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  • Just about the time of Caspar's birth, the eldest son of the Grand-Duchess of Baden died an infant.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Various

  • In addition to this, the mother of the new house was a woman of unbounded ambition and determined character, and had a bitter hatred for the Grand-Duchess.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Various

  • Sérov, Glinka, Balakirev, Stassov, Lechetizsky -- for the moment a special protégé of the Grand-Duchess, and even young Rimsky-Korsakov, at this time merely a Conservatoire pupil.

    The Genius Margaret Horton Potter

  • At the entrance to the hall the Princess Féodoreff parted from her astonished hostess, saying that she intended passing the night at the house of the Grand-Duchess -- wife of the Governor-General.

    The Genius Margaret Horton Potter

  • Grand-Duchess Helena Pavlovna, voluntary leader of the reform party in the capital.

    The Genius Margaret Horton Potter

  • And within the last eighteen months rather a signal honor had been offered her in the intimate friendship of the Grand-Duchess Catharine: -- most irreproachable, unapproachable, and, at the same time, most popular, of the imperial women of Russia.

    The Genius Margaret Horton Potter

  • At the entrance of the two young men, de Windt grasping Ivan by the arm, the Grand-Duchess turned, in time to hear their names announced.

    The Genius Margaret Horton Potter

  • His rendering of the now celebrated _barcarolle_, had given him an unquestioned place in the _salon_ of the Grand-Duchess, which henceforth he frequented regularly.

    The Genius Margaret Horton Potter

  • At the right of the instrument, willingly accepting second place, stood the arm-chair of the Grand-Duchess; and about her, in an informal circle, each one quite at ease, sat or stood twenty or thirty men, young and old, with possibly half a dozen women.

    The Genius Margaret Horton Potter

  • It cannot be denied that, on that momentous evening, the marked interest of the Grand-Duchess in Ivan and his general success, were out of all proportion to a performance which, as a matter of fact, any one in the room could probably have duplicated.

    The Genius Margaret Horton Potter

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