The English Humourists. The Four Georges

Excerpt from The English Humourists: The Four Georges It is too long to tell how the four sons of Duke George divided his territories amongst them, and how, finally, they came into possession of the son Of the youngest of the four. In this generation the Protestant faith was very nearly extinguished in the family: and then where should we in England have gone for a king? The third brother also took delight in Italy, where the priests con verted him and his Protestant chaplain too. Mass was said in Hanover once more; and Italian Soprani piped their Latin rhymes in place of the hymns which William the Pious and Dr. Luther sang. Louis XIV. Gave this and other converts a splendid pension. Crowds of Frenchmen and brilliant French fashions came into his court. It is incalculable how much that royal bigwig. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.