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But George' s attempts to pass on his ideas of morality and modest living failed. Perhaps it' s hardly surprising that the King' s eldest son rebelled. Whereas George III was frugal to the point of stinginess, his son, the future George IV, indulged in every excess to exhaustion. And as for this portrait, well, it' s distinctly flattering, because when it was painted, the Prince was actually obese. One MP described him as, " From head to foot, a flaccidity of muscle and rotundity of outline." The Prince of Wales was a man of huge appetites, as is shown by his girth. Of course, as George IV tended to do in other aspects of life, he overdid it. He gave even gluttony a bad name. From about the age of 40 onwards, he was beginning to fray at the edges, and my God, what edges they were. I mean, covering almost everything that he sat upon. |
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qiáo zhì shì tú bǎ tā de dào dé guān niàn hé qiān xùn de shēng huó fāng shì chuán chéng xià qù, dàn zuì zhōng shī bài. yě xǔ zhā lǐ sān shì de zhǎng zǐ fǎn pàn yě bù zú wéi qí, qiáo zhì sān shì de jié jiǎn dá dào le lìn sè de chéng dù. tā de zhǎng zǐ, wèi lái de qiáo zhì sì shì, zé qióng shē jí yù, zhè fú shì tā de xiào xiàng. è què shí shì tǐng tǎo rén xǐ huān. dàn shì shí shàng, chuàng zào zhè fú huà de shí hòu, tā fēi cháng féi pàng, yī wèi yì yuán zhè yàng miáo shù tā" cóng tóu dào jiǎo, quán shēn yuán pàng, jī ròu sōng chí," wēi ěr shì qīn wáng de wèi kǒu hěn dà, zhè cóng tā de yāo wéi jiù néng kàn chū, yīng wáng de zhǎng zǐ dōu fēng wèi wēi ěr shì qīn wáng. dāng rán, qiáo zhì sì shì xiǎng guò yí gè gēn tā fù qīn bù yí yàng de shēng huó, dàn tā zuò dé guò fèn le, luò de gè tān chī de míng shēng. dào 40 suì de shí hòu, tā de shēn tǐ jiù měi kuàng yù xià. lǎo tiān, jiù dào le nà gè chéng dù. wǒ de yì sī shì, shēn biān néng chī de dōng xī dōu chī |