Memoirs of Mrs. Fitzherbert: With an Account of Her Marriage with H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Afterwards King George IV.R. Bentley, 1856 - 202 pàgines |
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Pàgina 186 - ... it in toto, in point of fact as well as law. The fact not only never could have happened legally, but never did happen in any way whatsoever, and had from the beginning been a base and malicious falsehood.
Pàgina 193 - Highness' s feelings had no doubt been considered on this occasion, he must take the liberty of saying, however some might think it a subordinate consideration, that there was another person entitled, in every delicate and honourable mind, to the same attention ; one, whom he would not otherwise venture to...
Pàgina 24 - ... the most extravagant expressions and ' actions, rolling on the floor, striking his forehead, tearing his hair, ' falling into hysterics, and swearing that he would abandon the ' country, forego the Crown, sell his jewels and plate, and scrape ' together a competence to fly with the object of his affections to 'America.
Pàgina 18 - If anything could add to the weight of these considerations, it is the impossibility of remedying the mischiefs I have alluded to. For, if your Royal Highness should think proper, when you are twentyfive years old, to notify to Parliament your intention to marry (by which means alone a legal marriage can be contracted), in what manner can it be notified ? If the previous marriage is mentioned or owned, will it not be said that you have set at defiance the laws of your country, and that you now come...
Pàgina 40 - ... in order to prevent all risks ; it being equally manifest, that if merely preventing a Catholic from being the Sovereign's consort had been the only purpose of the enactment, this could have been most effectually accomplished by simply declaring the Marriage void, and the forfeiture of the crown became wholly superfluous.
Pàgina 17 - I doubt much whether an uncertainty of this kind, by keeping men's minds in perpetual agitation upon a matter of this moment, might not cause a greater ferment than any other possible situation. If there should be children from the marriage, I need not say how much the uneasiness, as well of yourselves as of the nation, must be aggravated. If anything could add to the weight of these considerations, it is the impossibility of remedying the mischiefs I have alluded to ; for if your Royal Highness...
Pàgina 130 - The next eight years were, she said, the happiest of her connection with the Prince. She used to say that they were extremely poor, but as merry as crickets ; and as a proof of their poverty, she told me...
Pàgina 79 - Lightfoot, that his father would have been a happier man had he remained firm in standing by the legality of his own marriage. It would be difficult to say who was at hand to take down the Prince's speech on this occasion ; but, according to the author last named, it was substantially as follows : — " But I beg farther that my wife be received at court, and proportionately as your Majesty receives her, and pays her attention from this time, so shall I render my attentions to your Majesty. The lady...
Pàgina 22 - Highness will think, illtimed letter ; but such as it is, it is dictated by pure zeal and attachment to your Royal Highness. "With respect to Mrs. Fitzherbert, she is a person with whom I have scarcely the honour of being acquainted, but I hear from everybody that her character is irreproachable and her manners most amiable.
Pàgina 189 - ... incapable to inherit, possess or enjoy the crown and government of this realm and Ireland and the dominions thereunto belonging or any part of the same, or to have, use or exercise any regal power, authority or jurisdiction within the same; and in all and every such case or cases the people of these realms shall be and are hereby absolved of their allegiance...