Charles Duke of Orl%C3%A9ans/freedom

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    But if that Golden Age would come again,
    And Charles here rule as he before did reign;
    Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

    When the Prince of Wales [later King George IV] and the Duke of York went to visit their brother Prince William [later William IV] at Plymouth, and all three being very loose in their manners, and coarse in their language, Prince William said to his ship’s crew, “now I hope you see that I am not the greatest blackguard of my family.”
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    I’ve never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It’s probably because they have forgotten their own.
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