Transcribed from the 1903 Chapman and Hall Sketches by Boz edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| An Urgent Remonstrance, &c. | [447] |
| The Young Couple | [451] |
| The Formal Couple | [455] |
| The Loving Couple | [458] |
| The Contradictory Couple | [463] |
| The Couple Who Dote Upon Their Children | [466] |
| The Cool Couple | [471] |
| The Plausible Couple | [474] |
| The Nice Little Couple | [478] |
| The Egotistical Couple | [481] |
| The Couple Who Coddle Themselves | [485] |
| The Old Couple | [489] |
| Conclusion | [493] |
An Urgent Remonstrance, &c.
TO THE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND,
(BEING BACHELORS OR WIDOWERS,)
THE REMONSTRANCE OF THEIR FAITHFUL FELLOW-SUBJECT,
Sheweth,—
That Her Most Gracious Majesty, Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, did, on the 23rd day of November last past, declare and pronounce to Her Most Honourable Privy Council, Her Majesty’s Most Gracious intention of entering into the bonds of wedlock.
That Her Most Gracious Majesty, in so making known Her Most Gracious intention to Her Most Honourable Privy Council as aforesaid, did use and employ the words—‘It is my intention to ally myself in marriage with Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha.’