Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty Caroline, Queen of Great Britain, and Consort of King George the Fourth: Containing Ample Details of the Unhappy Differences Between Their Majesties, and of the Proceedings Connected with the Queen's Return to this Country |
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... opinions I may venture to divulge on this subject , I ought not , in fairness , to be charged with any political bias whatever . This question , as it appears to my mind , has nothing to do with the party politics of the day : it is a ...
... opinions I may venture to divulge on this subject , I ought not , in fairness , to be charged with any political bias whatever . This question , as it appears to my mind , has nothing to do with the party politics of the day : it is a ...
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... opinion from his Majesty's ministers , and 100,000l . when he agreed with them . Mr. Fox delicately adverted to the suspicious circumstances in which such a transaction placed that prince , and wished the House to avoid such a conduct ...
... opinion from his Majesty's ministers , and 100,000l . when he agreed with them . Mr. Fox delicately adverted to the suspicious circumstances in which such a transaction placed that prince , and wished the House to avoid such a conduct ...
Page 81
... opinion of ministers , that 60,000l . a year , in addition to the duchy of Cornwall , was sufficient for rein- stating the Prince in all his splendour . Upon what principle , then , did they now say that 125,000l . a year was necessary ...
... opinion of ministers , that 60,000l . a year , in addition to the duchy of Cornwall , was sufficient for rein- stating the Prince in all his splendour . Upon what principle , then , did they now say that 125,000l . a year was necessary ...
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... Fox , who urged that the House was not by this vote pledging itself to pay the debts . This opinion was dissented from by Mr. Sheridan , who censured the mode that had been pursued . The public never could believe that the 88.
... Fox , who urged that the House was not by this vote pledging itself to pay the debts . This opinion was dissented from by Mr. Sheridan , who censured the mode that had been pursued . The public never could believe that the 88.
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... opinion , that the Duke of York , in case of the demise of the Prince of Wales , would suc- ceed of right to the duchy , was not a formal opinion , but one incidentally thrown out upon the interpretation of the word primogenitus in ...
... opinion , that the Duke of York , in case of the demise of the Prince of Wales , would suc- ceed of right to the duchy , was not a formal opinion , but one incidentally thrown out upon the interpretation of the word primogenitus in ...
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Page 109 - Albert Edward Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the Royal Family ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Page 119 - The letter which you announce to me as the last, obliges me to communicate to the King, as to my Sovereign, and my Father, both your avowal and my answer. You will find enclosed the copy of my letter to the King.
Page 535 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 431 - Majesty's officers on the lakes directing that the Naval force so to be limited shall be restricted to such services as will in no respect interfere with the proper duties of the armed vessels of the other Party.
Page 119 - Cholmondeley, that even in the event of any accident happening to my daughter, which I trust Providence in its mercy will avert, I shall not infringe the terms of the restriction by proposing, at any period, a connexion of a more particular nature.
Page 156 - WEEP, daughter of a royal line, A Sire's disgrace, a realm's decay ; Ah ! happy if each tear of thine Could wash a father's fault away ! Weep — for thy tears are Virtue's tears — Auspicious to these suffering isles ; And be each drop in future years Repaid thee by thy people's smiles ! THE CHAIN I GAVE.
Page 579 - I think it right to send to you an extract of a letter from lord Liverpool to me : his. words are — ' It is material that her majesty should know confidentially, that if she shall...
Page 246 - Every sentiment of duty to your Majesty, and of concern for the public welfare, required that these particulars should not be withheld from your Majesty ; to whom more particularly belonged the cognizance of a matter of state so nearly touching the honour of your Majesty's royal family, and by possibility affecting the succession of your Majesty's crown. Your Majesty had been pleased, on your...
Page 380 - I presume, sir, to represent to your royal highness, that the separation, which every succeeding month is making wider, of the mother and the daughter, is equally injurious to my character and to her education. I say nothing of the deep wounds which so cruel an arrangement inflicts upon my feelings, although I would fain hope that few persons will be found of a disposition to think lightly of these. To see myself cut off from one of the...
Page 381 - I know that no such calumniator will venture to recommend a measure which must speedily end in his utter confusion. 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.