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whether such acquiescence could not be obtained.
This is one of the many things which the King
would have it in po his power to do since now the
charge on government and which he could not
do have done before. Far from Normally only
at his disposal, in effect the civil list was the patrimony
of the Aristocracy: a substantial reform
could not have been attempted without exerting
such murmurs as to his gentle temper would
have been intolerable. The simplicity of his character
and his known aversion to useless parade can leave
little doubt of his secret wishes. His privy
purse must stand in need of a supply, if it
be true as stated in the Cardinal de Lemoines
Compte vendin that titled beggars have eaten deep
even into this moderate fund.
who leave no source of plunder unexplored

Identifier: | JB/009/049/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 9.
Date_1	1789	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	009	Main Headings
Folio number	049	Info in main headings field	finance
Image	004	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::l munn [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	benjamin constant
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	see note to letter 680, vol. 4	ID Number	3350
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