Extracts from the diary of Dr. Robert Lee, F.R.S. (1821-22), while resident with the Hon. William Lamb (afterwards Viscount Melbourne) / Edited with preface by K. L.

  • Robert Lee
Date:
1897
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Credit: Extracts from the diary of Dr. Robert Lee, F.R.S. (1821-22), while resident with the Hon. William Lamb (afterwards Viscount Melbourne) / Edited with preface by K. L. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    be able to make and unmake a hundred such kings as you,’ alluding to the Rajahs in India, for whose wealth the King of Persia entertained great respect. The King was so enraged at this observation that he drew his sword half out, and Sir Gore expected to be killed instantaneously. He, however, remarked, c Attack me in the midst of your Court?’ Upon which the King said, ‘ I only wished to frighten you.1 The quarrel had arisen from a cause I have not mentioned. It was that Sir Gore had not visited the King’s Prime Minister before he had called on the King himself; and this gave rise, on the King asking why he did not do so, to his stating that he was the re- presentative of the King of Great Britain, and the subsequent question. August 8th.—Received the account
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