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chbsen friendJaro favourite of joking , who was ^| u < % e of men , yet never that king's muftsieiv though a . man of business , knowledge and learnings beyond most of hw contemporaries ; but ambition visited him not , and contentment i&led his hours . Apne&led to for his arbitra
tion by various contending parties in the State upon the . highest differences , his judgment always tempered their dissensions , while Ins own principles , which were the freedom of the people and the maintenance of the laws , remained steadfast and unshaken , and his influence
unimpaired , though exercised through a long series of struggles , that served as foils to his disinterested virtue . The constancy and firmness of his mind were proof against every trial hut the distresses of mankind ; and therein he was a rock with n * aw springs * and his generosity
was as the waters that flow from it , nourishing the plains beneath . He was wise in the first degree of wisdom , master of a powerful and delicate wit , had a ready conception , and as quick parts as any man that ever lived , aud never lost his wisdom iu his wit , nor his coolness
by provocations . He smiled at things that drive other men to anger , he was a stranger to resentment , not to injuries ; those feared him most that loved him , yet he was revered by all ; for he was as true a friend as , ever bore that name , and as generous an enemy as ever bad man tried . He was in all things
undisturbed , modest , placid and humane . To him broad day-light and the commerce of the world were as easy as the night and solitude . To him the return of night and solitude must have been a season of ever blest reflection . To him this now deep night must , through the merits of his Redeemer , Jesus Christ , be
everlasting peace and joy . < " O death , thy sting is to the living 0 grave * thy vfctoryds over the titfburied ! the wife—the child—the , friend—that is left behind . " Thus saith the widow of this
incomparable man , his once most baj > py wife , now the faithful remembrancer of all nts virtues , Maria Countess Dowager of Waldegrave , wfco inscrib e * thia tablet to Ws beloved memory . "—Pref- pp . xx . xxi .
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^ He h ^ a uiidcrstimding , « u ^ not of the fost claa ^; and ha ^ a f clear insight buo men and things ^ widuo > a certain compass . He is accused )» yv M ^ musters of being hasty and , passionate when auy measure is proposed . which he does not approve of ; thoMgh ^ vithin . tfae compass of my : £ ffar observation , 1 have known few persons . of high rank who could bear contradiction better , provided the intention was apparently good , apd the manner decent .
*< When anyr thing disagreeable passes in the closet , when any of his ministers happen to displease him , it . cannot long remain a secret ; for his . countenance can never dissemble ; but to those servant * who attend his person , and do uot disturb him with frequent solicitations , he is ever gracious and affable .
" Even in the early part of life he was fond of business ; at present , it is become almost his only amusement . He has more knowledge of foreign affairs than most of his ministers , and has good general notions of the consitution , strength
and interest of this , country ; but being past thirty when the Hanover succession took place , and having since experienced the violence of party , the injustice of popular clamour , the corruption of parliaments and the selfish motives of
pretended patriots , it is not surprising that he should have contracted soo ^ prejudices in favour of those governments where the royal authority is under , less restraint * fir " Yet prudence has so far prevailed over these prejudices , that they have never influenced his conduct . On the
contrary , many laws have been enacted in favour of public liberty ; and in title course of a long reign , there has u ^ t been a single attempt to extend the prerogative of the crown beyond its prqtper limits .
* ' He has as much personal bravery- as any man , though his political courage seems somewhat problematical : however it is a fault on the right side ; for had he always been as firm and undaunted in the closet as he shewed himself at
Oudenarde and Dettingen , he might not ' hare proved quite so good a . king in this limit- ! ed monarchy . " In the (^ vving-room , he is gricious and polite to the ladies , find remarkably cheerful and familiar with those who arfe
handsome , or with the few of liis old acquaintance who ^ were beautjes in his yoimger days . alks
« His conversation is very proper tor a t ^ te-a-teJ ^ : ft 6- »^ feu t freely on most subjects , ™ ud very much to the purpose ; but he cannot discourse with the s * $ » fe ease , nor haa he the faculty of Ivtimm
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1822, page 51, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2508/page/51/
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