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Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi

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VISIT TO LONDON. 97<br />

which was <strong>to</strong> take place at a late hour in<br />

the evening.<br />

"<br />

By way of making the most of his time<br />

<strong>Peter</strong> Parley got in<strong>to</strong> a hackney coach and<br />

drove through the principal parts of the <strong>to</strong>wn<br />

<strong>to</strong> see the illuminations, which it was expected<br />

were <strong>to</strong> be on a grand scale.<br />

" All along the line of the procession the<br />

display was most splendid, and though many<br />

of the exhibitions of private<br />

individuals were<br />

beautiful and tasteful, the public offices certainly<br />

carried off the palm. <strong>Peter</strong> Parley<br />

thinks he never saw such a brilliant<br />

as that at the<br />

display<br />

Ordnance Office, in Pall Mall,<br />

the whole front of which was one blaze of<br />

light.<br />

<strong>Peter</strong> Parley was <strong>to</strong>ld that there were<br />

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