The comprehensive history of England : civil and military, religious, intellectual, and social, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt . s grace was already inhis eighty-fourth yeai-—and with what importantevents both in war and jiolitics had that long-extended life been crowded! This bereavementformed the first announcement, the commencingmournful note of her majestys address; and thefollowing words, in which it was intimated, weresomething far beyond the language of establishedusage or political compliment:— I cannot meetyou for the first time after the dissolution o
The comprehensive history of England : civil and military, religious, intellectual, and social, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt . s grace was already inhis eighty-fourth yeai-—and with what importantevents both in war and jiolitics had that long-extended life been crowded! This bereavementformed the first announcement, the commencingmournful note of her majestys address; and thefollowing words, in which it was intimated, weresomething far beyond the language of establishedusage or political compliment:— I cannot meetyou for the first time after the dissolution of pai-liament, without expressing my deep sorrow, iu 660 niSTORY OF EXGLAXD. [Civil and Military. which I am sure you will particij^ate, that yourdeliberations can no longer be aided by thecounsels of that illustrious man whose greatachievements have exalted the name of England,and in whose loyalty and patriotism the interests of my throne and of my people ever found anunfailing support. I rely with confidence onyour desire to join with me in taking such stepsas may mark your sense of the irreparable losswhich the country has sustained by the death of. j^^j^-* • Walmek Castle, Coast of Kent.—From a view by S. Read. Arthur, Duke of Wellington. It was the touch-ing spectacle of the sovereign of the realm bewail-ing the decease of the best support of lier throne—of the hero whose firm unswerving loyalty liadbeen so tenderly mixed with an almost paternalaffection. The deep grief of all parties and classesthroughout tlie nation—the eulogiums in ])arlia-ment—the funeral of the illustrious deceased, inwhich the whole country bewailed their loss asone of the greatest of national calamities—andthe monuments which have been erected to hismemory, attest tjie cordiality with which theroyal ail vice was received, and the unanimousenthusiasm with which it was fulfilled. But there were stern political questions athand to dry up the public tears, and introduceother feelings tha
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