Letter to Lady Marlborough after William III demanded that she dismiss Lady Marlborough from her household (19 March 1692), quoted in Edward Gregg, Queen Anne (2001), p. 89
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[C]an you beleeve we will ever truckle to that Monster who from ye first moment of his coming has used us ... but Suppose I did submitt & that the King could change his nature so much as to use me with humanety, how would all reasonable people despise me, how would that Dutch abortive laugh at me & please himself with haveing got ye better. ... No my deare Mrs. Freeman never beleve your faithfull Mrs. Morely will ever submitt, she can waite with patience for a SunShine day & if She does not live to see it yet She hopes England will flourish againe.

— Anne of Great Britain

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[C]an you beleeve we will ever truckle to that Monster who from ye first moment of his coming has used us ... but Suppose I did submitt & that the King could change his nature so much as to use me with humanety, how would all reasonable people despise me, how would that Dutch abortive laugh at me & please himself with haveing got ye better. ... No my deare Mrs. Freeman never beleve your faithfull Mrs. Morely will ever submitt, she can waite with patience for a SunShine day & if She does not live to see it yet She hopes England will flourish againe." in the context of "Letter to Lady Marlborough after William III demanded that she dismiss Lady Marlborough from her household (19 March 1692), quoted in Edward Gregg, Queen Anne (2001), p. 89" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Anne of Great Britain

About Anne of Great Britain

Anne of Great Britain (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, two of her realms, the kingdoms of England and Scotland, united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. She continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death.