Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-10-22
2Q(Oreestrr Daily Syn.



routing, would have made scapegrace of 4
much less lively prince. All the big princes
b0lted from that castle OF ennM where old
hlng George sat, posting up his books and
drOnlng over his Handel and Old Oueen
Charlotte over her snuff and her tambour
frame. Most of the sturdy, gallant sons set.
tied down after sowing their wild oats. and
became sober subjects of their father and
brother-not ill liked by the nation, which
pardons youthful Irregularities readily cuough,
for the sake Of pluck, and indebtedness, and
good humor
1t was an unlucky thing for this doomed
one, and tending to lead him yet farther on the
road to the deuce, that, besides being lovely
so that women were fascinated by him and
heir apparent, SO that all tattered him he
should have a beautiful vol e, which led him
directly in the way OF drink and thus all the
pleasant devils were coaXing on poor Florizel
desire, and idleness, and vanity, and drunken.
ness, all clashng their merry cymbas and bid
ding him come on.
We first hear of his warbling sentimental
ditties uuder the walls of New Palace by tile
moonlight banks of Thames, with Lord Wis
count Leporello keeping watch lest the music
should be disturbed
Singing after dinner and supper was the uni
yersal fashion Of the day. You may fancy all
England sounding with choruses, some ribald,
some harmless, but all occasioniug the con,
sumption of prodigiOus deal OF fermented
liquor.
1.-The jolly muse her wings to try no frolic flights
need take,
But round the bowl would dip and fly, like swallows
round lake"
sang Morris in one of his gallant Anacreontics,
to which the prince many time Joined in
chorus, and Of which the burden is
"And that thinks reason fair to drink and fill
again"
This delightful boon companion of the
princes found "a reason fair" 10 forego filling
and drinking, saw the error of his WAYS. gave
up the bowl and chorus, and died retired and
religious. The princes table no doubt was a
very tempting one. The wits came and did
Their utmost to amuse him. 1t is wonderful |
now the spirits rise, the wit brighten, the wine
las an aroma, when great man is at the head |
OF the table. Scott, tue loyal cavalier the
kings true llegeman, the very best raconteur OF
his Tune, poured out with an endless generosi- |
ty his store Of od-worid learning, Kindness,
and humor. Grattan contributed to it his |
wondrous eloquence, fancy, feeling Tom |
Moore perched upon 1t for awhile, and pped |
his most exquisite little love-tunes on it, living
away in twitter of indignation afterwards |
ana attacking the prince with bill and claw. In |
such society, no wonder the sitting was long |
and the butler tired OF drawing corks. Re |
member what the usages OF the time were and |
that William Pitt, coming to the House of |
Commons after having drunk bottle of port |
-, - -. rs "" "0USe' ""ui" 20 INTO Della
myS with Dnndas, and help finish couple |
more.
1Ou pei U.s. 'o'u'iies aiter Volumes dDout our
piinOe' anu "iu oouc li"ii uoAeil SlooA stoIIes
il!ueeu mo- many Aloie 10 an the
histories. He was good natured; and an ndoent,
VOlGptuOuS prince, not unkindly. One story
nv ulosI ID o'%oie u MN Oh an perhaps, Is
ma W , 40 my hesent' lie was eager 10 near
al ',i"V Souiu pe s"iu III oeiaii OF PRISONERS
ooN'eiiiiGu !" ue"','' anu ahAlous' IL possible,
~ lehiiI tiie cdpital sentence lie was KIND to
ms IA 9ei 'ahts' Aheie Is " >to!y common 10 all
tle biographies vi hIoHy' the housemald, Wh0
whel Ills houSenolu was 10 oe broken up, ow
H's " sumo MS witch ne urea aosuldiy 10
practlce' was usco'efeu crying as she busted
lne cialrS because she was TO leave master
"no hau Ali'u "oru lor all HIS servants. An
other lale is tliat OF groom OF the princes be
ing discovered III corn ana oat peculauohS,
anu uiSnlisSed ny lle parsonage al tne mead OF
tlie su'oies uhe prince nau Woru OF Johll us
grace demonstrated WIN hIm very kindly,
careluily reihsaleo MN, ana oade MN
plohlse 10 SIN no hore-a promise when Johh
kept Ahother Story is very 1ohdIy tod OF the
prince as young man nearing OF an o1lcerS
iahly IN dls'reSs, ana now lie stralghtway
borrowed SIX or eight bundled pounds, put MS
long iair mar under his hat, and 50 disguised
carried the money to the starving family. lie
SEM money, TOO, to Sheridan ON his death bed,
anu "oulu nave Sent more had not death ended
inc career OF tlat man OF genius. BESIDES
tnese' tneie "le ie" pretty speeches. Klna
anu . " Pc sung WIN mum ne was
oious"t !" Ioh''tI'' Dut ne 'uiheu upon
twenty llenus' ne was Ioilu ana ia'hillar
"ltii 'nein Que u"y' anu ne l"SSeu tiie'i on the
n ,!I |l'nou' lecoSni'loh nc uSed thehl,
M ,o.e u ''eii PIii"P' ~ ms way
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.ehu ~ "u'nie 40 an EheiSh society
aumlred ner-he sald' men we nave lost the
pest Dreu Woman III England; men we
haEe 'oS' t,e Aiiues' he1l' III hiislahu' salu
NOBLE Cnaries ho&. on another OCCASION
when three noblenlen were to receive the Gar
ter, says Wraxall, "a great parsonage observ.
ed that never did three men receive the order
III so CHARACTERISTIC 4 manner The Duke OF
a. advanced to the sovereign with phlegmat-
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