A Personal History of the Horse-Guards From 1750 to 1872 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Personal History of the Horse-Guards From 1750 to 1872 Mr. Beckford, whose sayings are reported under the pseudonym of "A. Bæculorius," thought England could always get mercenaries from abroad, but Mr. G. Lee, a lawyer ("Livius Salinator"), and others, were in favour of the force (18,800) and the vote passed. Authorities differ as to the exact date when the first stone of the "Horse-Guards" was laid, but there is no doubt that the edifice must have been completed - all but the dome and the turret - in the year 1750. At that time, British architects apparently took their tone from the form and stature of the Hanoverian family. Neither George I. nor George II. was cast in the mould on which "every god had set his seal to give the world assurance of a man." They were rather dumpy and stumpy than the reverse, and it was a delicate compliment on the part of the architects and builders to lay on the enduring earth heavy loads of masonry, whose outline and elevation should correspond with the bulk and height of the Monarchs. 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.
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