The Personal History of His Late Majesty George the Fourth: With Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons of the Last Fifty Year, 第 2 卷H. Colburn, 1841 |
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第 285 頁 - To whom we do acknowledge all faith and constant obedience with all hearty and humble affection, beseeching God, by whom Kings and Queens do reign, to bless the Royal Prince, George the Fourth, with long and happy years to reign over us.
第 25 頁 - Should the implacable enemy so far succeed as to land, you will have an opportunity of showing your zeal at the head of your regiment. It will be the duty of every man to stand forward on such an occasion ; and I shall certainly think it mine to set an example in defence of every thing that is dear to me and to my people.
第 21 頁 - But, since no event in my future life could compensate for the misfortune of not participating in the honours and dangers which await the brave men destined to oppose an invading enemy, I cannot forego the earnest renewal of my application. All I solicit is, a more ostensible situation than that in which I am at present placed ; for situated as I am, as a mere colonel of a regiment, the...
第 186 頁 - I am neither," he said, in the same phrase which we have formerly quoted, " a philosopher nor a physician. I believe in God, and am of the religion of my father. It is not every body who can be an atheist. I was born a Catholic, and will fulfil all the duties of the Catholic Church, and receive the assistance which it administers.
第 146 頁 - There was an honest tenderness, an affectionate and sincere reverence in the embrace interchanged betwixt the Duke of York and his Majesty that approached almost to a caress, and impressed all present with the electrical conviction, that the nearest to the throne in blood was the nearest also in affection. I never heard plaudits given more from the heart than those that were thundered upon the royal brethren when they were thus pressed to each other's bosoms, — it was an emotion of natural kindness,...
第 154 頁 - ... page, which reminded me of the caution of our proverb ' not to man yourself with your kin.' The Peers, for example, had only a cold collation, while the Aldermen of London feasted on venison and turtle ; and similar errors necessarily befell others in the confusion of the evening.
第 125 頁 - I cannot conclude without expressing the gratification I should feel, if some of those persons with whom the early habits of my public life were formed, would strengthen my hands, and constitute a part of my government.
第 284 頁 - Clarence ; we, therefore, the lords spiritual and temporal of this realm, being here assisted with those of his late majesty's privy council, with numbers of other principal gentlemen of quality, with the lord mayor, aldermen, and citizens of London...
第 285 頁 - Wales ; we, therefore, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this realm, being here assisted with these of his late Majesty's Privy Council, with numbers of other principal gentlemen of quality, with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and citizens of London, do now hereby, with one voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim, that the high and mighty Prince...
第 22 頁 - I ask to be allowed to display the best energies of my character ; .to shed the last drop of my blood in support of your Majesty's Person, Crown and Dignity ; for this is not a war for empire, glory or dominion, -but for existence.
書目資訊
| 書名 | The Personal History of His Late Majesty George the Fourth: With Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons of the Last Fifty Year, 第 2 卷 The Personal History of His Late Majesty George the Fourth: With Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons of the Last Fifty Year, George Croly |
| 作者 | George Croly |
| 版本 | 2 |
| 出版者 | H. Colburn, 1841 |
| 來源： | 紐約市立圖書館 |
| 已數位化 | 2007年3月26日 |
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