The rise of great families, other essays, and stories . ugh, it contains no entry of the great Dukesbirtli. In poiut of fiict, the entries do not come downso late, and they record only the births of the threeeldest sons—Bichard (Marquis Wellesley), born 20thJuly, 17G0; Arthur-Gerald, born oth May, 17G1, whodied in 17GS; and William (Lord Maryborough), eventu-ally Earl of Mornington. The Countess of Mornington w^as apparently muchattached to her father, as she named two of her sonsafter him, Arthur-Gerald, just mentioned, who died in«arly youth, and the child who lived to give suchcelebrity to
The rise of great families, other essays, and stories . ugh, it contains no entry of the great Dukesbirtli. In poiut of fiict, the entries do not come downso late, and they record only the births of the threeeldest sons—Bichard (Marquis Wellesley), born 20thJuly, 17G0; Arthur-Gerald, born oth May, 17G1, whodied in 17GS; and William (Lord Maryborough), eventu-ally Earl of Mornington. The Countess of Mornington w^as apparently muchattached to her father, as she named two of her sonsafter him, Arthur-Gerald, just mentioned, who died in«arly youth, and the child who lived to give suchcelebrity to the name of Aithur Wellesley. In conclusion, I hope that if the arguments here•adduced in suj^port of Mornington House, Upper THE DUKI-: OF WELLINGTON. 107 Menion Street, being the Ijirthplace of the Duke ofWellington be deemed sufficient, that an inscriptionmay be placed in front of that house, to indicate toevery passer-by that— HereArthur, Duke of Wellington, WAS BORN, ,^SS0^ /ivW:;.-- , .-??,•? — I ^^Sfe^- ^ • i^ 1^ 1 v3^ 1 ^iil. ^lu (Storij of thi^ (Stoori). Fetch me my rapier. Romeo and Juliet. Not very long ago, my friend, Mr. Jolliffe Tufnell,.told me a story which interested me much, and I willendeavour to reproduce it as nearly as I can in his ownwords :— You recollect, I dare say, said Mr. Tufnell, mygoing out to Turkey, and joining Omar Pasha on theDanube, and, together with Dr. Mackenzie of Edinburgh,giving the Osmanlis professional assistance at the com-mencement of the Crimean war. Some time after I re-turned home, I delivered (as Regius Professor of Mili-tary Surgery) a series of lectures at the Royal Collegeof Surgeons. One part of the course was devoted tothe best means to employ for the sanitaiy condition ofan army. How to keep five thousand, ten thousand, orany given number of soldiers in health during the vicis-situdes of war, and under extremes of heat and cold, was. THE STORY OF THE SWORD. lOO the proposition I was anxious to solve. To work
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