And then she is so good withal, so bright and cheerful; and "has the art of uniting what to the rest of the world are antagonisms, mirth and learning,"-- say even, mirth and good sense.

Is deep in music, too; plays daily on her harpsichord, and fantasies, and even composes, in an eminent manner.

[_ An Account of the Courts of Prussia and Hanover, sent to a Minister of State in Holland, _ by Mr.
Toland (London, 1705), p.322.

Toland's other Book, which has reference to her, is of didactic nature ("immortality of the soul," "origin of idolatry," &c.), but with much fine panegyric direct and oblique: _ Letters to Serena _ ("Serena" being _ Queen _), a thin 8vo, London, 1704.] Toland's admiration, deducting the high-flown temper and manner of the man, is sincere and great.
Beyond doubt a bright airy lady, shining in mild radiance in those Northern parts; very graceful, very witty and ingenious; skilled to speak, skilled to hold her tongue,--which latter art also was frequently in requisition with her.

She did not much venerate her Husband, nor the Court population, male or female, whom he chose to have about him: his and their ways were by no means hers, if she had cared to publish her thoughts.