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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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-