History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, Parts 2-3; Part 8 |
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I 1 I was going on at the time of the marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess of Brunswick . The taxes , on account of the war , pressed heavily upon the nation ; the government armed itself at all points .
I 1 I was going on at the time of the marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess of Brunswick . The taxes , on account of the war , pressed heavily upon the nation ; the government armed itself at all points .
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... even to slight a person situated as the princess was , in a foreign country , cut off from home , parents , and friends , surrounded with envious rivals and satirists , and placed solely under his protection and at his mercy ?
... even to slight a person situated as the princess was , in a foreign country , cut off from home , parents , and friends , surrounded with envious rivals and satirists , and placed solely under his protection and at his mercy ?
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During these nine months even , the princess has since complained , not only of neglect the most mortifying , but of indignities the most gross and insupportable . She was a woman II . ] GEORGE IV .
During these nine months even , the princess has since complained , not only of neglect the most mortifying , but of indignities the most gross and insupportable . She was a woman II . ] GEORGE IV .
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The princess did not bear her ill - treatment with tameness ; she made her husband feel that she was not to be insulted with impunity ; but this , of course , only added to his antipathy ; which at the end of only one year and five or ...
The princess did not bear her ill - treatment with tameness ; she made her husband feel that she was not to be insulted with impunity ; but this , of course , only added to his antipathy ; which at the end of only one year and five or ...
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was going on at the time of the marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess of Brunswick . The taxes , on account of the war , pressed heavily upon the nation ; the government armed itself at all points .
was going on at the time of the marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess of Brunswick . The taxes , on account of the war , pressed heavily upon the nation ; the government armed itself at all points .
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| Title | History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, Parts 2-3; Part 8 History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, William Cobbett |
| Author | William Cobbett |
| Publisher | William Cobbett, 1830 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 29 Mar 2006 |
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