The royal exile; or, Memoirs of the life of Caroline, queen consort of Great Britain

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Page 145 - Our inclinations are not in our power, nor should either of us be held answerable to the other because nature has not made us suitable to each other. Tranquil and comfortable society is, however, in our power ; let our intercourse, therefore, be restricted to that...
Page 447 - Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Page 145 - MADAM, — As Lord Cholmondeley informs me, that you wish I would define, in writing, the terms upon which we are to live, I shall endeavour to explain myself upon that head, with as much clearness, and with as much propriety, as the nature of the subject will admit. Our inclinations are not in our power, nor should either of us be held answerable to the other, because nature has not made us suitable to each other.
Page 543 - Connaugkt-place, May 26, 1814." 9Z [ 538 ] . . Her majesty's answer : — " Windtor Castle, May 35, 1814. " The queen cannot omit to acknowledge the receipt of the princess of Wales's note of yesterday, although it does not appear to her majesty to require any other reply than that conveyed to her royal highness's preceding letter.
Page 456 - I devotedly hope she may be preserved to govern, and to show, by a new example, the liberal affection of a free and generous people to a virtuous and constitutional monarch. " I am, sir, with profound respect, and an attachment which nothing can alter, Your royal highness's most devoted and most affectionate Consort, cousin, and subject, (Signed) CAROLINE LOUISA.
Page 529 - Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
Page 146 - 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 368 - ... might thus be deprived of the far better part of their incomes. If, contrary to all expectation, there should be found, in some peers, likely to amount to a majority} a disposition to reject the bill, some of these peers may be ordered away to their ships, regiments, governments', and other duties; and, which is an equally alarming power, new peers may be created for the purpose, and give their vote in the decision. That your majesty's ministers would advise these measures, if found necessary...
Page 127 - Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the...
Page 403 - ... that his majesty would suspend any further steps in the business, until the prince of Wales should be enabled to submit to him the statement which he proposed to make. The king, therefore, considers it incumbent upon him to defer naming a day to the princess of Wales, until the further result of the prince's intention shall have been made known to him.

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