THE QUEEN'S MATRIMONIAL LADDER
A National Toy
With Fourteen Step Scenes; and Illustrations in Verse,
By William Hone
The Author of "The Political House That Jack Built"
With Eighteen other Cuts
Illustrated by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK
"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." Her Majesty's Answer to the Norwich Addrest. "Here is a Gentleman, and a friend of mine!" Measure for Measure.
Twenty-First Edition.
London:
Printed by and for William Hone, Ludgate-Hill.
1820.
This Pamphlet and the Toy together,
One Shilling.
Original Size -- Medium-Size
"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." Cavendish's Memoirs of Card. Wolsey.
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Original Size -- Medium-Size
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