The last illness and decease of ... the Duke of York / [Sir Herbert Taylor].

  • Herbert Taylor
Date:
1827
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Credit: The last illness and decease of ... the Duke of York / [Sir Herbert Taylor]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    After saying this, His Royal Highness told me that he felt very comfortable, and that, if it should please God to restore him to health, he was sure he should be a bet- ter man ever after. He considered this trial as a mercy, for which he ought to feel grateful ; it afforded him time for serious reflection, and he trusted that the time would not be ill applied. He then entered into some questions of military business with great composure. His Royal Highness underwent the ope- ration of tapping on the afternoon of the 8rd September. It was performed by Mr. Macgregor, and it was borne by His ' Royal Highness with the same resolution and quiet composure which had marked his conduct under every stage of his ill- ness. Colonel Stephenson and I saw him
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