The Public and Domestic Life of His Late Most Gracious Majesty, George the Third, Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from The Public and Domestic Life of His Late Most Gracious Majesty, George the Third, Vol. 1 of 2: Comprising the Most Eventful and Important Period in the Annals of British History, Compiled From Authentic Sources, and Interspersed With Numerous AnecdotesThere is no period in the history qfths World, pregnant with great occurrences, so marked by stupon dous transactions, many of which are still operating in their remote consequences, as that which is embraced between the Accession and the Demise of grorqb mu third. Mthin this period, the Wars, the Treaties, the Triumphs of england, have in¿uenced nearly the whole of the habitable globe. By the Peace of 1763, America was secured to England, and by that of 1783, it was lost for ever. During the Hench Revolution, which shoot every other State in europe, this Country, under the guidance of george III. Preserved inviolate the Laws and Religion of our Ancestors, and escaped the vortex which swallowed up so many others. Whilst military despotism was cruelly exercised by E'ance, England was employed in e¿'ecting the permanent eman cipation of enslaved Africa. In India, our Empire, after extending over a population of more than fifty millions, received the valuable addition of Ceylon, with the Isles of France and Bourbon, which, with the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, form links in the chain which unites the Peninsula of India with this Island. The Fortress which commands the filediterran can, has been acknowledged our own. The Union with Ireland has been established, and Penal Statutes against the Catholics have been repealed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.