George the Third, His Court, and Family, Volume 2Henry Colburn, 1824 - Great Britain |
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... horse for a hunting party . He read the note , put it calmly into his pocket , and mounted his hunter , but stopped , on a page running after him to say that the premier's courier waited for an answer . His Majesty , without hurry , or ...
... horse for a hunting party . He read the note , put it calmly into his pocket , and mounted his hunter , but stopped , on a page running after him to say that the premier's courier waited for an answer . His Majesty , without hurry , or ...
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... horse , attended only by an equerry and footman , and ride ten or twelve miles without speaking ; perhaps dismount to examine his hounds , or inspect his agricultural improvements , and return to the Lodge in the same unusual pensive ...
... horse , attended only by an equerry and footman , and ride ten or twelve miles without speaking ; perhaps dismount to examine his hounds , or inspect his agricultural improvements , and return to the Lodge in the same unusual pensive ...
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... horses that were to run . The lord mayor and lady mayoress had some con- versation with their majesties ; after which the King appeared on the ground on horseback , and con- versed with the clerk of the course at different in- tervals ...
... horses that were to run . The lord mayor and lady mayoress had some con- versation with their majesties ; after which the King appeared on the ground on horseback , and con- versed with the clerk of the course at different in- tervals ...
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... horses , and the reduction of his expenditure in all points . Many most injurious reports were in circulation at this time against His Majesty's fair fame , in regard to some diamonds of immense value pre- sented to him by Mr. Hastings ...
... horses , and the reduction of his expenditure in all points . Many most injurious reports were in circulation at this time against His Majesty's fair fame , in regard to some diamonds of immense value pre- sented to him by Mr. Hastings ...
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... horses were out of order . Her practice was to rise very early ; and she always drank her coffee or chocolate in a standing posture , or walking all the while about the room . She took snuff immoderately , and was very fond of cards ...
... horses were out of order . Her practice was to rise very early ; and she always drank her coffee or chocolate in a standing posture , or walking all the while about the room . She took snuff immoderately , and was very fond of cards ...
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Page 14 - Lordship told me, uninterruptedly in that office, through all the changes in administration for thirty years, having first been appointed by the Earl of Holderness.
Page 354 - Ought I not to come forward in a moment of unexampled difficulty and danger ? Ought I not to share in the glory of victory, when I have everything to lose by defeat? The highest places in your majesty's service are filled by the younger branches of the royal family; to me alone no place is assigned; I am not thought worthy to be even the junior major-general of your army.
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