46. Q. What are the names of the three sovereigns who successively reigned after George I.? A. George II., George III., and George IV.
47. Q. Whose reign was the longest in English history? A. That of George IV., extending over sixty years.
48. Q. What colonies revolted during the reign of George IV. and obtained their independence? A. The American colonies.
49. Q. What two great statesmen lived during the reign of George IV.? A. Pitt and Fox.
50. Q. Who is the present sovereign of England? A. Queen Victoria, granddaughter of George III.
Death is a mighty mediator. There all the flames of rage are extinguished, hatred is appeased, and angelic pity, like a weeping sister, bends with gentle and close embrace over the funeral urn.—Schiller.