. William Hone; his life and times. QDALIF ICAt 1 8N THE QUEENSMATRIMONIAL PRINTED BY WILUAM HONE, HILL, LONDON. th thf One Shillivs. THE PICTURES ON THE TWO LEGS OF THE CARDBOARD ToY LAUDER. To lace p. 236. THE QUEEN CAROLINE AFFAIR 237 came to me. They urged me to write something forher. I refused for some time, till at last they said, The Queen expects it of you ; and I felt I could nolonger refuse, but it troubled me very much. I hadgone there to be quiet, and out of the way of politics,about which my mind had begun to misgive me—thatis, as to my interference w
. William Hone; his life and times. QDALIF ICAt 1 8N THE QUEENSMATRIMONIAL PRINTED BY WILUAM HONE, HILL, LONDON. th thf One Shillivs. THE PICTURES ON THE TWO LEGS OF THE CARDBOARD ToY LAUDER. To lace p. 236. THE QUEEN CAROLINE AFFAIR 237 came to me. They urged me to write something forher. I refused for some time, till at last they said, The Queen expects it of you ; and I felt I could nolonger refuse, but it troubled me very much. I hadgone there to be quiet, and out of the way of politics,about which my mind had begun to misgive me—thatis, as to my interference with them. Observe, thoughGod has changed my opinions about religion, I havenot changed my politics. I did not like my task ; I could not see how to doit, nor yet how to avoid it ; so, a good deal out ofsorts, I left the Museum. Instead of going straight home, I wandered offtowards Pentonville, and stopped and looked absentlyinto the window of a little fancy shop. There was atoy, The Matrimonial Ladder. I saw at once what Icould do with it, and went home and wrote TheQueens Mat
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