A Biographical Sketch of the Military and Political Career of the Late Duke of Wellington, Including the Most Interesting Particulars of His Death, Lying in State, and Public Funeral: Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources
A Biographical Sketch of the Military and Political Career of the Late Duke of Wellington, Including the Most Interesting Particulars of His Death, Lying in State, and Public Funeral: Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ... very large attendance of the public, to witness the arrival and departure of the privileged visitors. On Saturday morning, the public were admitted at 9 o'clock, without tickets, up to 4 o'clock; and the same took place on the following Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. CHAPTER VIII Her Majesty's message to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ... very large attendance of the public, to witness the arrival and departure of the privileged visitors. On Saturday morning, the public were admitted at 9 o'clock, without tickets, up to 4 o'clock; and the same took place on the following Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. CHAPTER VIII Her Majesty's message to Parliament.--The Chancellor of the Exchequer.--The Interior of St. Paul's.--The Magnificent effect of the Gas, Decorations, &c. IN the interim Her Majesty sent a message to both houses of Parliament, requesting their co-operation in giving effect to the national solemnity of a public funeral. This was unanimously responded to by the Lords and Commons, and upon this occasion Mr Disraeli delivered one of those brilliant speeches, for which that gentleman is so justly celebrated. In introducing the subject, the Chancellor of the Exchequer remarked: --The House of Commons is called upon to night to fulfil a sorrowful, but a noble duty. It has to recognize, in the face of the country and the civilized world, the loss of the most illustrious of our citizens, and to offer to the ashes of the great departed, the solemn anguish of a bereaved nation. The princely personage who has left us, was born in an age more fertile of great events, than any period of recorded time. Of those vast incidents the most conspicious were his own deeds, and these were performed with the smallest means, and in defiance of the greatest obstacles. He was therefore, not only a great man, but the greatest man of a great age. Amid the chaos and conflagration which attended the end of the last century, there rose one of those beings who seem born to master mankind. It is not too much to say, that Napoleon combined the imperial ardour of Alexander with the strategy of Hannibal. The...
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