Copy 1, Volume 1

Chelsea Hospital and its traditions / By the author of 'The country curate' [i.e. G.R. Gleig] "The subaltern," "The chronicles of Waltham," &.

  • George Robert Gleig
Date:
1838
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Chelsea Hospital and its traditions / By the author of 'The country curate' [i.e. G.R. Gleig] "The subaltern," "The chronicles of Waltham," &. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    character ; and had Providence so permitted, would have been gratefully used. But Pro- vidence did not so permit. By the death of William the Fourth, your Majesty has been deprived of a husband whose affection for you would have graced a lowlier station, the peo- ple of England lament the loss of their father, and I have been taught to feel, over and above, | that the happy auspices under which I had hoped to bring the result of my researches before the public are withdrawn. Though born in a-foreign land, your Majesty has shown ever since you came among us, that your heart was thoroughly English. To you, — therefore, the past and present state of Eng- land’s old and faithful defenders cannot be a matter of indifference; nor will you, I trust, find the offering which I bring, chequered as from the nature of the subject it necessarily ,is, altogether undeserving of your notice. At all events, I pray your Majesty to accept this dedication as a proof that, among the multi-_