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A cartoon by Isaac Cruikshank, Frailties of Fashion, shows just such a scene, with the prince arm in arm with his long-term mistress, Mrs. Fitzherbert, and the diminutive Duchess of York; both women are padded.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

His Middle Nature; his Powers and Frailties, v.1 to 19.

From An Essay on Man by Morley, Henry

Good and just Kings God’s Image bear; but when Their Frailties let us see they are but Men, We cannot every Action so applaud, As if it came from an unerring God.

From Anti-Achitophel (1682) Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden by Jones, Harold Whitmore

In the Use they have made of Scripture, they have consulted all our Frailties; and in their own Interpretations of it, most dextrously adapted themselves to the common Notions of all Multitudes.

From An Enquiry into an Origin of Honour; and the Usefulness of Christianity in War by Mandeville, Bernard

Frailties: a comedy in five acts, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden.

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various