Having strayed by some odd eddy of circumstance into the House
of Lords, when the King was present, John Wesley draws a
picturesque little vignette of him.
“I was in the robe-chamber, adjoining the House of Lords,
when the King (George II) put on his robes. His brow was much
furrowed with age, and quite clouded with care. And is this
all the world can give even to a king, all the grandeur it can
afford? A blanket of ermine round his shoulders, so heavy and
cumbersome he can scarce move under it! A huge heap of borrowed
hair, with a few plates of gold and glittering stones upon
his head! Alas, what a bauble is human greatness!”--W. H.
FITCHETT, “Wesley and His Century.”
(1307)