ANSWER OF GEORGE III. TO LORD GRENVILLE,
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WHEN APPLIED TO ON THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BILL, MARCH, 1807.
My Lord,—I am one of those that respect an oath. I have firmness sufficient to quit my throne and retire to a cottage, or to place my neck upon a block on a scaffold, if my people require it; but I have not resolution enough to break an oath—an oath I took in the most solemn manner at my coronation.
[God grant that the legislators of the present day may feel speedily the justice and wisdom of the noble sentiment of this illustrious monarch.]