Memoirs of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Volume 1J.F. Hughes, 1808 - Great Britain |
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... interests of his subjects . In such an unhappy exigency , he must be partial indeed in his opinions of our public men , who could hope for a display of much virtue or disinterestedness among our statesmen at such a crisis of the con ...
... interests of his subjects . In such an unhappy exigency , he must be partial indeed in his opinions of our public men , who could hope for a display of much virtue or disinterestedness among our statesmen at such a crisis of the con ...
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... interest every susceptible mind in her favour . Our readers will perceive at once that we allude to the connection which , before he had at- tained his majority , subsisted between the Prince of Wales and the lovely but unhappy Mary ...
... interest every susceptible mind in her favour . Our readers will perceive at once that we allude to the connection which , before he had at- tained his majority , subsisted between the Prince of Wales and the lovely but unhappy Mary ...
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... would render life desirable . I was surprised at receiving it ; the idea of interest had never entered my mind : secure of the possession of his heart , I had in that delightful certainty count- ed all my future PRINCE OF WALES . 63.
... would render life desirable . I was surprised at receiving it ; the idea of interest had never entered my mind : secure of the possession of his heart , I had in that delightful certainty count- ed all my future PRINCE OF WALES . 63.
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... interest he takes in their pros- perity may be judged from the muni- ficence with which his artists have ever been rewarded . The present reign has been thought peculiarly favourable to the cultivation of the fine arts in England , and ...
... interest he takes in their pros- perity may be judged from the muni- ficence with which his artists have ever been rewarded . The present reign has been thought peculiarly favourable to the cultivation of the fine arts in England , and ...
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... of dereliction of their own interests in the people , that that house of commons , which stood up most strenuously in opposition to the crown , and vindicated the undoubted right of the representatives of the PRINCE OF WALES . 139.
... of dereliction of their own interests in the people , that that house of commons , which stood up most strenuously in opposition to the crown , and vindicated the undoubted right of the representatives of the PRINCE OF WALES . 139.
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Page 223 - Avaunt ! and quit my sight ! Let the earth hide thee ! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold ; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with ! Lady M.
Page 111 - ... description whatever, has come up, in the one instance, to the pure sentiments of morality, or, in the other, to that variety of knowledge, force of imagination, propriety and vivacity of allusion, beauty and elegance of diction, strength and copiousness of style, pathos and sublimity of conception, to which we have this day listened with ardour and admiration. From poetry up to eloquence there is not a species of composition of which a complete and perfect specimen might not, from that single...
Page 232 - ... by law be granted for life, or during good behaviour; nor to the granting any rank or dignity of the peerage of this realm to any person except his majesty's issue, who shall have attained the age of twenty-one years.
Page 240 - ... urge it as the preliminary and paramount consideration of any settlement in which he would consent to share. " If attention to what is presumed might be his majesty's feelings and wishes on the happy day of his recovery, be the object, it is with the truest sincerity the prince expresses his firm conviction, that...
Page 204 - Highness understood too well the sacred principles which seated the House of Brunswick on the throne of Great Britain, ever to assume or exercise any power, be his claim what it might, not derived from the will of the people, expressed by their representatives, and their Lordships in parliament assembled.
Page 235 - ... obliges him to consider as injurious to both. In the state of deep distress in which the prince and the whole royal family were involved, by the heavy calamity which has fallen upon the king, and at a moment when government, deprived of its chief energy and support, seemed peculiarly to need the cordial and united aid of all descriptions of good subjects, it was not expected by the prince, that a plan should...
Page 277 - Majesty's present indisposition, and no longer; and under the style and title of Prince Regent of Ireland, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to exercise and administer, according to the laws and constitution of this kingdom, all regal powers, jurisdictions, and prerogatives, to the crown and government thereof belonging.
Page 237 - ... a project for producing weakness, disorder, and insecurity in every branch of the administration of affairs, — a project for dividing the royal family from each other — for separating the court from the state ; and therefore, by disjoining government from its natural and accustomed support, a scheme for disconnecting the authority to command service, from the power of animating it by reward; and for allotting to the prince all the invidious duties of government, without the means of softening...
Page 234 - Parliament, the outlines of a scheme of government are sent for his consideration, in which it is proposed that he shall be personally and principally concerned, and by which the royal authority and the public welfare may be deeply affected, the Prince would be unjustifiable, were he to withhold an explicit declaration of his sentiments. His silence might be construed into a previous approbation of a plan, the accomplishment of which every motive of duty to his father and sovereign, as well as of...
Page 240 - Upon that part of the plan which regards the king's real and personal property, the prince feels himself compelled to remark, that it was not necessary for Mr. Pitt, nor proper, to suggest to the prince the restraint he proposes against the prince's granting away the king's real and personal property.