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Thjb passions of nature , as modified by the circum 8 tw ^^ niV | i . birthy undergo a curious systematic process that alipcmt TpVm {| U ^ effects ^ the destruction of such passions , or their distoittUm , an < jt loraf before tke individual has reached the age of maturity . ,.- ^ 3 * $ highest pitch of civilization has many points m common mthvtter
baroahsm * . Vvhether we have reached this point at present * or . that ; we may hope to become still more " refined / ' one fkpt \ Jk bpt too plain , —nearly all civilized nations have a king , and ^^ king is the highest fact in his nation .. He embodies the feet of r oyally * and a pretty series of deductions have been made from trutli , happiness , and mankind at large , as necessary corollaries , ever since thsrt feet was established , in order to maintain IL V But pur business , at present , is to offer a few practical observations pn the state courtships and left-handed marriages by which private decency and the public pocket are systematically outraged and made « mptv .
What on eartk do all the foreign princes come regutkkty swarming 4 > ver here for ? How silent are our newspapers I * Ha ? it nenrer struck them to inquire into the motives of tbes $ ljttle highnesses and embryo kings ? Some oa their travels , some to
pay their respects to his most religious Majesty William ^ IV , sopie to see their dear cousins—as far removed as the riumbfcr of miles their respective homes are distant—and some to finish iHelr education , remaining here with their foreign tutors to perfect themselves in the English language . It won ' t do . The Duchess
of Kent sees through the " good and wise" joke very plainly ; but since she must not express nerseIf freely on the matter , and a $ we do not feel ourselves at all placed in her delicate situation as to " parties / ' we will just give a sketchy view of some of the amorous worthies , the depth of whose adoration is exactly of the same profundity as their designs . Prince Alexander of the Netherlands is eighteen years of age ;
short , fat , and of a tolerably good constitution . He is not very wealthy , but John Bull is rich ; nor is he very witty , but this can be of no consequence to a head that aspires to a corner in the English crown , since the whole of it may be worn without the slightest pretensions to that or any other mental quality . He is willing , however , to improve himself ; is perfectly disinterested in his attachment , and anxious , as his relations one and all declare *
to make himself generally useful . The Prince of Hesse Homberg is twenty-six years of age , not tall , but something stout , and of rather alarming appearance * His mustaeitSos are the admiration of all Germany , so we may guess what an effect they produce here . He is a sovereign prince ; h § fr
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THE ROYAL SUITORS .
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The Royal JSbitors . 469 ;
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1836, page 469, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2660/page/9/
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