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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY .
FOR JUNE 1794 . HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES .
[ WITH AN ELEGANT PORT-RAIT . ] GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK , PRINCE ofWALES , Elec-• toral Prince of Brunswick Lunenburgh , Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay , Earl of Chester , Knig ht Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter , Captain General of the Artillery Company ., Steward of Plymouth , and Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons of England , was born at St . James ' s Palace , August 12 , 1762 .
Of a Personage so hi g h in rank , and whose sphere is so far removed from general notice , few circumstances can be , " with certainty , recorded by us ; and to speak on such a subject , upon doubtful ground , were indecorous in the extreme . His Royal Hig hness ' s character and talents , however , we may be allowed to say , are such as do honour to the situation of life in which Providence has p laced him . Arrived at an age when it became necessary that the establishment
of a Court and Household suitable to his rank and dignity should be assigned to him , the nation saw him assume the toga ulrilis , mix with the people he was by nature destined at some future period to govern , and , newly emerged from the regularity of a domestic court and preceptorial restraint , enter on the important stage of public life ; with a disposition gayliberaland ingenuous , he pursued pleasure as her
, , votary , but not as her slave ; skimming the surface of dissipation , lie tasted of the stream , but sunk not in its vortex , as the eagle sometimes wings the valley , but again soars aloft , and resumes its native element .
In liis person the Prince is tall , well formed , and remarkably graceful ; his address and manners are such as , independent of his birth , would rank him among the most accomplished gentlemen of his time . An exterior so " captivating is well accompanied with a genius and taste for polite literature in every walk . His classical knowledge is remarkable , and he is said to have acquired the several languages , ancient and modernwith wonderful facility . He reads Virgil and
, Horace ( his favourite authors ) with uncommon propriety , and his grace and elegance in the most difficult passages of declamation are peculiarly fine . The disposition of his Royal Highness to patronize , is only equalled b y his taste in judging of the liberal arts ; good music claims and receives his 3 D 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY .
FOR JUNE 1794 . HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES .
[ WITH AN ELEGANT PORT-RAIT . ] GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK , PRINCE ofWALES , Elec-• toral Prince of Brunswick Lunenburgh , Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay , Earl of Chester , Knig ht Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter , Captain General of the Artillery Company ., Steward of Plymouth , and Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons of England , was born at St . James ' s Palace , August 12 , 1762 .
Of a Personage so hi g h in rank , and whose sphere is so far removed from general notice , few circumstances can be , " with certainty , recorded by us ; and to speak on such a subject , upon doubtful ground , were indecorous in the extreme . His Royal Hig hness ' s character and talents , however , we may be allowed to say , are such as do honour to the situation of life in which Providence has p laced him . Arrived at an age when it became necessary that the establishment
of a Court and Household suitable to his rank and dignity should be assigned to him , the nation saw him assume the toga ulrilis , mix with the people he was by nature destined at some future period to govern , and , newly emerged from the regularity of a domestic court and preceptorial restraint , enter on the important stage of public life ; with a disposition gayliberaland ingenuous , he pursued pleasure as her
, , votary , but not as her slave ; skimming the surface of dissipation , lie tasted of the stream , but sunk not in its vortex , as the eagle sometimes wings the valley , but again soars aloft , and resumes its native element .
In liis person the Prince is tall , well formed , and remarkably graceful ; his address and manners are such as , independent of his birth , would rank him among the most accomplished gentlemen of his time . An exterior so " captivating is well accompanied with a genius and taste for polite literature in every walk . His classical knowledge is remarkable , and he is said to have acquired the several languages , ancient and modernwith wonderful facility . He reads Virgil and
, Horace ( his favourite authors ) with uncommon propriety , and his grace and elegance in the most difficult passages of declamation are peculiarly fine . The disposition of his Royal Highness to patronize , is only equalled b y his taste in judging of the liberal arts ; good music claims and receives his 3 D 2