Memoirs of a Trait in the Character of George III. of these United Kingdoms
MEMOIRS
OF
A TRAIT IN THE CHARACTER
OF
GEORGE III.
OF THESE UNITED KINGDOMS;
AUTHENTICATED BY OFFICIAL PAPERS AND PRIVATE
LETTERS IN POSSESSION OF THE AUTHOR:
WITH AN
APPENDIX OF ILLUSTRATIVE TRACTS, &c.
ABRIDGED FROM THE ORIGINAL WORK IN MANUSCRIPT.
By JOHAN HORRINS, Gent.
Lend me thy clarion, Goddess! let me try
To sound the praise of merit ere it dies.
Shenstone.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY W. EDWARDS, 12, AVE MARIA LANE;
SOLD BY OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH,
AND ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS.
MDCCCXXXV.
Preface | iii | |
Dedication and Table of Contents | xli | |
Chapter XIII | 1 | |
Chapter XIV | 18 | |
Chapter XV | 43 | |
Chapter XVI | 69 | |
APPENDIX | ||
No. 1. | Remarks on a Pamphlet published under the authority of the Board of Longitude | 89 |
No. 2. | A letter to Dr. Demainbury (the King's Astronomer at Richmond) | 191 |
No. 3. | Voyage in the Deptford man of war to Madeira, and from Madeira to Jamaica—accuracy of the Timekeeper; and the return, with a very tempestuous passage, in the Merlin sloop | 201 |
No. 4. | A letter from Lieutenant A. Howe, on the comparative merits of the Lunar process for finding the Longitude, and that by Chronometry | 206 |
No. 5. | A quotation from a periodical.—A digression in blank verse, on the fate of Sir Cloudesley Shovel, and some remarks on monumental honours | 208 |
No. 6. | On the character of Mr. George Graham | 214 |
No. 7. | Some remarks on the respective characters of George 3rd and Dr. Samuel Johnson; suggested by Mr. Croker's annotations on the biography of the Moralist | 220 |
No. 8. | A Note on Junius and Wolcot | 229 |
No. 9. | Anecdotes of George IV. when Prince of Wales. | 238 |
No. 10. | Observations on the injurious and oppressive effects of a claim under the copy-right Act from eleven colleges or libraries | 252 |
Page | 64, | line 3rd in the Note—for latter read letter. |
138, | at the bottom—for Orxford read Orford. | |
160, | line 7th from the bottom—for profound read profund. | |
174, | line 7th in the Note—for after read often. | |
224, | line 5th—for from America read from North America. |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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