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He was a family man, and a man of business, and sincerely preferred a leg of mutton and turnips after a good day's work, to the best fashion and the most exciting talk.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “He was a family man, and a man of business, and sincerely preferred a leg of mutton and turnips after a good day's work…”
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Bagehot portrays George III as a practical man who preferred simple pleasures over high society.
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