Her husband (Elector Ernst) has the title of the Gentleman of Germany; a graceful and," &c.

&c.

W.Carr, _ Remarks of the Governments of the severall Parts of Germanie, Denmark, Sweedland _ (Amsterdam, 1688), p.147.See also _ Ker of Kersland _ (still more emphatic on this point, _ soepius _)] the politest of men, was chief lord,--and where Leibnitz, to say nothing of lighter notabilities, was flourishing,--seemed a reasonable expectation.

Nevertheless, it came to nothing, this articulate purpose of the visit; though perhaps the deeper silent purposes of it might not be quite unfulfilled.
Gentleman Ernst had lately been made "Elector" (_ Kurfurst, _ instead of _ Herzog _),--his Hanover no longer a mere Sovereign Duchy, but an Electorate henceforth, new "NINTH Electorate," by Ernst's life-long exertion and good luck;--which has spread a fine radiance, for the time, over court and people in those parts; and made Ernst a happier man than ever, in his old age.

Gentleman Ernst and Electress Sophie, we need not doubt, were glad to see their burly Prussian grandson,--a robust, rather mischievous boy of five years old;--and anything that brought her Daughter oftener about her (an only Daughter too, and one so gifted) was sure to be welcome to the cheery old Electress, and her Leibnitz and her circle.