Side lights on English history; . s very early, and is uppseverall hours before he calls dines in a small room adjoining, inwhich there is nothing but very com-mon things. He sometimes, they say,sups with his daughters and their com-pany, and is very merry and singsFrench songs, but at present he is invery low spirits. 5. Lord Waldegraves character ofGeorge II. (Memoirs, London, 1S21,p. 4.) 1758. The King is in his 75th year; buttemperance and an excellent constitu-tion have hitherto preserved him frommany of the infirmities of old age. . He has as much personal bravery asany man, t
Side lights on English history; . s very early, and is uppseverall hours before he calls dines in a small room adjoining, inwhich there is nothing but very com-mon things. He sometimes, they say,sups with his daughters and their com-pany, and is very merry and singsFrench songs, but at present he is invery low spirits. 5. Lord Waldegraves character ofGeorge II. (Memoirs, London, 1S21,p. 4.) 1758. The King is in his 75th year; buttemperance and an excellent constitu-tion have hitherto preserved him frommany of the infirmities of old age. . He has as much personal bravery asany man, though his political courageseems somewhat problematical : how-ever, it is a fault on the right side ; forhad he always been as firm and un-tlaiuited in the closet as he shewedhimself at Oudenarde and Dettingen,he might not have proved quite sogood a king in this limited monarcliy. In the drawing-room, he is graciousand polite to the ladies, and remarkablycheerful and familiar with those whoaie handsome, or with the few of his.
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