Author : Queen Caroline
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260580450
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)
Book Synopsis Trial of Queen Caroline, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) by : Queen Caroline
Download or read book Trial of Queen Caroline, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Queen Caroline and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Trial of Queen Caroline, Vol. 2 Tages to apprehend. Public opinion had already de cided on the case, and he had nothing to fear but the consequences of perjury. The apprehension which op pressed him was, that his feeble exertions might have the effect of casting, for the first time, this great cause into doubt, and turning against him the reproaches of those millions of his countrymen now jealously watching the result of these proceedings, and who might perhaps impute it to him if their lordships should reverse that judgment which they had already pronounced upon the charges in the present state of the case. In this situa tion, with all the time which their lordships had afforded him for reflection, it was difficult for him to compose his mind to the proper discharge of his professional duty; for he was still weighed down with the sense of the heavy responsibility of the task he had undertaken. He must also observe, that it was ho light addition to the anxiety of this feeling to foresee that, before these proceedings closed, it might be his unexampled lot to act in a way which might appear inconsistent with the duty of a good subject - to state what might make some call in question his loyalty, though that was not what he anticipated from their lordships. He would now te mind their lordships that his illustrious client, then Caroline of Brunswick, arrived in this country in the year 179 5 she was the niece of the Sovereign, and the intended consort of the heir-apparent, and was herself not far removed from the succession to the crown. But he now went back to that period, solely for the purpose of passing over all that had elapsed from her arrival, until her departure in 1814; and he rejoiced that the most faithful discharge of his duty permitted him to take this course. But he could not do this without pausing for a moment to vindicate himself against an imputation to which he might not unnaturally be ex. 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.
