family.--Schönbrunn.--Death of the Emperor.--Projects for the Marriage of the Archduchess.--Her Education.--The Abbé de Vermond.--Metastasio.-- Gluck. Proposal for the Marriage of Marie Antoinette to the Dauphin.--Early Education of the Dauphin.--The Archduchess leaves Vienna in April, 1770.-- Her Reception at Strasburg.--She meets the King at Compiègne.--The Marriage takes place May 16th, 1770.…
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