PERSONAL POLITICS
Published in Literary Remains, where the author’s son says that it was ‘written during my father’s last illness, immediately after the French Revolution of 1830.’ The essay, which must have been written after the ‘Three Days’ (see post, p. 461, note) is here reprinted from Literary Remains.
PAGE [456]. ‘Ay, every inch a King!’ King Lear, Act IV. Sc. 6. ‘Cooped,’ etc. Cf. Macbeth, Act III. Sc. 4. ‘Himself again.’ Richard III. (Cibber’s version), Act V. Sc. 3. [458]. ‘Solely,’ etc. Macbeth, Act I. Sc. 5. ‘Shall be in him,’ etc. Cf. Othello, Act III. Sc. 3. [459]. ‘Smile,’ etc. Cf. Hamlet, Act I. Sc. 5. ‘Ever strong,’ etc. King John, Act III. Sc. 1. [460]. The late King. George IV. died on June 26, 1830. [461]. Let him go where he chooses. Charles X. arrived in England on Aug. 17, 1830. Note. The Revolution of the Three Days. This began on July 27, 1830.