Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . andveiy corpulent cavalier; but, by the manner inwhich he urged his horse, you might see that hewas a bold as well as a skillful rider. Indeed,no man loved sport better; and in the hunting-ing fields of Norfolk no squire rode more boldlyafter the fox, or cheered Ringwood and Sweettipsmore lustily than he who now thundered overthe Richmond road. He speedily reached Richmond Lodge, andasked to see the owner of the mansion. Themistress of the house and her ladies, to whomour friend was admitted, said he could not beintroduced to the
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . andveiy corpulent cavalier; but, by the manner inwhich he urged his horse, you might see that hewas a bold as well as a skillful rider. Indeed,no man loved sport better; and in the hunting-ing fields of Norfolk no squire rode more boldlyafter the fox, or cheered Ringwood and Sweettipsmore lustily than he who now thundered overthe Richmond road. He speedily reached Richmond Lodge, andasked to see the owner of the mansion. Themistress of the house and her ladies, to whomour friend was admitted, said he could not beintroduced to the master, however pressing thebusiness might be. The master was asleep afterhis dinner; he always sle))t after his dinner: andwoe be to the person who interrupted him ! Nev-ertheless, our stout friend of the jack-boots putthe affrighted ladies aside, opened the forbiddendoor of the bedroom, wlierein upon the bed laya little gentleman; and here the eager messengerknelt down in his jack-boots. He on the bed started up, and with many HARPERS NEW MONTHLY AVE C^SAE. oaths and a strong German accent asked whowas there, and who dared to disturb him ? I am Sir Robert Walpole, said the mes-senger. The awakened sleeper hated Sir RobertWalpole. I have the honor to announce to yourMnjesty that your royal father, King George I.,died at Osnaburg on Saturday last, the 10th in-stant. Z>a^ is one hhj lie f^^ roared out his sacredMajesty King George II. ; but Sir Robert Wal-pole stated the fact, and from that day until three-and-thirty years after, George, the secondof the name, ruled over England. How the king made away with his fatherswill under the astonished nose of the Archbishopof Canterbury ; how he was a choleric little sov-ereign ; how he shook his fist in the face of hisfathers courtiers; how he kicked his coat andwig about in his rages, and called every bodythief, liar, rascal, with whom he differed—youwill read in all the history books; and how hespeedily and shrewdly
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