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Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi

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34 PETER PARLEY'S<br />

<strong>to</strong> look up <strong>to</strong> the only source of real comfort<br />

in<br />

affliction.<br />

" An old man who once served in the<br />

capacity of porter <strong>to</strong> the Duke of Kent, and<br />

who, in his old age and infirmity, has long<br />

since been pensioned by the Duchess, is not<br />

a little gratified<br />

at receiving a nod of recognition<br />

from her Majesty whenever her carriage<br />

chances <strong>to</strong> pass his cottage.<br />

The aged man<br />

has a daughter much afflicted,<br />

and who has<br />

been confined <strong>to</strong> bed for eight or ten years.<br />

On the evening of the late king's funeral this<br />

young woman was equally surprised<br />

and delighted<br />

at receiving from the Queen a present<br />

of the psalms of David in which was a marker<br />

worked by herself with a dove, the em-

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