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Some Anecdotes Of Henry Prince Of Wales,
SOME ANECDOTES OF HENRY PRINCE OF WALES ,
ELDEST SON OF KING JAMES THE FIRST . [ From Doftor Birch ' s Life of that Prince , published in March 1760 . ]
THIS Prince ( says the Doctor ) was of a comely stature , about five feet eight inches , of a strong , strait , well-made bod }* , with shoulders somewhat broad , and a small waist ; of an amiable and majestic countenance ; his hair was of an auburn ^ colour ; he was long visaged , and had a broad forehead , a piercing ' eye , and a most gracious smile , but a terrible frown . — He was ( adds the Doctor ) courteouslovingand affable ; naturally
, , modest , and even shame-faced ; most patient , ancl slow to anger *' : He was merciful to offenders , after a little punishment to make them sensible of their faults . His sentiments of piety * ( continues the writer ) were strong and habitual , and his great aversion to swearing , is evident from the following anecdote : —His Highness being once hunting the stag , it happened that the stag , being spent , crossed the
road , where a butcher and his dog were travelling . The dog killed the stag , which was so large that the butcher could not carry it away ; when the huntsmen and attendants came up , they expressed great resentment , and endeavoured to incense the Prince against the butcher . But the Prince answered eoolly : " If the dog killed the s * how could the butcher help it . " They replied" that if his
ag , , father had been so served , he would have sworn intolerably . ' Away , " rejoined the Prince , " all the pleasure in the world is not wwthanoath . " His courage arid intrepidity shewed themselves from his earliest years . —Being asked , when very young , what instrument of music he liked besthe answered " a trumpet ; " in the sound of which ,
, and of drums , and of small and great pieces of ordnance , shot off near him , he took great delig ht . He was scarce seven years of age when a boy of good courage , and almost a year older , falling by accident to blows with him , and exerting his whole strength , hisFIighness not only had the . superiority in the contest , but loved his antagonist the better ever after for his spirit—While a child , he wept much
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Some Anecdotes Of Henry Prince Of Wales,
SOME ANECDOTES OF HENRY PRINCE OF WALES ,
ELDEST SON OF KING JAMES THE FIRST . [ From Doftor Birch ' s Life of that Prince , published in March 1760 . ]
THIS Prince ( says the Doctor ) was of a comely stature , about five feet eight inches , of a strong , strait , well-made bod }* , with shoulders somewhat broad , and a small waist ; of an amiable and majestic countenance ; his hair was of an auburn ^ colour ; he was long visaged , and had a broad forehead , a piercing ' eye , and a most gracious smile , but a terrible frown . — He was ( adds the Doctor ) courteouslovingand affable ; naturally
, , modest , and even shame-faced ; most patient , ancl slow to anger *' : He was merciful to offenders , after a little punishment to make them sensible of their faults . His sentiments of piety * ( continues the writer ) were strong and habitual , and his great aversion to swearing , is evident from the following anecdote : —His Highness being once hunting the stag , it happened that the stag , being spent , crossed the
road , where a butcher and his dog were travelling . The dog killed the stag , which was so large that the butcher could not carry it away ; when the huntsmen and attendants came up , they expressed great resentment , and endeavoured to incense the Prince against the butcher . But the Prince answered eoolly : " If the dog killed the s * how could the butcher help it . " They replied" that if his
ag , , father had been so served , he would have sworn intolerably . ' Away , " rejoined the Prince , " all the pleasure in the world is not wwthanoath . " His courage arid intrepidity shewed themselves from his earliest years . —Being asked , when very young , what instrument of music he liked besthe answered " a trumpet ; " in the sound of which ,
, and of drums , and of small and great pieces of ordnance , shot off near him , he took great delig ht . He was scarce seven years of age when a boy of good courage , and almost a year older , falling by accident to blows with him , and exerting his whole strength , hisFIighness not only had the . superiority in the contest , but loved his antagonist the better ever after for his spirit—While a child , he wept much