Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi
Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi
Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi
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104 PETER PARLEY'S<br />
thinking of once more crossing the Atlantic,<br />
and returning <strong>to</strong> the enjoyment of his quiet<br />
home, when one morning at breakfast, Major<br />
Meadows announced that there was <strong>to</strong> be a<br />
grand review in Hyde Park, on a scale of<br />
such splendour, that <strong>Peter</strong> Parley must see<br />
it before he left <strong>to</strong>wn.<br />
" The day fortunately turned out one of<br />
the most beautiful that could be conceived,<br />
and the crowds of persons who assembled <strong>to</strong><br />
witness the grand military display, were<br />
very great.<br />
It was estimated by some of<br />
the military officers, who are accus<strong>to</strong>med <strong>to</strong><br />
form pretty accurate notions of vast bodies of<br />
men, that at eleven o'clock in the forenoon,<br />
there were not less than two hundred thou-