Personal and Party Government: A Chapter in the Political History of the Early Years of the Reign, of George III, 1760-1766 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Personal and Party Government: A Chapter in the Political History of the Early Years of the Reign, of George III, 1760-1766

Their failure is somewhat surprising, seeing how much they had in their favour. It might have been anticipated that a youthful king, inexperienced in affairs, and too apt to disregard public opinion when it conflicted with his own will, would find himself no match for men who had grown grey in the service of his grandfather, and had accumulated a rich store ...