Memoirs of George the Fourth: Descriptive of the Most Interesting Scenes of His Private and Public Life, and the Important Events of His Memorable Reign; with Characteristic Sketches of All the Celebrated Men who Were His Friends and Companions as a Prince, and His Ministers and Counsellors as a Monarch. Comp. from Authentic Sources, and Documents in the King's Library in the British Museum, &c, Volume 2T. Kelley, 1830 |
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... letter written at this period by Sheridan to the Prince of Wales ; and it having cost us much trouble to obtain , we regret that we have been anticipated in the publication of it by the biographer of Sheridan . ' SIR , 6 I felt infinite ...
... letter written at this period by Sheridan to the Prince of Wales ; and it having cost us much trouble to obtain , we regret that we have been anticipated in the publication of it by the biographer of Sheridan . ' SIR , 6 I felt infinite ...
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... letters patent be issued , authorizing the affixing the great seal to the bill to be brought in , enacting the establishment of the regency in the person of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , in the King's name , by and with the ...
... letters patent be issued , authorizing the affixing the great seal to the bill to be brought in , enacting the establishment of the regency in the person of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , in the King's name , by and with the ...
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... letter which the Prince of Wales addressed to Mr. Perceval . 6 ' Carlton House , Feb. 4 , 1811 . The Prince of Wales considers the moment to be arrived which calls for his decision with respect to the persons to be employed by him in ...
... letter which the Prince of Wales addressed to Mr. Perceval . 6 ' Carlton House , Feb. 4 , 1811 . The Prince of Wales considers the moment to be arrived which calls for his decision with respect to the persons to be employed by him in ...
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... letter of last night , which reached him this morning . · Mr. Perceval feels it his duty to express his humble thanks to your Royal Highness for the frankness with which your Royal Highness has condescended explicitly to communicate the ...
... letter of last night , which reached him this morning . · Mr. Perceval feels it his duty to express his humble thanks to your Royal Highness for the frankness with which your Royal Highness has condescended explicitly to communicate the ...
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... letter was opened by the person in waiting , who ordered six yeomen and an usher to attend at Carlton House , which they accordingly did ; and they , together with the Prince's ser- vants in state , lined the grand hall and staircase ...
... letter was opened by the person in waiting , who ordered six yeomen and an usher to attend at Carlton House , which they accordingly did ; and they , together with the Prince's ser- vants in state , lined the grand hall and staircase ...
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Page 301 - ... kindred throne! You have said, my lords, you have willed — the Church and the king have willed — that the queen should be deprived of its solemn service.
Page 34 - An Act for the more effectual preserving the King's Person and Government by disabling Papists from sitting in either House of Parliament...
Page 33 - Dignity; and I will do my utmost Endeavour to disclose and make known to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, all Treasons and...
Page 88 - Majesty to give the answer to a late humble address, remonstrance, and petition, of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of the city of London, in Common Hall assembled, is were negatived, and a previous question put on all the rest.
Page 156 - Then, let me implore you to reflect on the situation in which I am placed, without the shadow of a charge against me ; without even an accuser ; after an inquiry that led to my ample vindication, yet treated as if I were still more culpable than the perjuries of my suborned traducers represented me, holding me up to the world as a mother who may not enjoy the society of her only child.
Page 354 - You well know, Gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows in perfect stillness, how soon, upon any call of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder.
Page 157 - The plan of excluding my daughter from all intercourse with the world, appears to my humble judgment peculiarly unfortunate. She who is destined to be the sovereign of this great country, enjoys none of those advantages...
Page 353 - Our present repose is no more a proof of inability to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which...
Page 136 - Britain, well and truly paid to us at or before the sealing of these presents. Sealed with our seals this 16th day of December, in the 29th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George III., by the Grace of God, King, Defender of the Faith, Anno Domini 1788. 'The condition of the above-written obligation is such...
Page 15 - Whereas the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons assembled at Westminster, lawfully, fully and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm...