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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... whole of their lives ; whether their design be to oblige or offend , they are equally under the necessity of employing artifice . There is no other rank in life that can be so generally defined , because there is no order of men who are ...
... whole of their lives ; whether their design be to oblige or offend , they are equally under the necessity of employing artifice . There is no other rank in life that can be so generally defined , because there is no order of men who are ...
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... whole on the state of the nation , the following resolutions were moved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer . 1. That it is the opinion of this House , That his Majesty is prevented by indisposition from coming to his parliament , and ...
... whole on the state of the nation , the following resolutions were moved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer . 1. That it is the opinion of this House , That his Majesty is prevented by indisposition from coming to his parliament , and ...
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... whole House , on the state of the nation , when the Chancellor of the Exchequer rose and stated , that the resolutions declaring the King's incapacity to exercise the royal functions having been agreed to by the Lords , it now remained ...
... whole House , on the state of the nation , when the Chancellor of the Exchequer rose and stated , that the resolutions declaring the King's incapacity to exercise the royal functions having been agreed to by the Lords , it now remained ...
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... whole of the household , except what the two Houses might in their wisdom deem suitable to the care of his Majesty's person . The resolutions passed in the House of Commons came on for discussion in the House of Lords on the 4th of ...
... whole of the household , except what the two Houses might in their wisdom deem suitable to the care of his Majesty's person . The resolutions passed in the House of Commons came on for discussion in the House of Lords on the 4th of ...
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... whole of the male branches of the royal family , and having communicated to us the plan intended to be proposed by his Majesty's confidential ser- vants , to the Lords and Commons , for the establishment of a re- stricted regency ...
... whole of the male branches of the royal family , and having communicated to us the plan intended to be proposed by his Majesty's confidential ser- vants , to the Lords and Commons , for the establishment of a re- stricted regency ...
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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...