A T RUE COURTIER.
-One day, when Sir Isaac Heard was in company with George 111., it was announced that His Majesty's horse was ready forhunting.— " Sir Isaac," said the king, " are you a good judge pf
'bWsesP' 1—"In1 — "In my younger days, please yoixt Majesty, I was a great deal among them," was the reply.— "What do you think of this, then t" said the king, who was by that time preparing to mount his fovorite, and, without waiting for an answer added, "we call him Perfection."— "A most appropriate name," replied the courtly herald, bowing as His Majesty reached the saddle, "for he bears the best of characters."
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Evening Post, Issue 222, 24 October 1865, Page 2
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110A TRUE COURTIER. Evening Post, Issue 222, 24 October 1865, Page 2
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