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Excerpt from Beacon Lights of History, Vol. 10: European Leaders When William IV. Ascended the throne the Tories were still in power, and were hostile to reform. But the agitations and discontents of the latter days of George IV. Had made the ministry unpopular. Great political reformers had arisen, like Lords Grey, Althorp. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.