The Wives of George IV by Catherine Curzon

Author:Catherine Curzon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2022-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

“She says she wishes to be loved by the people; this, I assure her, can only be obtained by making herself respected and rare – that the sentiment can only be given to a few, to a narrow circle of those we see every day – that a nation at large can only respect and honour a great princess, and it is, in fact, these feelings that are falsely denominated the love of a nation; they are not to be procured as the good-will of individuals is, by pleasant openness and free communication, but by a strict attention to appearances – by never going below the high rank in which a Princess is placed, either in language or manners – by mixing dignity with affability, which, without it, becomes familiarity, and levels all distinction.”24

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