...was she who proposed, and he took kindly to the proposal. " My mind is quite made up," she wrote, " and I told Albert this morning of it; the warm affection he showed on learning this gave me great pleasure. He seems perfection, and I think that I have the prospect...

...Leopold on the evening of the day she had proposed marriage to her cousin Albert. My dearest Uncle: This letter will, I am sure, give you pleasure, for you...it. The warm affection he showed me on learning this 427. Queen gave me great pleasure. He seems perfection, and I think Victoria to that I have the prospect...

...exceedingly admired here." Two days afterwards she told Prince Albert that she wished to marry him. " The warm affection he showed me on learning this gave...me great pleasure. He seems perfection, and I think I have the prospect of great 263 Marriage of Queen Victoria. The Powers and Egypt. End of Melbourne's...

...that the wish of his heart was fulfilled: Windsor Castle : Oct. 15, 1839. My dearest Uncle,— This letter will, I am sure, give you pleasure, for you...me. My mind is quite made up, and I told Albert this moruing of it. The warm aflectiou he showed me on learning this gave me great pleasure. He seems perfection,...

...uncle Leopold : — " My dearest Uncle, — This letter will, I am sure, give you pleasure, for yon have always shown and taken so warm an interest in all that concerns me. Aly mind is quite made up, and I told Albert this morning of it. The warm affection he showed me on...