[12] "George III., his Court and Family," vol. i. pp. 142-3.
[13] "George III., his Court and Family," vol. i. p. 172.
[14] How this remark reminds us of the lines in the New Bath Guide:—
"But Stephen, no sighing, no tears could recall,
So she hallowed the seventh, and went to the ball."
[15] "Last Ten Years of the Reign of George II." By Horace Walpole. Vol. ii. pp. 47-50.
[16] Baron von Seckendorf, writing to Mr. W. N. Wraxall, in 1776, remarks: "On m'a aussi parlé dernièrement d'une brochure qui vient de parôitre à Londres au sujet de notre chère et respectable maîtresse qui a pour titre, 'Memoirs of an Unfortunate Queen;' quoique l'authenticité de ces lettres est incontestablement fausse, je serois pourtant bien aise de les posséder." How on earth could the Baron be certain of the falsehood of a book which he had not seen?
[17] "Annual Register, 1765."
[18] Walpole's "Memoirs of Reign of George III.," vol. ii. pp. 330-31.
[19] "Memoirs and Correspondence of Sir R. Murray Keith," vol. i. p. 163. A book which contains a great deal of thrashed out straw, and is remarkable for the art by which every interesting or satisfactory document has been left out.