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HISTORY

OF THE

REGENCY AND REIGN

OF

King George the Fourth.

BY WILLIAM COBBETT.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY MILLS, JOWETT, AND MILLS,
BOLT COURT;

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM COBBETT, 183, FLEET-STREET.

PREFACE.

1. THE proper business of a Preface is twofold; first, to tell the reader why the work is written and published; and, second, to describe to him the manner in which it is done, and to apprize him of other circumstances the want of a previous knowledge of which might produce inconvenience to him.

2. With regard to the first, the why is, that we may have, at once, a record of the acts and character of the king in question, while these are all fresh in our minds, while a great part of the actors are still alive, while official and other documents are within our reach, while the field is fairly open for controversy on the matters stated, and, above all, that the history may

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