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Under George II. If we compared the courts of George IV. and William
with the company of a low tap-room, we should not flatter the tap-room.
Broad-blown coarseness, rank debauchery, reckless prodigality, were seen
at their worst in the abode of English monarchs. A decent woman was out
of place amid the stupid horrors of the Pavilion or of Windsor; and we
do not wonder at the sedulous care which the Queen's guardians employed
to keep her beyond reach of the prevailing corruption. A man like the
Duke of Cumberland would not now be permitted to show his face in public
save in the dock; but in those times his peculiar habits were regarded
as quite royal and quite natural. Jockeys, blacklegs, gamblers,
prize-fighters were esteemed as the natural companions of princes; and
when England's king drove up to the verge of a prize-ring in the company
of a burly rough who was about to exchange buffets with another rough,
the proceeding was considered as quite manly and orthodox. Imagine the
Prince o