The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder: A National Toy, With Fourteen Step Scenes; and Illustrations in Verse, With Eighteen other Cuts

· 1842

"The question is not merely whether the Queen shall have her rights, but whether the rights of an individual in the kingdom shall be free from violation." "It is a wonderful thing to consider the strength of Princes' wills when they are bent to have their Pleasure fulfilled, wherein no reasonable persuasions will serve their turn: how little do they regard the dangerous sequels, that ensue as well as to themselves as to their Subjects. And amongst all things there is nothing that makes them more wilful than Carnal Love, and various affecting of Voluptuous desires."…

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