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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
Prince of Wales, who used to call him a fine, showy man, such as would make an excellent ambassador in a court where there was no business. He was ambitious, yet his personal timidity loved to lean on a nature firmer than his own. Though his learning was small, he was willing to be thought a man of erudition, who could quote Horace, and find pleasure in Virgil and Columella. He had an air of the greatest importance, and in look and manner assumed an extraordinary appearance of wisdom. Chatham Correspond., i. 157. Waldegrave's Memoirs, 38. Unacquainted with business and unemployed in public office, yet as a consistent and most obsequious royalist, he retained the confidence of the princess dowager, and was the instructor chap. X.} 1756. of the future sovereign of England in the theory of the British constitution. Adolphus: Hist. of England, i. 12. On the organization of his household, Prince George desired to have him about his person. The request of the prince, which P