[182] Southy: Memoirs of George III.
[183] Byron: The Vision of Judgment.
The King in later years would sometimes visit the book-shop of Charles Knight at Windsor, and there was accustomed to sit on a high stool at the counter to glance at the latest publications. One day he saw there Bishop Watson's "Apology for the Bible," the title of which volume excited him. "What!—what!—what!—Apologize for the Bible!—what—what—what!" On another occasion he was startled to find among the latest acquisitions a copy of Paine's "Age of Reason." He sharply rebuked Knight, and quitted the shop, never again to enter it.
[184] "Their Majesties not being accustomed to play at hazard, ordered a handsome gratuity to the Groom Porter: and orders were given that, for the future, there be no card playing amongst the servants."—Annual Register, Jan. 6, 1772.
[185] William, second Baron Talbot, created Earl Talbot in 1762.
[186] Lord Holland's Memoir in The Life and Letters of Lady Sarah Lennox.
[187] Memoirs of George III.
[188] The North Briton, No. 12.
[189] Percy Anecdotes.
[190] Georgiana.