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six £ eenr quartering ^ in his arms : possesses a ^ fine development of tbc organs of self-lovte and ambition , and maintains a standing ** P &P $ ^ 00 men . . He rides well ; sings with , same . taste , by n ^ Aii ^ af a voi ce that can be tolerated ; shoots skilfully , aii (^ f $ a ) hftrt * l to be the largest eater of sour-crout of any crowned rJrinq ^ iA ISuifop * . He loves the princess for herself alone , and a £ &gW regrets that she will ever be sovereign of England , as bis iriotives nUkJr perhaps be misinterpreted . For her he will gfodly sacrifibie ev&tfthlhg ; his hopes are all bounded by her beauty , and tlierfe aWft fefr bounds at all to his opinion of her charms . To her e *
clii-Wft SfetViefe lie is teady to devote himself , his love , his 20 t ) rrieh , aftrf those talents aforesaid , which would have raised tTomberg to aft 6 tttiality with the most flourishing empires in the world . fiut before proceeding any further , we may as well dispatch thtt few who , under cover of names and relationships , appear in the list as English suitors of an English princess . The blindness of Prince George of Cumberland has no doubt
o ££ &feittned him to withdraw his pretensions ; Prince George of Cambridge has therefore one rival less in the field . This prince is how in his seventeenth year ; has a sallow face , and is nearsighted , but highly accomplished . He wa ltzes very boldly ; plays tfie violin with a commanding air ; can ride upon two horses at otace ; and speaks German better than English , having been bfrdilght up at Hanover . He is anxious to be well married arid ooiaSfrtobly settled , and by choosing him the amiable pfin& » &
Will am £ ly provide for one of her poor cousins , an act of spacious allH Considerate kindness for which English princesses have al-# 4 v 8 bee ' n so signally eminent . ft totould be a pity , however , if there were ne scion of the good Dittk 6 ci Cumberland to have a chance of winning so glorious a
pm& , &ftd tve consequently find the name of his nephew ^ Prince Chkrlfe * of Solms Braunfels , enrolled in the royal sweepstakes . Tite vdry first nAoment he clapped eyes on the princesfe he forswore all thoughts of others , and in fact all other thoughts . The sfaie of hid tnind may therefore be better imagined than described . It Would not have been easy to do justice to its qualities of obin
j ^ etivibr any case , but now it is engrossed by one commanding , af \ -aufflcing idea , and those who run mad for love may read hi $ httH As tney rush onward . What would he not do For her ? Whfet cdn he do for her ? Give him out the word ! He can sing * I £ t 4 tt Ot eight songs and take a part in ^ quartett ; he dan ces With spirit ; lie has a great opinion ot himself ; and lie is also a
gjreat smoker . To the politics of the country he would be a V ^ st a ^ bqtaUion . He rejrards his noble uncle as a nl ocljeL and there is no knowing what advantages the country miyht derive by iiift aMug entirely under the aidyice of that gr ^ At alid cobmgeolis dfptbfamtlst , and most virtuous though mucE-abiwed private cha-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1836, page 470, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2660/page/10/
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