Ballou's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXVII, No. 1 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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Ballows Monthly Magazine. a CROWN JEWELS OF ENGLAND. It has ever been a weakness with the Eng- ting their fine things under glass cases for lish monarchs to love jewelry, and plenty of show, entertained the idea that they would be it, but for its intrinsic value, as a convertible better in some more convenient locality, and under their own eyes, where they could appropriate them at con- venience, without the trouble of calling upon inquiring cabinets to help them. The weakness, how- ever, is what Mr. Samuel Weller would call an amiable one, inas- much as every one is disposed to love jewelry, especially if it is in- trinsically valuable, though when included among taxable assets, and subject to the dooming of the assessor, its equivalent in green- backs is far preferable. The ancient monarchs had very little regard for heirlooms; and transmitted jewels, though associ- ated ever so closely with their royal predecessors, however re- mote, passed away before the simoon of necessity, that termi- nates with the smelting-pot. Dia- medium that might at pleasure be turned into monds and gems, pledged on loans of money, money, to meet any exigency of state, or any were, however, redeemable, and those of one “corner” requiring funds. British royalty, generation were taken up by the rulers of the QUEEN’S, OR IMPERIAL CROWN, eeres OLD IMPERIAL CROWN (Charles II). unfortunately, always has required consider- able money to carry out its role of magnifi- cence, and the ancient kings, instead of put- QUEEN’S DIADEM.