Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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Page 49
... Prince , as well as others of his family , more than suspected the intimacy between his old governor and his royal mother , and , according to the nature of princes of either sex , he never forgave it . The like- lihood is , that this ...
... Prince , as well as others of his family , more than suspected the intimacy between his old governor and his royal mother , and , according to the nature of princes of either sex , he never forgave it . The like- lihood is , that this ...
Page 51
... Prince . In- deed , the gratitude and personal affection is very re- markable which he showed ever after ; at least till the fatal Coalition on which so many political reputations were shipwrecked , and so total a loss was made of both ...
... Prince . In- deed , the gratitude and personal affection is very re- markable which he showed ever after ; at least till the fatal Coalition on which so many political reputations were shipwrecked , and so total a loss was made of both ...
Page 59
... Prince against a proceeding which must leave him helpless in the hands of his implacable enemies , and even by promises always renewed to let him go would he but remain for a few weeks , until some other arrange- ment could be made . It ...
... Prince against a proceeding which must leave him helpless in the hands of his implacable enemies , and even by promises always renewed to let him go would he but remain for a few weeks , until some other arrange- ment could be made . It ...
Page 60
... Prince or his people , than enabling a Monarch to rule in his own person , dictating the commands of his own violence or caprice , through servants who disapprove of his measures , and yet suffer themselves to be made instruments for ...
... Prince or his people , than enabling a Monarch to rule in his own person , dictating the commands of his own violence or caprice , through servants who disapprove of his measures , and yet suffer themselves to be made instruments for ...
Page 78
... Prince's advisers upon the question of the Regency , the Chief Justice was to be found the boldest and most unflinching . * Alluding to this passage of his life , Junius , in his XLIVth Let- ter , says , " We have seen him in the House ...
... Prince's advisers upon the question of the Regency , the Chief Justice was to be found the boldest and most unflinching . * Alluding to this passage of his life , Junius , in his XLIVth Let- ter , says , " We have seen him in the House ...
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