Court Life Below Stairs Or London Under the First Georges 1714 1760 volume 1
Court Life Below Stairs Or London Under the First Georges 1714 1760 volume 1
J Fitzgerald Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy
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This cook was a favourite of the king, who sent for and asked him his reasons for wishing to leave. When the man told him it was because of the unaccustomed waste, His Majesty laughed right merrily. 'Never mind/ he answered, ' my present revenues will bear the expense. Do you rob like the rest; and be sure you take enough. ' No wonder that Count Broglio wrote to the French king of this monarch, ' He rather con- 110 COURT LIFE BELOW STAIRS. siders England a temporary possession, to be made the m...ost of while it lasts, than as a perpetual inheritance to himself and family. ' To this statement the king's acts during his reign bear strong testimony. How could he tell that the Government might not sicken and tire of him any day, and bring back the right- ful heir to the throne ; or that the descendants of the people who had brought King Charles to the block would not rise up, and drive him and his hideous mistresses, and his meddlesome, grasping counts and barons, and his Turkish slaves back to the little Electorate once more.
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